How Bizarre

And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber? Every day I was with you in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures." Mark 14:48-49

The Jewish police force came out to arrest Jesus, but there was a band of Roman soldiers there, too. The Greek word is speira. This word has 3 meanings: a Roman cohort, if it was a cohort of auxiliary soldiers, speira had 1,000 men, 240 cavalary and 760 infantry; a cohort of 600 men; and more rarely: the detachment of men called a maniple of 200 men.

Lets just suppose that the word speira in this context is referring to the lesser used, smallest force: a maniple. That is an awful heck of a lot of men to send out just to arrest one man, whom is alone in a garden, with his disciples, praying.

I would say that they were afraid of His power, because He is the Son of God, only they claimed He was a fraud and a phony: not the Son of God. Why then were they afraid?

Do you think they started to wonder what Caiaphas was thinking having them all get suited up, in formation and ready for a battle, just to arrest one man. One man who at the slightest sign of his 'army' using their sword to cause harm, reached down and healed the ear that was just slain.

I wonder how many of them thought "You've got to be kidding me. What a waste of my time. Seriously, has Caiaphas lost his mind." Was he out of his mind? Had Caiaphas battled with paranoia or was he a little schizophrenic?

I think that deep down his subconscious knew that this man truly was the Son of God, that He is all powerful and He has the power to do anything He wants. Unfortunately for him (and all the soldiers who had been summonsed), his subconscious was not aware that this all powerful man had every intention of laying down His life. For you, for me and for every single man standing there that day.