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Betrayal and Arrest
18:1 When he had said these things , Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley . There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it. 18:2 (Now Judas , the one who betrayed him , knew the place too , because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples .) 18:3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees . They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons . 18:4 Then Jesus , because he knew everything that was going to happen to him , came and asked them , “Who are you looking for ?” 18:5 They replied , “Jesus the Nazarene .” He told them , “I am he .” (Now Judas , the one who betrayed him , was standing there with them .) 18:6 So when Jesus said to them , “I am he ,” they retreated and fell to the ground . 18:7 Then Jesus asked them again , “Who are you looking for ?” And they said , “Jesus the Nazarene .” 18:8 Jesus replied , “I told you that I am he . If you are looking for me , let these men go .” 18:9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me .” 18:10 Then Simon Peter , who had a sword , pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave , cutting off his right ear . (Now the slave’s name was Malchus .)

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  • COHORT

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  • Prisoners

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  • JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF

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  • Traitor

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  • Gethsemane

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    [nave] GETHSEMANE, a garden near Jerusalem. Jesus betrayed in, Matt. 26:36-50; Mark 14:32-46; Luke 22:39-49; John 18:1, 2.

  • Judas

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    [nave] JUDAS 1. Surnamed Iscariot. Chosen as an apostle, Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:17. Treasurer of the disciples, John 12:6; 13:29. His covetousness exemplified by his protest against the breaking of the box of oi...

  • JUDAS ISCARIOT

    [isbe] JUDAS ISCARIOT - is-kar'-i-ot (Ioudas Iskariotes, i.e. 'ish qeriyoth, "Judas, man of Kerioth"): One of the twelve apostles and the betrayer of Jesus; for etymology, etc., see JUDAS. I. Life. Judas was, as his second name ind...

  • Malchus

    [ebd] reigning, the personal servant or slave of the high priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned only by John. Peter cut off his right ear in the garden of Gethsemane (John 18:10). But our Lord cured it with a touch (Matt. 26:51; Mark 1...
    [isbe] MALCHUS - mal'-kus (Malchos, from melekh, i.e. "counselor" or "king"): The name of the servant of the high priest Caiaphas whose right ear was smitten off by Simon Peter at the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (co...
    [smith] (king or kingdom), the name of the servant of the high priest whose right ear Peter cut off at the time of the Saviour?s apprehension in the garden. (Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:17; Luke 22:49,51; John 18:10)
    [nave] MALCHUS, servant of the high priest; Peter assaults in Gethsemane; healed by Jesus, Matt. 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:50, 51; John 18:10.

  • Lantern

    [isbe] LANTERN - lan'-tern (phanos, phaino, "to give light"): Lanterns were carried by the mob which arrested Jesus in Gethsemane (Jn 18:3, probably better "torches"). The word "lantern" in the time of early versions had a much wid...
    [smith] (so called of its shining) occurs only in (John 18:3) (It there probably denotes any kind of covered light, in distinction from a simple taper or common house-light, as well as from a flambeau. Lanterns were much employed by ...
    [nave] LANTERN, John 18:3.

  • Torches

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  • Kidron

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  • Gardens

    [ebd] mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen. 2:8, 9); Ahab's garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:41); of Gethsemane (Jo...

  • Chief Priests

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  • CEDRON

    [ebd] the black torrent, the brook flowing through the ravine below the eastern wall of Jerusalem (John 18:1). (See KIDRON.)
    [smith] (John 18:1) [SEE KIDRON, OR KEDRON]

  • KIDRON, OR KEDRON

    [smith] (turbid), The brook, a torrent or valley, not a "brook," or, as in the margin of Revised Version, "ravine;" Gr. winter torrent. It was close to Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives. it is now commonly known as ...

  • Detachment of Soldiers

    [nave] DETACHMENT OF SOLDIERS Matt. 27:27; Mark 15:16; John 18:3, 12; Acts 10:1; 21:31; 27:1
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  • As soon then as He had said unto them, I am He, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked He them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jeans of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am He: if therefore ...
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