Matthew 26:47 says, And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.  Though the other disciples had been asleep, evidently Judas had not been.  Judas had been busy setting up his betrayal of Jesus.  Even when we as followers of Christ are asleep, we can be certain that the Devil is still at work.  Judas came with a bunch of armed people, who evidently thought that gave them power over Jesus.  Verse forty-eight says, Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.  Judas had set up a sign to betray Jesus.  Judas was going to kiss Jesus, a sign of greeting in that day and parts of the world today.  With a sign of friendship, Judas betrayed Jesus.  There are still people today who outwardly appear to be friends of Jesus, but who are secretly betraying Him to gain something from the world.  Verse forty-nine states, And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.  Judas was very hypocritical.  He hailed Jesus as Master, while at the same time betraying Him with a kiss.  We need to be aware that not everyone who professes to accept Jesus as Savior and Lord is sincere.  Verse fifty declares, And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.  Jesus referred to Judas as friend, and Jesus had been a friend to him, and still was if Judas had accepted Him.  Jesus asked Judas why he had come, but He already knew.  I believe that Jesus was giving Judas an opportunity to at least admit the truth.  We cannot hide the reasons behind how we treat Jesus.  We will never betray Jesus without Him knowing it.   Verse fifty-one states, And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.  This one who drew the sword and cut off the ear of the servant is understood to be Peter.  He could not stay awake to pray with Jesus, but now he was ready to take action to defend Him.  We need to make sure that whatever we claim to be doing for Jesus is really what He wants us to do.  Verse fifty-two says, Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.  Jesus told this disciple, Peter, to put away the sword.  Jesus also warned that anyone who lived by the sword would die by the sword.  Jesus came to bring peace to those who follow Him.  Verse fifty-three asks, Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  These people were not taking Jesus, even though they thought they were.  God never needs us to protect Him.  Jesus said that He could have more than twelve legions of angels to protect Him if He asked, but that would have defeated His purpose.  In verse fifty-four Jesus asks, But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?  Jesus knew that His life was a fulfillment of the scriptures, and so would His death, burial and resurrection be.  So, even though He could have called down twelve legions of angels, Jesus willing surrendered Himself to those who were there to arrest Him.  Verse fifty-five states, In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.  Jesus asked the multitudes, those He had sat teaching daily, why they were now coming after Him with swords and staves.  The crowds quickly turned against Jesus when the religious authorities came to arrest Him.  We need to pray that if it starts to look dangerous to follow Jesus today that we will not turn away from Him and begin to persecute Him.  If we have truly put our faith in Him and live under the power and authority of the Holy Spirit, we will not.  Verse fifty-six states, But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.  We are told that this was a fulfillment of the scriptures, and that even the disciples, those closest to Jesus, fled.  One, Judas, betrayed Jesus and the other eleven deserted Him and fled.  They had followed Jesus physically all this time, but they still did not understand Who He was.  Reading the Bible and being close to the church and Christians does not save a person.  Just like the disciples, we must come to a spiritual understanding of Who Jesus is or we will abandon Him when times get tough to be one of His followers.  Verse fifty-seven declares, And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.  Those who took Jesus to the religious leaders thought they were now in control of Him.  There will never be a time when the forces of the world will overpower Jesus, no matter how strong they may be.