John 18:3

Therefore when Judas had taken a company of knights, and ministers of the bishops, and of the Pharisees, he came thither with lanterns, and brands, and armours [or arms]. (And so when Judas had taken a company of soldiers, and servants, or officers, from the high priests, and from the Pharisees, he came there with lanterns, and torches, and weapons.)

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In The King James Version

Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

In Context

2And Judas, that betrayed him, knew the place, for oft Jesus came thither with his disciples.

4And so Jesus witting all things that were to come on him, went forth, and said to them, Whom seek ye?

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Cross References

Psalms 3:1The psalm of David, when he fled from the face of Absalom, his son. Lord, why be they multiplied that trouble me? many men rise against me. ( A song by David, when he fled from his son Absalom. Lord, why be there so many who trouble me? why be there so many who rise up against me?)

Matthew 26:47Yet while he spake, lo! Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great company, with swords and bats, [or staves], (or clubs), sent from the princes of (the) priests, and from the elder men of the people, (or sent from the high priests, and from the elders of the people).

Luke 22:47Yet while he spake, lo! a company, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he came [nigh] to Jesus, to kiss him.

John 13:27And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. And Jesus saith to him, That thing that thou doest, do thou swiftly.

Acts 1:16Brethren, it behooveth that the scripture be [ful] filled, which the Holy Ghost before-said by the mouth of David (or which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David), of Judas that was (the) leader of them that took Jesus;

Matthew Henry on John 18:2-13

Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and… Read the whole commentary →

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