SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #518
Judas therefore having received a band of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth and said to them: "Whom seek ye?" They answered him: "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus saith to them: "I am he." And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them. As soon therefore as he had said to them: "I am he;" they went backward and fell to the ground. Again therefore he asked them: "Whom seek ye?" And they said: "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered: "I have told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way," That the word might be fulfilled which he said: "Of them whom thou hast given me, I have not lost any one." (John 18:3-9)
HIS GOODNESS TO THE ELEVEN APOSTLES: Full of loving care for them, though willing Himself to be taken captive and led away to death, He desired to assure freedom and life to His disciples. His enemies might rage against Himself, but they must not lay a finger on those whom He loved, and it was only on this condition that He gave Himself into their hands. Oh, how loving is the Heart of Jesus!
HIS GOODNESS TO THE ELEVEN APOSTLES: Full of loving care for them, though willing Himself to be taken captive and led away to death, He desired to assure freedom and life to His disciples. His enemies might rage against Himself, but they must not lay a finger on those whom He loved, and it was only on this condition that He gave Himself into their hands. Oh, how loving is the Heart of Jesus!
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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