Pilate may have concluded that Rome therefore had nothing to fear from Jesus and His kingdom. Jesus Arrested. • The disciples, the eleven less Thomas (20:19-23). ii. Because from his fullness we have received even grace after grace. Because though the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Thus read, the verse affords no evidence that He was sent to Caiaphas before the interview just recorded, but implies rather the contrary. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. We have robbed God of his glory; we have been seditious traitors against the government of heaven: if he who hateth his brother be a murderer, we also have been guilty of that sin.” (Spurgeon). What wounded feeling does this express! This was THE FIRST DENIAL. Why askest thou me? “Nothing relative to the origin or reason of this custom is known. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. See Mark 15:6 , and perplexity of Pilate, who, "calling together the chief priests, rulers, and people," tells them plainly that not one of their charges against "this man" had been made good, while even Herod, to whose jurisdiction he more naturally belonged, had done nothing to Him: He "will therefore chastise and release him" ( Luke 23:13-16 ). He thought they would want a Man named as their own King to be spared death by crucifixion. i. Matthew 27:20 says that this was not a spontaneous response from the crowd, but one deliberately promoted by the religious leaders: But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus (also Mark 15:11). I know whom I have chosen. This prefigures the future embrace of the ultimate Barabbas – the one popularly called the Antichrist. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. i. The fearful laxity of morals at that time must doubtless be traced in a great degree to this skepticism. It is at the foot of the garden of Gethsemane. But in John's Gospel the arrest seems to have taken place BEFORE the seder as in John 18:28 the perushim didn't want to enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.Prof. (Read all of John 18) The history of our Lord's last moments begins after the words that He addressed to His Father. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. John 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.This chapter records the events on the day of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, starting with his arrest on the evening before, which in Jewish calculation would form part of the same day. . Then went out that other . iii. 22. struck Jesus with the palm . Art thou a king then?--There was no sarcasm or disdain in this question (as THOLUCK, ALFORD, and others, allege), else our Lord's answer would have been different. 1 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. d. What is truth: Pilate’s cynical question showed he thought Jesus claim to be a King of Truth was foolish. (It is worthy of notice that the "MY," which occurs four times in this one verse--thrice of His kingdom, and once of His servants--is put in the emphatic form). 2. 17. 38. And the servants and officers--the menials and some of the "band" that "took Jesus." “Like all weak men, he was not easy in his conscience, and made a futile attempt to get the right thing done, yet not suffer for doing it.” (Maclaren). John 1:18, NASB: "No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him." Pilate . “It was a way of dismissing the subject. . [The notes broken off there at Mark 14:54 are here concluded]. Possibly it was thrown at him by more than one; but these circumstantial variations only confirm the truth of the narrative. The immediately subsequent acts are given in full only in Luke ( Luke 22:61 Luke 22:62 ): "And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter," from the hall of judgment to the court, in the way already explained. Art thou not also one of his disciples?--In Matthew 26:71 the second charge was made by "another maid, when he was gone out into the porch," who "saw him, and said unto them that were there, This [fellow] was also with Jesus of Nazareth." The cross Jesus hung upon was probably originally intended for Barabbas. And He answered him to never a word, insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly" ( Matthew 27:13 Matthew 27:14 ). He came to be a King of Truth, that He should bear witness to the truth. That the saying . . (The Jewish mode in such cases as this was by stoning). i. (1) The complete sovereignty of Jesus as he undergoes these events, his complete control of the situation, is … 8. When the crowd chose Barabbas instead of Jesus, it reflected the fallen nature of all humanity. Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee to me: What hast thou done?--that is, "Jewish questions I neither understand nor meddle with; but Thou art here on a charge which, though it seems only Jewish, may yet involve treasonable matter: As they state it, I cannot decide the point; tell me, then, what procedure of Thine has brought Thee into this position." Jesus of Nazareth--just the sort of blunt, straight forward reply one expects from military men, simply acting on their instructions. ( Matthew 26:50 ). This is something affecting in this Evangelist--who, according to the earliest tradition (confirmed by internal evidence), derived his materials so largely from Peter as to have been styled his "interpreter," being the only one who gives both the sad prediction and its still sadder fulfilment in full. Besides, in the talk of the crowd about the all-engrossing topic, he may pick up something which he would like to hear. • The disciples, including Thomas (20:24-29). Mark introduces Jesus to us as an adult, telling us that Jesus was “a man from Nazareth” whose advent fulfills the arrival of God’s salvation as foretold by the prophet Isaiah. This was THE SECOND DENIAL. upon him, went forth--from the shade of the trees, probably, into open view, indicating His sublime preparedness to meet His captors. