Were glad (εχαρησαν). Second aorist passive indicative of χαιρω as in Mr 14:11. Ingressive aorist, a natural exultation that one o…

Chief priests and captains. See Matthew 26:14.

Absence of the multitude. The multitude, the people, were then fav…

Was it not a sad thing that the betrayer of Christ should be one of the twelve? Yet deeply trying as it must have been to the heart of Christ, ther…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Having already said that the Chief Priests sought a way to put Jesus to death without incurring any d…

Luke mentions the presence of the “officers of the temple guard,” whose soldiers probably captured Jesus . Municipalities had their own officers an…

And they were glad For nothing could be more opportune and agreeable to them, than that one of his disciples should meet …

Christ knew all men, and had wise and holy ends in taking Judas to be a disciple. We are told here how he who knew Christ so well came to betray hi…