Joh 18:3 | HCSB | STEP | So Judas took a company of soldiers and some temple police from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns , torches , and weapons .

John 18:3

3 So Judas took a ^{▼▼company/ regiment: Or cohort, a Roman military unit that numbered as many as 600 men}company of soldiers and some temple police from the ^{▼▼chief priest(s): A group of Jewish temple officers that included the highpriest, captain of the temple, temple overseers, and treasurers}chief priests and the ^{▼▼Pharisee(s): In Judaism a religious sect that followed the whole written and oral law}Pharisees ^d and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.