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?--that is, "Thou stirrest the question of questions, which the thoughtful of every age have asked, but never man yet answered." We need 2 cookies to store this setting. he went out again unto the Jews--thus missing a noble opportunity for himself, and giving utterance to that consciousness of the want of all intellectual and moral certainty, which was the feeling of every thoughtful mind at that time. Probably, Pilate did not mean that there was no truth, but that there was no truth in the kind of spiritual kingdom Jesus represented. But thus our poor disciple is in the coils of the serpent. John 18:28-38 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Before Pilate. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. It was the glorious effulgence of the majesty of Christ which overpowered them. In modern phrase, Pilate's object in this question was merely to determine the relevancy of the charge. when the crowds were pressing upon Him, "said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief, with swords and staves, for to take Me"--expressive of the indignity which He felt to be thus done to Him--"I sat daily with you in the temple, and ye laid no hold on Me. Matthew ( Matthew 26:69 ) says, "sat without in the palace." Jesus, however, knowing that in this spot Judas would expect to find Him, instead of avoiding it, hies Him thither, as a Lamb to the slaughter. At the upper end of it, probably, was the chamber in which the trial was held, open to the court and not far from the fire ( Luke 22:61 ), but on a higher level; for Mark ( Mark 14:66 ) says the court was "beneath" it. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) John 20:1-18 EXEGESIS: JOHN 20-21. Matthew adds to the address to Peter the following:--"For all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword" ( Matthew 26:52 )--that is, 'Those who take the sword must run all the risks of human warfare; but Mine is a warfare whose weapons, as they are not carnal, are attended with no such hazards, but carry certain victory.' and . These two statements are extremely interesting. And led him away--"In that hour," says Matthew ( Matthew 26:55 Matthew 26:56 ), and probably now, on the way to judgment. Now Caiaphas was he which gave council to the Jews The chief priests and Pharisees, who met in council about Jesus, ( John 11:47-52) , the counsel he gave was, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people; Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. As it is written in the KJV, there is no Trinitarian inference in the verse.. 2. the cock crew--As Mark is the only Evangelist who tells us that our Lord predicted that the cock should crow twice ( Mark 14:30 ), so he only mentions that it did crow twice ( Mark 14:72 ). 2 This same {message} started when God was close at hand. 28 Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. He denied it, and said, I am not--in Matthew 26:72 , "He denied with an oath, I do not know the man." Commentators have swam in an ocean of conjecture on this point. There they primarily apply to spiritual and eternal safety; here to what is, in the first instance at least, temporal deliverance. 11. . Noting that many things are true only on the basis of personal preference or perspective, they think all truth is personal, individual. officers from the chief priests and Pharisees--captains of the temple and armed Levites. a band of men--"the detachment of the Roman cohort on duty at the festival for the purpose of maintaining order" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. He could not suffer, according to the Scripture, if He allowed Himself to be delivered from the predicted death. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. 24-27. Besides, the scene which was to fill up the little breathing-time, the awful interval, between the Supper and the Apprehension--like the "silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour" between the breaking of the Apocalyptic Seals and the peal of the Trumpets of war ( Revelation 8:1 )--the AGONY--would have been too terrible for the upper room; nor would He cloud the delightful associations of the last Passover and the first Supper by pouring out the anguish of His soul there. 29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?” If I have spoken, &c.--"if I spoke" evil, in reply to the high if well--He does not say "If not" evil, as if His reply were merely unobjectionable: "well" seems to challenge more than this as due to His remonstrance This shows that Matthew 5:39 is not to be taken to the letter. JESUS BEFORE ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS--FALL OF PETER. (John 1:16-18) And these appearances in Galilee: • Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the We may request cookies to be set on your device. Read John 18 - 'English: King James Version' translation and Explanation of John 18 And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. That the word might be fulfilled, which he spake, Those which thou hast given me, I lost not one of them. Pilate went out to them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?