John 18:1 to 19:16

LESSON LVI. Jesus Is Taken Captive (John 18:1-12) Jesus gives Himself into their hands, vss. 1-9. John, being an eyewitness of all these events, selects his material in an entirely free manner in accord with his particular plan and purpose in writing this Gospel. Therefore he, at one time, omits some very important incidents that took place at this time, and at another time men­tions them. The reason for this is ap­parent. First of all he will not merely repeat what the Synoptists had...