Verse 3. A band. See Barnes |Mt 26:47|
See Barnes |Mt 27:27|; John passes over the agony of Jesus in the garden, probably because it was so fully described by the other evangelists.
Lanterns, &c. This was the time of the full moon, but it might have been cloudy, and their taking lights with them shows their determination to find him.
{b} |Judas, then| Mt 26:47; Mr 14:43; Lu 22:47