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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.
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|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.
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|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.
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|This was so that the saying might be fulfilled, which He had just spoken: "Of those that You gave Me, I lost none."
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|This was so that the saying might be fulfilled, which He had just spoken: "Of those that You gave Me, none have perished."
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|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.
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|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?
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|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,
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|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.
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|First they led Him away to Annas, father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was serving as [[High Priest]] in that year.
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|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.
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|Now Caiaphas was the one who had given advice to the Jews, that it was expedient for one man to die for the people.
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|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.
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|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.
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|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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