So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
Parallel translations
- KJV Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
- BSB Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
- NKJV Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
- NASB So the Roman cohort, the commander, and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him,
- NLT So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.
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Quick answer
The soldiers and officers seize and bind Jesus. The arrest is now complete.
Overview
Jesus, who could have called the situation to a halt, allows himself to be bound and led away. The presence of both Roman soldiers (with their commanding officer) and Jewish officers shows the combined authorities arrayed against him. The binding of the sinless one begins the path of his passion, undertaken willingly for the salvation of his people.
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Cross-references · 15
- John 18:3Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- Matt 26:57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
- Judg 16:21The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
- Mark 14:53They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
- Acts 22:24–28the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
- Acts 21:31As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
- Acts 21:37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He said, “Do you know Greek?
- Mark 15:1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
- Matt 27:2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
- Gen 22:9They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
- Luke 22:54They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.
- Ps 118:27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
- Acts 23:17–22Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”
- Acts 23:10When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
- Gen 40:3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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