The darkness of Gethsemane was suddenly illumined with the light of flickering torches. The silence of the garden was shattered by the rattle of swords, the gruff voices of men, and the tramp of marching feet. Judas Iscariot, remembering that Jesus and his disciples had often resorted to this place to pray, and come to deliver Jesus to his enemies, escorted by a column of Roman soldiers and several of the officers of the chief priests (John 18: 3)