Luke 22:53

“When I was daily with you in the temple, etc.] As he had been for some days past, teaching the people, and disputing with them, the chief priests, etc. ye stretched forth no hands against me; to lay hold upon him, and kill him; the reason was, because his time was not come, and they had no licence or permission to hurt him, or any power given them against him from above: but this is your hour; the time was now come for the betraying of him by Judas; for the seizing and apprehending him by the Roman soldiers and officers; and for the delivery of him into the hands of the “chief” priests and elders; and for them to insult, mock, buffet, scourge him, and spit upon him: and for the crucifixion…”

“See this explained in Matthew 26:48-56. Luke 22:48 Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the “Son of man” was evidently meant “the Messiah.” Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that, and did not doubt it. A kiss was the sign of affection. By that slight artifice Judas thought to conceal his base purpose. Jesus with severity reproaches him for it. Every word is emphatic. “Betrayest” thou - dost thou violate all thy obligations of fidelity, and deliver thy Master up to death? Betrayest “thou” - thou, so long with him, so much favored, so sure that this is the Messiah? Betrayest thou “the Son of man” - the Messiah, the hope of the nations, the desire of all people, the…”

“This is your hour - Before which ye could not take me: and the power of darkness - The time when Satan has power. Luke 22:54”

“I was: Luk 21:37, Luk 21:38; Mat 21:12-15, Mat 21:23, Mat 21:45, Mat 21:46; Joh 7:25, Joh 7:26, Joh 7:30, Joh 7:45 but: Jdg 16:21-30; Job 20:5; Joh 12:27, Joh 16:20-22 the power: Joh 14:30; Act 26:18; Co2 4:3-6; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; Rev 12:9-12 Luke 22:54”