Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Knowing all the things that were coming upon him (eidwv panta ta erxomena ep auton). Mentioned already in John 13:1. He was not taken by surprise. The surrender and death of Jesus were voluntary acts, though the guilt of Judas and the rest remains.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 18:4:
Mark 14:44
Luke 24:12
John 1:38
John 13:1
John 18:5
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