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A Calculated Betrayal
Commentators explain that Judas's betrayal had to be strategic. Jesus was popular with the crowds, and the religious leaders feared a riot if they arrested him publicly. Judas's value was his ability to find an opportunity to hand Jesus over "in the absence of the multitude," avoiding a public scene.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 22:4–6
18th Century
Theologian
Chief priests and captains. See Matthew 26:14.
Absence of the multitude. The multitude, the people, were then fav…
AT Robertson
On Luke 22:6
Consented (εξωμολογησεν). Old verb, but the ancients usually used the simple form for promise or consent rather than the compound.…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 22:6
19th Century
Bishop
In the absence of the multitude.—The marginal reading, without a tumult, is perhaps nearer to the meaning of the original…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 22:3–6
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 22:6
Luke mentions the presence of the “officers of the temple guard,” whose soldiers probably captured Jesus (). Municipalities had their own officers …
John Gill
On Luke 22:6
17th Century
Pastor
And he promised He undertook to deliver him into their hands; he laid himself under obligation to do it; he faithfully pr…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 22:1–6
17th Century
Minister
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…