This is not put without reason, but to the greater conviction of the traitor, since though he was of the chief company amongst the disciples, he turned himself to furious enmity against our Lord.
There follows: “And with him a great multitude with swords and staves from the Chief Priests and the Scribes and the elders.”
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
