The Arrest Of Jesus
So Judas, who had obtained the soldiers of the Roman garrison, and some police-officers from the Chief Priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them:
“For whom are you looking? “
“Jesus of Nazareth,” was their answer.
“I am he,” said Jesus.
(Judas, the betrayer, was also standing with them.) When Jesus said “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. So he again asked for whom they were looking, and they answered: “Jesus of Nazareth.”
“I have already told you that I am he,” replied Jesus, “so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these men go.”
This was in fulfilment of his words—”Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.”
At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it; and struck the High Priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. But Jesus said to Peter:
“Sheathe your sword. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”
So the soldiers of the garrison, with their commanding officer and the Jewish police, arrested Jesus and bound him, and took him first of all to Annas.
—John.
When Jesus Met Despair
Jesus met the spirit of despair in the Garden of Gethsemane; and after the meeting, the cross had no terrors for Him, because He had already endured them; the grave no fear, because He had already conquered it How calm and gentle was the voice with which He wakened His disciples, how firm the step with which He went to meet Judas! The bitterness of death was behind Him in the shadow of the olive-trees. The peace of Heaven shone above Him in the silent stars.
—Henry Van Dyke.