2. *Who betrayed him.* In the original the present participle marks the process of betrayal as going on. *Jesus had often resorted thither with his disciples.* The original might be rendered more exactly “Jesus and (with) his disciples often assembled there.” We know from St. Luke xxi. 37, that our Lord on the occasion of this last visit to Jerusalem was in the habit of spending His nights on Mount Olivet, and the same Evangelist tells us that, on this occasion after the Last Supper, “going out he went according to his custom to the Mount of Olives” (Luke xxii. 39). 3. Iudas ergo cum accepisset 3. Judas therefore having cohortem, et a pontificibus et received a band of soldiers, pharisaeis ministros, venit and servants from the chief illuc cum laternis, et priests and the Pharisees, facibus, et armis. cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 3. *A band of soldiers.* If “the band” here means a whole cohort, it was the tenth part of a Roman legion, and contained about six hundred infantry, with thirty cavalry. The words of this verse, as well as the presence of the “tribune” (verse 12), who was the commander of a cohort, justify the belief that a whole cohort was present on this occasion. Very likely the authorities were afraid that a strongly‐supported attempt might be made to save or rescue Christ from them. This large body of soldiers, strengthened by servants or officers of the temple (ὑπηρέτας) who were sent by the chief‐priests and Pharisees, came furnished with arms and lights. As it was now full moon, this being the night of the 14th of the lunar month Nisan, it might seem that the lights were unnecessary, but probably the garden was considerably shaded by trees, and no doubt it was feared that Jesus might try to hide in some dark nook or lurk beneath the shrubs or trees. 4. Iesus itaque sciens omnia 4. Jesus therefore knowing all quae ventura erant super eum, things that should come upon processit, et dixit eis: Quem him, went forth, and said to quaeritis? them: Whom seek ye? 4. Christ’s foreknowledge is pointed out, both to prove His Divinity, and to show His readiness to suffer. For, though aware of the sufferings He was to endure, He did not seek to escape from them. He who had before withdrawn from His enemies (viii. 59; xii. 36, &c.), now that His hour was come, _went forth_ (from the enclosure of the garden) to meet them.