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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 18

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john.18.cohort18

τὴν σπεῖραν

TRANSLATIONhigh confidence

What force accompanies Judas?

The arrest party combines an imperial military detachment with officers supplied by the chief priests and Pharisees.

Why this default

‘The cohort’ is default because speira is the technical Roman unit named by the text without claiming that every soldier in its full authorized strength was present. ‘Detachment’ reasonably interprets the deployed number, but changes the unit-name into an estimate.

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Project defaultthe cohort

Project default · technical unit

Alternativea detachment of soldiers

Probable deployed group

Alternativethe troops

Natural collective

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