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What does John 18:12 mean?

"So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,"

— John 18:12 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”

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Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

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Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”

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So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

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and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

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Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.

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Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

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