John in 18:12-24 tells us, they bound Jesus, how humorous these words are and yet how familiar they are as many today would in their own way attempt to bind the Son God. 600 men (a typical regiment) bound the savior, the Lamb of God who needed no human rope to get Him to the cross as His love for the Father and His love for us was what was driving Him there, not the cords of human rebellion but the cords of divine love. It is here that the words of Paul in Romans 8:38-39 come to mind where he writes, “I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” So the very ones that bound Him didn’t realize that His willingness to be bound was in order to liberate them from the bondage of sin.
