John 18:1–11
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to the moment where the eternal counsels of God, spoken of in the glorious high priestly prayer of John 17, break into time and space with the clash of steel and the flicker of torchlight. We move from the upper room to a garden, and we should immediately see the profound biblical symmetry. The story of man's ruin began in a garden, with a man who failed a test, who hid from God, and who was subsequently arrested and expelled. The story of man's redemption now pivots in a garden, with the second Adam, who will not fail, who steps forward to meet His accusers, and who orchestrates the terms of His own arrest in order to secure our release. The modern, sentimental view of the arrest of Jesus paints Him as a helpless victim, a gentle teacher tragically caught in the gears of political and religious machinery.