John 18:1-18
6: The strength and focus Jesus had after Gethsemane was so strong it overwhelmed the men trying to arrest him. This shows that Jesus was not a mild-mannered gentle wimp. Big strong guys who meant to arrest him fell back to the ground in fear before him. And this was before his glorification.
10: The only reason I can think of John including Malchus' name is because some of his readers may have known Malchus personally. This is important for dating the gospel of John.
17: Strike 1, this cues the Great Humbling of Peter. As Saul to Paul, so the denying Peter to the church leader Peter. But: at least Peter was brave enough to enter the court. Cool to see John being the "inside man" to let Peter in. (v 15) This courtyard was probably not all that huge, so this situation was surely scary and dangerous for Peter as an "outsider".
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