Waggoner on the Gospel of John - Ellet J. Waggoner

Chapter 20
The Wondrous Name
John 18:1-14
Christ Betrayed and Arrested
Two texts of scripture may be taken as the key
to the portion before us in this week's study. They
are (John 14:30), "The prince of this world cometh,
and hath nothing in Me," and (John 13:1), "Having
loved His own which were in the world, He loved
them unto the end," or "to the uttermost."
Jesus had finished His last confidential talk
with His disciples. It had been confidential indeed,
as none other could ever have been, for the
presence or the traitor was not there. Jesus had
treated Judas just as He had the other disciples, so
that not one of them had any idea of his true
character; yet it was impossible that there should
have been that close fellowship between him and
the Master that there was with the others. Judas
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