So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him — The formal arrest (synelabosan) and binding (edēsan) represent the soldiers' execution of their commission after the initial awe-struck moment. Multiple forces coordinate—Roman soldiers, their officer, Jewish police—demonstrating the coalition required to capture the divine word incarnate. Yet the binding of Jesus ironically restrains only his body; his will remains free.

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