Albert Barnes Commentary John 18:3

"Judas then, having received the band [of soldiers], and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons." — John 18:3 (ASV)

A band. See Barnes on Matthew 26:47.

See Barnes on Matthew 27:27; John passes over the agony of Jesus in the garden, probably because it was so fully described by the other evangelists.

Lanterns, etc. This was the time of the full moon, but it might have been cloudy, and their taking lights with them shows their determination to find him.