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While he yet spake (eti autou lalountos). It was an electric moment as Jesus faced Judas with his horde of helpers as if he turned to meet an army.
Let us go (agōmen), Jesus had said. And here he is. The eight at the gate seemed to have given no notice. Judas is described here as “one of the twelve” (heis tōn dōdeka) in all three Synoptic Gospels (Mar 14:43; Mat 26:47; Luk 22:47). The very horror of the thing is thus emphasized, that one of the chosen twelve apostles should do this dastardly deed.
A great multitude (ochlos polus). The chief priests and Pharisees had furnished Judas a band of soldiers from the garrison in Antonia (Joh 18:3) and the temple police (Luk 22:52) with swords (knives) and staves (clubs) with a hired rabble who had lanterns also (Joh 18:3) in spite of the full moon. Judas was taking no chances of failure for he well knew the strange power of Jesus.