Verse 11
11. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money—Matthew alone records the precise sum, because a remarkable and complicated prophecy, which he was afterwards to refer to, was fulfilled by it.
And he sought how he might conveniently betray him—or, as more fully given in Luke ( :-), "And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him unto them in the absence of the multitude." That he should avoid an "uproar" or "riot" among the people, which probably was made an essential condition by the Jewish authorities, was thus assented to by the traitor; into whom, says Luke (Luke 22:3), "Satan entered," to put him upon this hellish deed.
Luke 22:3- :. PREPARATION FOR, AND LAST CELEBRATION OF, THE PASSOVER—ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TRAITOR—INSTITUTION OF THE SUPPER. ( = Matthew 26:17-30; Luke 22:7-23; Luke 22:39; John 13:21-30).
See on Luke 22:39- :; Luke 22:39- :; and see on Luke 22:39- :; Luke 22:39- :; Luke 22:39- :.
Luke 22:39- :. THE DESERTION OF JESUS BY HIS DISCIPLES AND THE FALL OF PETER, FORETOLD. ( = Matthew 26:31-35; Luke 22:31-38; John 13:36-38).
See on Luke 22:39- :.
Luke 22:39- :. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN. ( = Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39-46).
See on Luke 22:39- :.
Luke 22:39- :. BETRAYAL AND APPREHENSION OF JESUS—FLIGHT OF HIS DISCIPLES. ( = Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-12).
See on Luke 22:39- :.
Luke 22:39- :. JESUS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, CONDEMNED TO DIE, AND SHAMEFULLY ENTREATED—THE FALL OF PETER. ( = Matthew 26:57-75; Luke 22:54-71; John 18:13-18; John 18:24-27).
Had we only the first three Gospels, we should have concluded that our Lord was led immediately to Caiaphas, and had before the Council. But as the Sanhedrim could hardly have been brought together at the dead hour of night—by which time our Lord was in the hands of the officers sent to take Him—and as it was only "as soon as it was day" that the Council met (Luke 22:66), we should have had some difficulty in knowing what was done with Him during those intervening hours. In the Fourth Gospel, however, all this is cleared up, and a very important addition to our information is made (John 18:13; John 18:14; John 18:19-24). Let us endeavor to trace the events in the true order of succession, and in the detail supplied by a comparison of all the four streams of text.
Jesus Is Brought Privately before Annas, the Father-in-Law of Caiaphas (John 18:13; John 18:14).
And they led Him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year —This successful Annas, as ELLICOTT remarks, was appointed high priest by Quirinus, A.D. 12, and after holding the office for several years, was deposed by Valerius Gratius, Pilate's predecessor in the procuratorship of Judea [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 18.2.1, c.]. He appears, however, to have possessed vast influence, having obtained the high priesthood, not only for his son Eleazar, and his son-in-law Caiaphas, but subsequently for four other sons, under the last of whom James, the brother of our Lord, was put to death [Antiquities, 20.9.1]. It is thus highly probable that, besides having the title of "high priest" merely as one who had filled the office, he to a great degree retained the powers he had formerly exercised, and came to be regarded practically as a kind of rightful high priest.
Now Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. See on John 18:14- :. What passed between Annas and our Lord during this interval the beloved disciple reserves till he has related the beginning of Peter's fall. To this, then, as recorded by our own Evangelist, let us meanwhile listen.
Peter Obtains Access within the Quadrangle of the High Priest's Residence, and Warms Himself at the Fire (Mark 14:53 Mark 14:54).
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