Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. THEN PILATE THEREFORE TOOK JESUS, AND SCOURGED HIM. As a compromise, he had offered before to commit this less injustice on the person of the prisoner, in hope of that contenting them. (See page 465, first column, second paragraph, and second co... [ Continue Reading ]
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, AND THE SOLDIERS PLATTED A CROWN OF THORNS, AND PUT IT ON HIS HEAD - in mockery of a regal crown, AND THEY PUT ON HIM A PURPLE ROBE - in mockery of the imperial purple; first "stripping Him... [ Continue Reading ]
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. AND SAID, HAIL, KING OF THE JEWS! - doing Him derisive homage in the form used on approaching the emperors (see also, on the same derisive epithet, page 472). AND THEY SMOTE HIM WITH THEIR HANDS. Matthew says "they spit upo... [ Continue Reading ]
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. PILATE THEREFORE WENT FORTH AGAIN, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, BEHOLD, I BRING (OR 'AM BRINGING') HIM FORTH TO YOU, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT I FIND NO FAULT IN HIM - ` an... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! THEN CAME JESUS FORTH, WEARING THE CROWN OF THORNS, AND THE PURPLE ROBE. AND PILATE SAITH UNTO THEM, BEHOLD THE MAN! - There is no reason to think that contempt dictated this memo... [ Continue Reading ]
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. WHEN THE CHIEF PRIESTS THEREFORE AND OFFICERS SAW HIM, THEY CRIED OUT, SAYING, CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM. (Se... [ Continue Reading ]
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. THE JEWS ANSWERED HIM, WE HAVE A LAW, AND BY OUR LAW HE OUGHT TO DIE, BECAUSE HE MADE HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD. Their criminal charges having come to nothing, they give that up, and as Pil... [ Continue Reading ]
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; WHEN PILATE HEARD THAT SAYING, HE WAS THE MORE AFRAID - the name "SON OF GOD," the lofty sense evidently attached to it by His Jewish accusers, the dialogue he had already held with Him, and the dream of his wife (), all working to... [ Continue Reading ]
And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. AND WENT AGAIN INTO THE JUDGMENT HALL ('THE PRAETORIUM,') AND SAITH UNTO JESUS, WHENCE ART THOU? - a question relating, beyond all doubt, not to His mission, but to His personal origin.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? THEN SAITH PILATE UNTO HIM, SPEAKEST THOU NOT UNTO ME? The "me" is the emphatic word in the question. He falls back upon the pride of office, which doubtless... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. JESUS ANSWERED, THOU COULDEST, [ ouk (G3756) eiches (G2192) rather, 'Thou shouldest'] have no power at all against me-neither to cru... [ Continue Reading ]
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. AND FROM THENCEFORTH - particularly this speech, which seems to have filled him with awe, and redoubl... [ Continue Reading ]
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. WHEN PILATE HEARD THAT SAYING - or, according to the preferable reading, 'these sayings,' HE BROUGHT JESUS FORTH, AND SAT DOWN... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! AND (OR, 'NOW') IT WAS THE PREPARATION OF THE PASSOVER. This is another of the passages from which it has been concluded that the regular Passover had not up to that time been kept,... [ Continue Reading ]
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. BUT THEY CRIED OUT, AWAY WITH HIM, AWAY WITH HIM, CRUCIFY HIM. PILATE SAITH UNTO THEM, SHALL I CRUCIFY YOUR KING? THE CHIEF PR... [ Continue Reading ]
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. THEN DELIVERED HE HIM THEREFORE UNTO THEM TO BE CRUCIFIED - against all justice, against his own conscience, against his solemnly and repeatedly pronounced judicial decision that He was innocent who... [ Continue Reading ]
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: HE WENT FORTH INTO A PLACE CALLED THE PLACE OF A SKULL - or 'unto the place called Skull-place,' WHICH IS CALLED IN THE HEBREW, GOLGOTHA, [ Gulgaaltaa' (H1538), softened into Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. WHERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM. Four soldiers were employed in this operation, which was done by fastening the body-after being stripped of all clothing except a broad belt round the loins-by nails or bolts d... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. AND PILATE WROTE A TITLE, AND PUT IT ON THE CROSS. AND THE WRITING WAS, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.... [ Continue Reading ]
This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. THIS TITLE THEN READ MANY OF THE JEWS; FOR THE PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED WAS NIGH TO THE CITY: AND IT WAS WRITTEN IN HEBREW - that is, Sy... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. THEN SAID THE CHIEF PRIESTS OF THE JEWS TO PILATE, WRITE NOT, THE KING OF THE JEWS; BUT THAT HE SAID, I AM KING OF THE JEWS. But Pilate thought he had yielded quite enough... [ Continue Reading ]
Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. PILATE ANSWERED, WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN I HAVE WRITTEN. And thus, amidst the conflicting passions of men, was proclaimed, in the chief tongues of mankind, from the Cross itself, and in circumstances which threw upon it a lurid yet grand light, th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. THEN THE SOLDIERS, WHEN THEY HAD CRUCIFIED JESUS, TOOK HIS GARMENTS, AND MADE FOUR PARTS, TO EVERY S... [ Continue Reading ]
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. THEY SAID THEREFORE AMONG THEMS... [ Continue Reading ]
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. NOW THERE STOOD, [ eisteekeisan (G2476 ), OR 'WERE STANDING'] BY THE CROSS OF JESUS HIS MOTHER, AND HIS MOTHER'S SISTER, MARY THE WIFE OF CLEOPHAS. This should be read, as in... [ Continue Reading ]
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HIS MOTHER, AND THE DISCIPLE STANDING BY WHOM HE LOVED, HE SAITH UNTO HIS MOTHER, Third Saying: "WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON!... [ Continue Reading ]
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. THEN SAITH HE TO THE DISCIPLE, "BEHOLD THY MOTHER!" What forgetfulness of self, and what filial love, at such a moment! And what a parting word to both "mother and son"! AND FROM... [ Continue Reading ]
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. AFTER THIS, JESUS KNOWING THAT ALL THINGS WERE NOW ACCOMPLISHED, THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED (), "saith" - Fifth Saying: "I THRIST." The meaning is, that perceivin... [ Continue Reading ]
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. NOW THERE WAS SET A VESSEL FULL OF VINEGAR: AND THEY FILLED A SPONGE WITH VINEGAR, AND PUT IT UPON HYSSOP, AND, PUT IT TO HIS MOUTH. The offer of the soldiers' vineg... [ Continue Reading ]
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. WHEN JESUS THEREFORE HAD RECEIVED THE VINEGAR, HE SAID - or, as in all the first three Gospels, " He cried with a loud voice" -- Sixth Saying: "IT IS FINISHED." [Tetelestai (G5... [ Continue Reading ]
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. THE JEWS THEREFORE - meaning, as usual in this Gosp... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. THEN CAME THE SOLDIERS, AND BRAKE THE LEGS OF THE FIRST, AND OF THE OTHER WHICH WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM. Crucifixion being a very lingering death, the life of the criminals was still in them,... [ Continue Reading ]
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO JESUS, AND SAW THAT HE WAS DEAD ALREADY - for there were in His case elements of suffering unknown to the criminals, which would naturally hasten His death, not to speak of His exhaustio... [ Continue Reading ]
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS - to make assurance of the fact doubly sure BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS - to make assurance of the fact doubly sure, WITH A SPEAR PIERCED HIS SIDE - making a wound deep and... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. AND HE THAT SAW IT BARE ('HATH BORNE') RECORD, AND HIS RECORD IS TRUE: AND HE KNOWETH THAT HE SAITH TRUE, THAT YE MIGHT BELIEVE - `that ye also may believe,' is clearly the true readi... [ Continue Reading ]
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. FOR THESE THINGS WERE DONE, THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED, A BONE OF HIM SHALL NOT BE BROKEN. The Scripture referred to can be no other than the stringent and remarkable ordinance reg... [ Continue Reading ]
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. AND AGAIN ANOTHER SCRIPTURE SAITH (ZECHARIAH 12:10 ), THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED. This quotation is not taken, as usual, from the Septuagint-the current Greek version-which here is all wrong, but direct fro... [ Continue Reading ]
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. AND AFTER THIS, JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA - a place which cannot now be... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. AND THERE CAME ALSO NICODEMUS, (WHICH AT THE FIRST CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT). It is manifestly the Evangelist's design to direct his readers' attention... [ Continue Reading ]
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. THEN TOOK THEY THE BODY OF JESUS, AND WOUND IT IN LINEN CLOTHES WITH THE SPICES, AS THE MANNER OF THE JEWS IS TO BURY - the mixed and pulverized myrrh and aloes shaken into the f... [ Continue Reading ]
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. NOW IN THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS CRUCIFIED THERE WAS A GARDEN; AND IN THE GARDEN A NEW SEPULCHRE, WHEREIN WAS NEVER MAN YET LAID. The choice of this tomb was, on their part... [ Continue Reading ]
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. THERE LAID THEY JESUS THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF THE JEWS' PREPARATION DAY; FOR THE SEPULCHRE WAS NIGH AT HAND. There was however one recommendation of it which probably would not strike them; but... [ Continue Reading ]