The word "acquitted" comes from the word "acquit" meaning:
To release or discharge
To settle or satisfy (a debt, obligation, claim, etc).
To bear or conduct (oneself); behave
To free or clear (oneself).
Ref. Dictionary.com
READ: John 18:1-27 (KJV)
NOTE:
Vs. 5 Ref. Psalm 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Vs. 9 Ref. John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Vs. 10 Simon Peter smote the High Priest's - servant, Malchus (Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:47-49;
Only (Luke 22:51) reveals that Jesus healed the ear.
Luke 22:51 (KJV) 51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
The name Malchus in Hebrew means king - or (melek).
Vs. 13 Annas - Had been High Priest from A.D. 6 - A.D. 15. The Romans had removed him from office yet he still wielded considerable power behind the scenes. Five of his son's succeeded him as High Priest. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas - the High Priest who was in office at the time of Jesus' ministry.
