John 18:1-3
THE ARREST OF JESUS. Across the Kidron to Gethsemane:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ARREST OF JESUS. Across the Kidron to Gethsemane:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN JESUS HAD SPOKEN THESE WORDS, HE WENT FORTH WITH HIS DISCIPLES OVER THE BROOK CEDRON, WHERE WAS A GARDEN, INTO THE WHICH HE ENTERED AND HIS DISCIPLES.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JUDAS ALSO, WHICH BETRAYED HIM, KNEW THE PLACE; FOR JESUS OFTTIMES RESORTED THITHER WITH HIS DISCIPLES.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAS, THEN, HAVING RECEIVED A BAND OF MEN AND OFFICERS FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES, COMETH THITHER WITH LANTERNS AND TORCHES AND WEAPONS. Whether Jesus addressed His last discourses to His disciples and spoke His great sacerdotal prayer in the courtyard of the house where He had celebrated... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS, THEREFORE, KNOWING ALL THINGS THAT SHOULD COME UPON HIM, WENT FORTH, AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHOM SEEK YE?... [ Continue Reading ]
An exhibition of divine majesty:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY ANSWERED HIM, JESUS OF NAZARETH. JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, I AM HE. AND JUDAS ALSO, WHICH BETRAYED HIM, STOOD WITH THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS SOON, THEN, AS HE HAD SAID UNTO THEM, I AM HE, THEY WENT BACKWARD, AND FELL TO THE GROUND.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN ASKED HE THEM AGAIN, WHOM SEEK YE? AND THEY SAID, JESUS OF NAZARETH.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED, I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT I AM HE; IF THEREFORE YE SEEK ME, LET THESE GO THEIR WAY;... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THE SAYING MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH HE SPAKE, OF THEM WHICH THOU GAVEST ME HAVE I LOST NONE. The members of the band might have saved themselves a great deal of trouble, for the hour of Jesus had now come, and He voluntarily delivered Himself into their hands. He knew all things that were to ha... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SIMON PETER, HAVING A SWORD, DREW IT, AND SMOTE THE HIGH PRIEST'S SERVANT, AND CUT OFF HIS RIGHT EAR. THE SERVANT'S NAME WAS MALCHUS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The arrest:... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID JESUS UNTO PETER, PUT UP THY SWORD INTO THE SHEATH; THE CUP WHICH MY FATHER HATH GIVEN ME, SHALL I NOT DRINK IT?... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE BAND AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE JEWS TOOK JESUS, AND BOUND HIM,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LED HIM AWAY TO ANNAS FIRST; FOR HE WAS FATHER-IN-LAW TO CAIAPHAS, WHICH WAS THE HIGH PRIEST THAT SAME YEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CAIAPHAS WAS HE WHICH GAVE COUNSEL TO THE JEWS THAT IT WAS EXPEDIENT THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE FOR THE PEOPLE. At this point the impetuosity of Peter, together with His just anger at the audacity of the band in daring to threaten his Master, overwhelmed Him. He drew the sword with which he had pro... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SIMON PETER FOLLOWED JESUS, AND SO DID ANOTHER DISCIPLE; THAT DISCIPLE WAS KNOWN UNTO THE HIGH PRIEST, AND WENT IN WITH JESUS INTO THE PALACE OF THE HIGH PRIEST.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ARRAIGNED, AND THE DENIAL OF PETER. The first denial:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT PETER STOOD AT THE DOOR WITHOUT. THEN WENT OUT THAT OTHER DISCIPLE, WHICH WAS KNOWN UNTO THE HIGH PRIEST, AND SPAKE UNTO HER THAT KEPT THE DOOR, AND BROUGHT IN PETER.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAITH THE DAMSEL THAT KEPT THE DOOR UNTO PETER, ART NOT THOU ALSO ONE OF THIS MAN'S DISCIPLES? HE SAITH, I AM NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SERVANTS AND OFFICERS STOOD THERE, WHO HAD MADE A FIRE OF COALS; FOR IT WAS COLD; AND THEY WARMED THEMSELVES. And Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. As Jesus was led away from Gethsemane, all the disciples having left Him according to His prophecy, there were two of their number that... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PRIEST THEN ASKED JESUS OF HIS DISCIPLES AND OF HIS DOCTRINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The preliminary hearing:... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED HIM, I SPAKE OPENLY TO THE WORLD; I EVER TAUGHT IN THE SYNAGOGUE AND IN THE TEMPLE, WHITHER THE JEWS ALWAYS RESORT; AND IN SECRET HAVE I SAID NOTHING.