Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
In exultation, to show what they had done, as if they were raising a trophy.
That no one however might be disturbed at the sound of the chains, the Evangelist reminds them of the prophecy that His death would be the salvation of the world: Now Caiaphas washe which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Such is the overpowering force of truth, that even its enemies echo it.
