Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
Parallel translations
- WEB So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized 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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- John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
- Matt 26:57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
- Judg 16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- Mark 14:53And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
- Acts 22:24–28The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
- Acts 21:31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
- Acts 21:37And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
- Mark 15:1And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
- Matt 27:2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
- Gen 22:9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Luke 22:54Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
- Ps 118:27God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
- Acts 23:17–22Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
- Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
- Gen 40:3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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