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| | |Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. | | |Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. |
| − | |So Judas, after he had fallen in with a cohort-sized group from among the ranking priests and Pharisees' attendants, came there with two kinds of lights, and with weapons. | + | |So Judas, after he had brought a Roman cohort and a group from among the ranking priests and Pharisees' attendants, came there with two kinds of lights, and with weapons. |
| | |The two Greek words used can each translate either as "lantern" or "torch." | | |The two Greek words used can each translate either as "lantern" or "torch." |
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| | |That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. | | |That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. |
| − | |This was so that the saying might be fulfilled, which He had just spoken: "Of those that You gave Me, I lost none." | + | |This was so that the saying might be fulfilled, which He had just spoken: "Of those that You gave Me, none have perished." |
| − | | | + | |Except, of course, for "the son of perdition," i.e. Judas. |
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| | |Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. | | |Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. |
| − | | | + | |Then Simon Peter, who had a short Roman infantry-sized sword, drew it, and struck the [[High Priest]]'s slave, and cut off his right ear. That slave's name was Malchus. |
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| | |Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? | | |Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? |
| − | | | + | |Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back in its sheath. Shall I fail to drink the cup that My Father gave me?" |
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| | |Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, | | |Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, |
| − | | | + | |Then the cohort, and its commanding tribune, and the Jewish attendants took Jesus and bound him. |
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| | |And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. | | |And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. |
| − | | | + | |First they led Him away to Annas, father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was serving as [[High Priest]] in that year. |
| − | | | + | |Annas was co-High Priest with Caiaphas. |
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| | |Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. | | |Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. |
| − | | | + | |Now Caiaphas was the one who had given advice to the Jews, that it was expedient for one man to die for the people. |
| − | | | + | |Such attitudes haven't changed much, as two thousand years of history shows. |
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| | |And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. | | |And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. |
| − | | | + | |Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another student: that student was known to the High Priest, and went in with Jesus into the High Priest's palace. |
| − | | | + | |That "other student" is John himself, following the custom of all authors of [[New Testament]] narratives, of never once naming themselves or otherwise drawing attention to themselves. |
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