--State your charge. Salem Media Group. 30. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Matthew and Luke’s narratives begin earlier still, rooting Jesus’ very conception and birth … Continue reading "Commentary on John 1:1-18" Because, in such circumstances it required a noble courage not to flinch from His royal claims; and our Lord, conscious that He was putting forth that courage, gives a turn to His confession expressive of it. Art thou not also one of this man's disciples?--that is, thou as well as "that other disciple," whom she knew to be one, but did not challenge, perceiving that he was a privileged person. Pilate has learned what he wants to know. i. © Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . “The obvious inference from his words would be that he came in to the world from another realm, that whoever did not listen to him would not be characterized by truth, and that if Pilate really wanted to know what truth was, he would give Jesus his earnest attention.” (Tenney), Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. But the building in which both met with Jesus appears to have been the same, the room only being different, and the court, of course, in that case, one. stood there, who had made--"having made." Judas . John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. “Our Lord implies that He was born a King, and that He was born with a definite purpose. Matthew continues--"But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 10, 11. The Romans would have thought of Barabbas as a terrorist and many Jews would think of him as a freedom fighter. John 18 Bible Study - Detailed questions, answers and guide for an in-depth verse-by-verse Bible study of John chapter 18 in plain English that everyone can understand. Whom seek ye?--partly to prevent a rush of the soldiery upon the disciples [BENGEL]; and see mark 14:51 mark 14:52 , as showing a tendency to this: but still more as part of that courage and majesty which so overawed them. 5. if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews--"A very convincing argument; for if His servants did not fight to prevent their King from being delivered up to His enemies, much less would they use force for the establishment of His kingdom" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. It is a ravine on the east side of Jerusalem toward the Mount of Olives. 28. 21. resorted thither with his disciples--The baseness of this abuse of knowledge in Judas, derived from admission to the closest privacies of his Master, is most touchingly conveyed here, though nothing beyond bare narrative is expressed. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice--Our Lord here not only affirms that His word had in it a self-evidencing, self-recommending power, but gently insinuated the true secret of the growth and grandeur of His kingdom--as A KINGDOM OF TRUTH, in its highest sense, into which all souls who have learned to live and count all things but loss for the truth are, by a most heavenly attraction, drawn as into their proper element; THE KING of whom Jesus is, fetching them in and ruling them by His captivating power over their hearts. But Peter stood at the door without--by preconcerted arrangement with his friend till he should get access for him. The words thus referred to are those of chap. "And as Peter was beneath in the palace" ( Mark 14:66 ). Note.--Our Evangelist, having given the interview with Annas, omitted by the other Evangelists, here omits the trial and condemnation before Caiaphas, which the others had recorded. e. I find no fault in Him at all: Pilate spoke to the religious leaders who wanted Jesus dead and clearly told them that Jesus was not guilty. The impudence of this atrocious deed shows how thoroughly he had by this time mastered all his scruples. “Both statements can be paralleled elsewhere, but the combination us unusual, and in such a situation, unexpected.” (Morris). Jesus is proclaiming that he is indeed a king, but not the sort of king who is liable to be recognized by a wily politico like Pilate. i. If the dialogue between our Lord and His captors was before this, as some interpreters think it was, the kiss of Judas was purely gratuitous, and probably to make good his right to the money; our Lord having presented Himself unexpectedly before them, and rendered it unnecessary for any one to point Him out. But the immediate cause of the revulsion, which made Peter "weep bitterly," was, beyond all doubt, this heart-piercing "look" which his Lord gave him. . JOHN 1:15-18. Study John 18 - 'Basic English Bible' translation alongside Explanation of John 18 and Apocalypse Explained (Whitehead translation) #635 中文 čeština Nederlands français ქართული ენა Deutsch italiano 日本語 한국어 português Pyccĸий Srpski, Српски Español svenska Tagalog isiZulu John 1:1-18. Several matters of emphasis distinguish the account in the Fourth Gospel from the parallels in the synoptics. knew the place, for Jesus ofttimes--see John 8:1 , Luke 21:37 . iii. "Thinkest thou that I cannot now"--even after things have proceeded so far--"pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me"--rather, "place at My disposal"--"more than twelve legions of angels"; with allusion, possibly, to the one angel who had, in His agony, "appeared to Him from heaven strengthening Him" ( Luke 22:43 ); and in the precise number, alluding to the twelve who needed the help, Himself and His eleven disciples. No one has ever seen God. The brook Kedron (as it is spelled now). 