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY ASKEST THOU ME? ASK THEM WHICH HEARD ME WHAT I HAVE SAID UNTO THEM; BEHOLD, THEY KNOW WHAT I SAID.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHICH STOOD BY STRUCK JESUS WITH THE PALM OF HIS HAND, SAYING, ANSWEREST THOU THE HIGH PRIEST SO?... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED HIM, IF I HAVE SPOKEN EVIL, BEAR WITNESS OF THE EVIL; BUT IF WELL, WHY SMITEST THOU ME?... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW ANNAS HAD SENT HIM BOUND UNTO CAIAPHAS, THE HIGH PRIEST. While they were waiting for the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble for an extraordinary session, Hannas, who is here called high priest by courtesy, as a former incumbent of the office, had a preliminary, private hearing with Jesus. He a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SIMON PETER STOOD AND WARMED HIMSELF. THEY SAID THEREFORE UNTO HIM, ART NOT THOU ALSO ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES? HE DENIED IT AND SAID, I AM NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
Peter's second and third denial:... [ Continue Reading ]
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?... [ Continue Reading ]
PETER THEN DENIED AGAIN; AND IMMEDIATELY THE COCK CREW. While the hearing was going on in the chambers of Hannas, Peter had remained in the circle of the servants and guards near the fire. That was foolhardiness, for he that willfully courts temptation and danger usually finds himself overwhelmed by... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN LED THEY JESUS FROM CAIAPHAS UNTO THE HALL OF JUDGMENT; AND IT WAS EARLY. AND THEY THEMSELVES WENT NOT INTO THE JUDGMENT HALL, LEST THEY SHOULD BE DEFILED, BUT THAT THEY MIGHT EAT THE PASSOVER.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. The arraignment before Pilate:... [ Continue Reading ]
PILATE THEN WENT OUT UNTO THEM AND SAID, WHAT ACCUSATION BRING YE AGAINST THIS MAN?... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, IF HE WERE NOT A MALEFACTOR, WE WOULD NOT HAVE DELIVERED HIM UP UNTO THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID PILATE UNTO THEM, TAKE YE HIM, AND JUDGE HIM ACCORDING TO YOUR LAW. THE JEWS THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR US TO PUT ANY MAN TO DEATH;... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH HE SPAKE, SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. The remaining hours of the night, after cock-crowing, brought some rest to the members of the Sanhedrin, after their mock trial in the palace of Caiaphas, Matthew 26:57, but not to Jesus, with whom the s... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN PILATE ENTERED INTO THE JUDGMENT-HALL AGAIN, AND CALLED JESUS, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU THE KING OF THE JEWS?... [ Continue Reading ]
Pilate begins the examination of Jesus... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED HIM, SAYEST THOU THIS THING OF THYSELF, OR DID OTHERS TELL IT THEE OF ME?... [ Continue Reading ]
PILATE ANSWERED, AM I, A JEW? THINE OWN NATION AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS HAVE DELIVERED THEE UNTO ME; WHAT HAST THOU DONE? Having received no definite charges, but only vague intimations from the Jews, Pilate now resolved to give the prisoner a hearing. He took up the case, although he was convinced tha... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED, MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD; IF MY KINGDOM WERE OF THIS WORLD, THEN WOULD MY SERVANTS FIGHT THAT I SHOULD NOT BE DELIVERED TO THE JEWS; BUT NOW IS MY KINGDOM NOT FROM HENCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The defense of Jesus:... [ Continue Reading ]
PILATE THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU A KING, THEN? JESUS ANSWERED, THOU SAYEST THAT I AM A KING. TO THIS END WAS I BORN, AND FOR THIS CAUSE CAME I INTO THE WORLD, THAT I SHOULD BEAR WITNESS UNTO THE TRUTH. EVERY ONE THAT IS OF THE TRUTH HEARTH VOICE.... [ Continue Reading ]
PILATE SAITH UNTO HIM, WHAT IS TRUTH? AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE WENT OUT AGAIN UNTO THE JEWS, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, I FIND IN HIM NO FAULT AT ALL.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE HAVE A CUSTOM THAT I SHOULD RELEASE UNTO YOU ONE AT THE PASSOVER; WILL YE, THEREFORE, THAT I RELEASE UNTO YOU THE KING OF THE JEWS?... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN CRIED THEY ALL AGAIN, SAYING, NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS. NOW BARABBAS WAS A ROBBER. After having protested against the false understanding of His claim which the Jews had brought in the form of a charge against Him, Jesus now proceeds to explain to Pilate in what sense the appellation "king" m... [ Continue Reading ]