And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
The year of the redeemed is now come, which had been from eternity fixed in the divine counsels, and long looked for by them that waited for the consolation of Israel. After the revolutions of many ages, it is at length come, Isa 63:4.
Commenting on Luke 22:1-6
And he went his way,.... From Christ, and the rest of the apostles, out of Bethany; and when it was night, about two miles from Jerusalem, whither he went directly: and communed with the chief priests and captains; that is, of the temple, as in Luk 22:52 and so the Persic version reads, "the militia of the temple"; and the Syriac version renders it, "the...
Verses 4-6. Verse 4. Chief priests and captains. . See the account of the bargain which Judas made with them explained in Barnes "Mr 14:10" . Absence of the multitude. The multitude, the people, were then favourable to Jesus. He had preached in the temple, and many of them believed that he was the Messiah.