John 18:12

Then the squad of soldiers ¹  with their commanding officer ²  and the officers of the Jewish leaders ³  arrested ⁴  Jesus and tied him up. ⁵ 

biblegateway Joh 18:12

Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him

biblegateway Joh 18:12

So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,

biblegateway Joh 18:12

So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.

biblegateway Joh 18:12

Then the Roman soldiers under their commander, joined by the Jewish police, seized Jesus and tied him up.

SABDAweb Joh 18:12

Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.

bibleoremus Joh 18:12

So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him.

biblegateway Joh 18:12

Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.

biblegateway Joh 18:12

Then the squad of soldiers ¹  with their commanding officer ²  and the officers of the Jewish leaders ³  arrested ⁴  Jesus and tied him up. ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “a cohort” (but since this was a unit of 600 soldiers, a smaller detachment is almost certainly intended).

² tn Grk “their chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). In Greek the term χιλίαρχος (ciliarco") literally described the “commander of a thousand,” but it was used as the standard translation for the Latin tribunus militum or tribunus militaris, the military tribune who commanded a cohort of 600 men.

³ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders, who were named as “chief priests and Pharisees” in John 18:3.

⁴ tn Or “seized.”

⁵ tn Or “bound him.”