Luke 22:54

“Then took they him, and led him, etc.] The band of soldiers, the captain, and the officers of the Jews, laid hold on Jesus, and bound him, (<431812>John 18:12) and led him out of the garden; notwithstanding the miracle he had wrought, and the humanity he had shown in healing the servant's ear; and notwithstanding his moving address to the chiefs of them; and indeed, this was a confirmation of his last words; for by this it appeared, that now was their time, and power was given to them, as the emissaries of Satan, to act against him: and brought him into the high priest's house; where the sanhedrim were assembled; but this was not in the temple where they used to sit: it is true, indeed, that…”

“See the notes at Matthew 26:57-75. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Mat 26:57; Mar 14:53; Joh 18:12. Luke 22:58”

“22:54 The high priest’s home might have been the home of Caiaphas, the current high priest, or Annas, his father-in-law and a previous high priest (see study note on 3:2; John 18:12-14).”

“took: Our blessed Lord before his death passed another examination. One was before the Jewish Sanhedrim, whose proper province it was to try such as were accused as false prophets or blasphemers. This was a kind of ecclesiastical court. The other, with which the next chapter opens, was before Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea at that time; he principally took cognizance of criminal things, such especially as concerned the peace of the country, considered as part of the Roman empire. Mat 26:57, Mat 26:58; Mar 14:53, Mar 14:54; Joh 18:12-17, Joh 18:24 And Peter: Luk 22:33, Luk 22:34; Ch2 32:31 Luke 22:55”