How many Roman soldiers came to the garden to arrest Jesus?<\/p>\n\t
The Scriptures do not say.<\/p>\n
“And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with\u00a0a great multitude<\/strong>\u00a0with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people<\/em>” (Matthew 26:47).<\/p>\n
“And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with\u00a0a great multitude<\/strong>\u00a0with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders<\/em>” (Mark 14:43).<\/p>\n
“And while He was still speaking, behold,\u00a0a multitude<\/strong>; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him<\/em>” (Luke 22:47).<\/p>\n
“Then Judas, having received\u00a0a detachment of troops, and officers<\/strong>\u00a0from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons<\/em>” (John 18:3).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: How many Roman soldiers came to the garden to arrest Jesus? Answer: The Scriptures do not say. “And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with\u00a0a great multitude\u00a0with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people” (Matthew 26:47). “And immediately, while He was still speaking,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[228,606],"class_list":["post-14358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-crucifixion","tag-gospels"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28452,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/were-roman-soldiers-involved-in-the-arrest-of-jesus\/","url_meta":{"origin":14358,"position":0},"title":"Were Roman soldiers involved in the arrest of Jesus?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How many Roman soldiers came to arrest Christ? 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