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So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
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Bound for Our Freedom
Commentators like Calvin and Henry emphasize a profound theological truth: Jesus was physically bound so that believers could be spiritually freed. His submission to being tied with ropes was a necessary step in his sacrifice to release humanity from the bonds of sin and Satan. As one scholar puts it, "To His bonds we owe our liberty."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See Matthew 26:50.
The chief captain (ο χιλιαρχος). They actually had the Roman commander of the cohort along (cf. Acts 21:31), not mentio…
19th Century
Anglican
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews.—A stop should be placed after “captain.” The “band and the captai…
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Baptist
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the band and th…
With the willing surrender of Jesus, the arrest was complete. The “commander” was the officer in charge, possibly the executive of the Roman garris…
16th Century
Protestant
Then the band of soldiers and the captain. It might seem strange that Christ, who laid the soldiers prostrate on the ground with a single …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 12 Then the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews , &c.]
Which Judas received, and which c…
Sin began in the garden of Eden; there the curse was pronounced, and there the Redeemer was promised. In a garden, that promised Seed entered into …
13th Century
Catholic
Now the Evangelist describes how our Lord was taken by the officers and led before the leaders. He is first led to one leader, Annas, and…