John 18:28. “With lanterns and torches and weapons.” They were coming to the Light of the world bearing “lanterns and torches”; and armed with “weapons” that they might use against “the Lamb of God.” If he had wished to deliver himself, all their “weapons” would have been in vain, and their “lanterns and torches” would not have revealed him, even with the help of the full moon, which was probably shining at the time. However, the theological significance given to this event by the Evangelist implies that more is involved. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. This appears to have been more of a preliminary inquiry than an actual trial per se. John 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. John 18:10. eujqevw" ajlevktwr ejfwvnhsen Immediately after Peter’s third denial a cock crowed. He denied it, and said, I am not. One would have thought that, having betrayed his Master, he would have hidden himself away for shame, but no, “Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.” His heart must have been steeled. It was characteristic of the Romans, as we learn from the works of their great writers, that they utterly despised and detested the Jews. John 18:10. Jesus will not deny the conclusion of Pilate that he is a king, but points out, “It is you who have said it, not I”. This may be a further indication that the interrogation by Annas was not a formal trial. And when he had thus spoken one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? When the Sun Sets: Jacob Meets God (Gen. 27:41-28:22), Jacob: When God Turns Darkness into Dawn (Expository Sermons On O.T. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” This is the only reference in John to Jesus’ birth, which points to His humanity. There was little enough about his appearance or his apparel to suggest the idea of royalty. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. ask them which heard me, what I have said unto thee: behold, they know what I said. Mahoney, A., “A New Look at an Old Problem (John 18, 12-14, 19-24),” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 27 (1965): 137-44. Fenton, J. C., The Passion According to John (London: SPCK, 1961). But having given this denial, it would be hard to go back and admit the truth. oJ Barabba'" The name Barabbas itself in Aramaic means “son of abba,” that is, “son of the father” and presumably the man in question had another name (it may also have been Jesus, according to the textual variant in Matt 27:16, although this is uncertain). The phrase eJstwV" kaiV qermainovmeno" is repeated from verse 18 and indicates the connection with the scene of the previous denial. Annas is also referred to as high priest by Luke in Acts 4:6. John 18:8-10. Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? Here was someone who had a real interest in Peter’s identity, since he was related to the man Peter had injured. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. Keep us, O God, by thy grace, or else it will be so with us. John thus resumes the narrative concerning Peter from the 17th verse: John 18:25. The passages, which we are about to read from three of the Evangelists, make up a continuous narrative of our Lord’s trial before the high priest. John 18:12-14. Accompanying him were soldiers of the Roman cohort and the temple police. He saith, I am not. Our Lord here twice used the name of Jehovah, I AM,— as he did on certain other memorable occasions. In John 18:37, Jesus testifies, “You say correctly that I am a king. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. May they be stopped as Peter was! You and may act like that, perhaps, in perfect innocence, and even with commendable kindness; yet we may be unintentionally doing our friends a great wrong. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 18:34 ajpekrivqh =Ihsou'" As with Annas (18:21) Jesus again becomes the Questioner. Judas then, having received a hand of men and of officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. So the “other disciple” came back out and spoke to the servant-girl who kept the gate (the noun qurwrov" may be either masculine or feminine, but the article here indicates that it is feminine). Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

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