SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #520
Jesus therefore said to Peter: "Put up thy sword into the scabbard. The chalice which my father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" Then the band and the tribune and the servants of the Jews took Jesus and bound him. (John 18:11-12)
THE VOLUNTARY AND VICARIOUS SUFFERINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: Jesus gave Himself up to His enemies, of His own will. He went to meet them, encouraged them to seize Him, and offered His Hands to be bound. He gave up His liberty, to atone to God for our abuse of the liberty He had given us. He gave Himself up as a prisoner, to save us from the everlasting prison of hell. He let Himself be bound, that we might be delivered from the bonds of sin and Satan.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.] THE VOLUNTARY AND VICARIOUS SUFFERINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: Jesus gave Himself up to His enemies, of His own will. He went to meet them, encouraged them to seize Him, and offered His Hands to be bound. He gave up His liberty, to atone to God for our abuse of the liberty He had given us. He gave Himself up as a prisoner, to save us from the everlasting prison of hell. He let Himself be bound, that we might be delivered from the bonds of sin and Satan.
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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