E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 18:2
knew . Greek. oida. App-132 . with. Greek meta. App-104 . read more
約翰福音 18:1-2 Rcuvts
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 18:1
This chapter records the betrayal and seizure of Jesus (John 18:1-11), the arraignment before Annas (John 18:12-14), Peter's first denial (John 18:15-18), questioning by Annas (John 18:19-24), Peter's second and third denials (John 18:25-27), Jesus' appearance before Caiaphas and before Pilate (John 18:28-32), Pilate's questioning of Jesus (John 18:33-38) and vain efforts of Pilate to release Jesus (John 18:38-40).John emphasized the regal bearing and demeanor of the Lord even in the hours of... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 18:2
Now Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his disciples.There were doubtless several places to which Jesus might have gone that night if he had wished to hide; but this choice of a place Judas knew well showed his willingness to suffer. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 18:1-2
John 18:1-2. He went forth with his disciples— When the intercessory prayer was ended, Jesus and his disciples came down from the mount of Olives into a field below, called Gethsemane. Through this field the brook Cedron ran, and in it, on the other side of the brook, was a garden, commonly called by the name of the Garden of Gethsemane; concerning which see the note on Matthew 26:36. It was the brook Cedron, which David, a type of Christ, went over with the people, weeping, in his flight from... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 18:1
1-3. over the brook Kedron—a deep, dark ravine, to the northeast of Jerusalem, through which flowed this small storm brook or winter torrent, and which in summer is dried up. where was a garden—at the foot of the Mount of Olives, "called Gethsemane; that is, olive press (Matthew 26:30; Matthew 26:36). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 18:2
2. Judas . . . knew the place, for Jesus ofttimes—see John 8:1; Luke 21:37. resorted thither with his disciples—The baseness of this abuse of knowledge in Judas, derived from admission to the closest privacies of his Master, is most touchingly conveyed here, though nothing beyond bare narrative is expressed. Jesus, however, knowing that in this spot Judas would expect to find Him, instead of avoiding it, hies Him thither, as a Lamb to the slaughter. "No man taketh My life from Me, but I lay it... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 18:1
"These words" evidently refer to all of what Jesus had said in chapters 13-17 all of which He may have spoken in the upper room. The Kidron Valley formed the eastern boundary of Jerusalem. The Kidron was also a wadi or dry streambed that contained water only when it rained hard. The Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane lay across the Kidron to the east. John only mentioned Gethsemane as the site of Jesus’ arrest. He did not record Jesus’ praying there (cf. Matthew 26:30; Matthew... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 18:1-11
A. Jesus’ presentation of Himself to His enemies 18:1-11 (cf. Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53) read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 18:2
John apparently recorded this detail because it shows that Jesus was not trying to avoid arrest. Instead He deliberately went to a place where Judas evidently anticipated that He would go (cf. Luke 21:37; Luke 22:39)."This probably means that he and the disciples used to bivouac, sleeping in the open air, and probably in this very garden." [Note: Morris, p. 656. See Wiersbe, 1:372, for contrasts between what happened in the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane.] read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 18:1
When Jesus , &c. = Jesus, having spoken. Jesus . App-98 . words = things. went forth: i.e. from the place where He had been speaking . See John 14:31 . with . Greek. sun. App-104 . brook . Greek. cheimarros, a winter torrent. Occurs only here. Cedron. Called Kidron (2 Samuel 15:23 and elsewhere in O.T.) David crossed it, when with a few faithful followers he fled from Absalom. The name seems to have been given both to the valley and to the torrent which, in winter, sometimes ran... read more