25. of Focus in on three aspects of the crucifixion of Jesus. The next steps will best be seen by inverting John 18:17 and John 18:18 . These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Matthew describes his position as "without, in the court," not in the audience-chamber, but in a court opening "upon" it or "above" it, as Mark (Mark 14:66) implies. and immediately--"while he yet spake" ( Luke 22:60 ). bethinks himself of the expedient of sending Him to Herod, in the hope of thereby further shaking off responsibility in the case. One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman, whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him--No doubt his relationship to Malchus drew attention to the man who smote him, and this enabled him to identify Peter. 20. "And Judas went before them [ Luke 22:47 ], and forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master, and kissed Him" ( Matthew 26:49 ; compare Exodus 4:27 , 18:7 , Luke 7:45 ). In Mark 15:27 (cf. 1 John 5:18(ISV) Verse Thoughts. “The word thou, in Pilate’s question, is emphatic and sarcastic. 1 John 5:18 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 John 5:18, NIV: "We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them." 39. Jesus . 12. “The question could scarcely have been more sarcastic. He saith, I am not--"He denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest" ( Matthew 26:70 )--a common form of point blank denial; "I know [supply 'Him'] not, neither understand I what thou sayest" ( Mark 14:68 ); "Woman, I know Him not" ( Luke 22:57 ). Click on the different category headings to find out more. But once in, the serpent coil is drawn closer; it is a cold night, and why should not he take advantage of the fire as well as others? is my kingdom not from hence--Our Lord only says whence His kingdom is not--first simply affirming it, next giving proof of it, then reaffirming it. Why this? Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the. and saith unto them--in the hearing of our Lord, who had been brought forth. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. 37. As soon then as he said unto them, I am He, they went backward--recoiled. knowing all things that should come--were coming. "And He touched his ear and healed him" ( Luke 22:51 ); for "the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them" ( Luke 9:56 ), and, even while they were destroying His, to save theirs. They answered . asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine--probably to entrap Him into some statements which might be used against Him at the trial. 16. “There is no denial that His Kingdom is over this world; but that it is to be established by this world’s power.” (Alford). "His demeanor and timidity, which must have vividly showed themselves, as it so generally happens, leading to the recognition of him" [OLSHAUSEN]. The garden, however, with its amplitude, its shady olives, its endeared associations, would be congenial to His heart. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. And remembering the Saviour's own words at the table, "Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat, but I have prayed [rather, 'I prayed'] for thee that thy faith fail not" may we not say that this prayer fetched down all that there was in that 'look' to pierce and break the heart of. Pilate hoped they would spare Jesus, but the crowd instead condemned Him. “Quite likely Barabbas was a guerrilla ‘resistance fighter’ who had been captured by the Romans and was being held for execution.” (Tenney), iv. It seems to show that Peter himself not only retained through all his after-life the most vivid recollection of the circumstances of his fall, but that he was willing that others should know them too. Doubtless the hearts of the two men towards the Saviour were perfectly different from the first; and the treason of Judas was but the consummation of the wretched man's resistance of the blaze of light in the midst of which he had lived for three years, while Peter's denial was but a momentary obscuration of the heavenly light and love to his Master which ruled his life. On the positive side, we find here a marvelous summary of the Passion. 1) The last words "It is Finished" 2) The sign that read "King of the Jews" 3) The significance of Jesus being crucified at Passover. . Betrayal and arrest in the garden. b. John 18 - In-depth verse-by-verse Bible study and commentary of John chapter 18 in plain English. Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?--an important question for our Lord's case, to bring out whether the word "King" were meant in a political sense, with which Pilate had a right to deal, or whether he were merely put up to it by His accusers, who had no claims to charge Him but such as were of a purely religious nature, with which Pilate had nothing to do. John 18:1-13 . But a comparison of the narratives seems to show that our Lord's "coming forth" to the band was subsequent to the interview of Judas. . Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. So he broke off the interrogation with the curt dismissal.” (Bruce), ii. His very life is the Light of all humankind. —The thought of their blessedness brings back again the dark thought that there is one present who will not do these things, and who cannot therefore be blessed. 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