John 18:12

12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him

John 18:12 in Other Translations

12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,

12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.

12 So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.

12 Then the Roman soldiers under their commander, joined by the Jewish police, seized Jesus and tied him up.

12 So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

12 Then the army officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus. They tied Jesus up

12 Then the company of soldiers, the commander, and the Jewish temple police arrested Jesus and tied Him up.

12 Then the group of soldiers, their leader and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They tied him up

John 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12 Then the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews,
&c.] Which Judas received, and which came along with him, ( John 18:3 ) . When Jesus had rebuked Peter, and healed the servant's ear, and showed such a willingness to surrender himself to them;

they took Jesus and bound him.
This they did, partly for safety and security, he having several times escaped from them; and partly for contempt, and by way of reproach, using him as they would do the vilest of malefactors: and this was submitted to by Christ, that his people might be loosed from the cords of sin, be delivered from the captivity of Satan, and be freed from the bondage of the law; hereby the types of him were fulfilled, as the binding of Isaac, when his father was going to offer him up, and the binding of the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar: who that has read the ceremonies of the sheaf of the firstfruits, but must call them to mind, upon reading this account of the apprehension and binding of Christ, and leading him to the high priest? This sheaf was fetched from places the nearest to Jerusalem, particularly from the fields of Kidron: the manner was this ^F9:

``the messengers of the sanhedrim went out (from Jerusalem) on the evening of the feast day (the sixteenth of Nisan, and over the brook Kidron to the adjacent fields), and bound the standing corn in bundles, that it might be the easier reaped; and all the neighbouring cities gathered together there, that it might be reaped in great pomp; and when it was dark, one (of the reapers) says to them, is the sun set? they say, yes; and again, is the sun set? they say, yes: with this sickle (shall I reap?) they say, yes; again, with this sickle (shall I reap?) they say, yes; in this basket (shall I put it?) they say, yes; again, in this basket (shall I put it?) they say, yes; if on the sabbath day he says to them, is this sabbath day? they say, yes; again, is this sabbath day? they say, yes; (it was sabbath day this year;) Shall I reap? they say to him reap, shall I reap? they say to him reap; three times upon everything; then they reap it, and put it into the baskets, and, bring it to the court, where they dry it at the fire.''

Whoever reads this, will easily observe a likeness: the messengers of the great sanhedrim go to the fields of Kidron, in the evening, with their sickles and baskets; bind the standing corn; questions and answers pass between them and the people before they reap; and when they have done, they bring the sheaf in their basket to the court, to be dried at the fire. So the officers of the high priest, with others, pass over the brook Kidron, with lanterns, torches, and weapons; in the night go into a garden; there apprehend Jesus; questions and answers pass between them there; then they lay hold on him, bind him, and bring him to the high, priest.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Misn. Menachot, c. 10. sect. 2, 3, 4.

John 18:12 In-Context

10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him

13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.

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