READ John 18 COMMENTARY: : 2        And Judas also, which betrayed HIM, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted there with HIS disciples. (4178 “ofttimes” [pollakis] means often, frequently, many times, repeatedly, or again and again.) DEVOTION:  Betrayal of a friend is sometimes a part of life. Here we have someone who has been with the disciples for three years. He was the son of perdition that Jesus spoke about in HIS prayer to the Father. Judas knew the habits of Jesus. He knew that HE would take them on different occasions to a particular garden for a time alone without a crowd. He knew that Jesus was going to go there after the meal. One of things we learn from this betrayal is that other places in the Word of God we never knew about this special place for Jesus…