Against a robber (επ ληιστην). Highway robbers like Barabbas were common and were often regarded as heroes. Jesus will be crucifie…

As against a thief.—Better, as against a robber, the word implying the bolder form of theft.

The Venerable Bede: After our Lord had prayed three times and had obtained through His prayers that the Apostles' fear would be…

Jesus protested against the manner of his arrest. The crowd sent from the Sanhedrin had come after him with swords and clubs, as if he were a dange…

And Jesus answered and said to them
To the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, that came with…

Because Christ did not appear as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed people's thoughts, affectio…