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part of a legion, and therefore containing about 600 men. The cohort denotes the garrison of the castle Antonia, which, during the Passover, was available to assist the Sanhedrim in maintaining order. Part of it was. now used in case “the servants of the Sanhedrim,’”’ ἐκ τῶν .. . ὑπηρέτας, should not prove sufficient. A considerable body of troops would obviate the risk of a popular rising, Vii. 32-49, xii. 42; especially Mk. xiv. 2. They were furnished with φανῶν καὶ λαμπάδων καὶ ὅπλων. Φανός was a link or torch, consisting of strips of resinous wood tied together, and in late Greek was used for λυχνοῦχος, a lantern ; λαμπάς was the opentorch. See Ruther- ford’s New Phryn., p. 131, and Wetstein. Both open lights and lanterns were in use in the Roman army, and would be at hand. ‘ The soldiers rushed out of their tents with lanterns and torches.” Dion, Hal., xi. 5. It was new moon, but it might be cloudy, and it would certainly be shady in the garden.—Ver. 4. Jesus, then, not with the boldness of ignorance, but knowing πάντα τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, ‘all that was coming upon Him,” ef. Lk. xiv. 31, ἐρχομένῳ ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, “went out”’ from the garden, or more probably, ver. 26, from the group of disciples, ‘‘ and says, Whom seek ye?” to concentrate attention on Himself and prevent a general attack.—Ver. 5. “Imgotv τὸν Ναζωραῖον “Jesus the Nazarene,” cf. Acts xxiv. 5, Ναζαρηνός occurs Mk. xiv. 67, etc. ἐγώ εἰμι, “Iam He”. He had already been identified by Judas’ kiss, Mt. xxvi. 47, but Jesus wished to declare Himseif as one who did not fear identification. That the kiss was super-
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fluous is, however, no proof that it was not given. Εἰστήκει δὲ καὶ Ιούδας . . . This remark is inserted not to bring o έ that Judas fell to the ground with the rest (Holtzmann), but to point out that Judas had not only given directions, but had actually come, and now confronted his Lord and companions.—Ver.6. The immediate effect of His calm declaration was: ᾿ἀπῆλθον els τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ ἔπεσον χαμαί, << they went backwards and fell to the ground”’. Job i. 20, πεσὼν χαμαί; similarly used by Homer, etc., as = χαμᾶζε This might have been con- a ae a fulfilment of Ps. xxvii. 2, ot θλίβοντές pe... ἔπεσαν. The recoil, which necessarily causes stumbling and falling in a crowd, was natural, especially if the servants here employed were the same as those who had been sent to take Him on a former occasion, vii. 46. No one wished to be the first to lay hands on Him. Similar effects were produced by Mohammed (when Durthur stood over him with drawn sword), Mark Antony, Marius, Coligny. But the object in narrating the circumstance may have been to illustrate the voluntariness ot Christ’s surrender.—Ver. 7. Declaring His identity a second time, Jesus ex- plicitly reminds the officials that by their own acknowledgment they are instructed to arrest none but Himself. εἰ οὖν ἐμὲ ζητεῖτε . . . οὐδένα. In thus protecting His companions, Jesus, according to John, fulfils xvii. 12; although here the fulfilment is more superficial than that which was intended. (Cf. 2 Sam. xxiv. 17.)—Ver. το. Peter did not wish to be thus dissociated from the fate of his Master, xiii. 38, and thinks a rescue