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John 18:20
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.
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.
JOHN 18:13-27 _order of verses_ {A} Because the usual sequence of these verses involves difficulties (in ver. John 18:13 Jesus is brought before Annas first and what follows is apparently before him,...
Verse John 18:20. _I SPAKE OPENLY TO THE WORLD_] To every person in the land indiscriminately-to the people at large: the τω κοσμω, here, is tantamount to the French _tout le monde_, all the world, i...
OPENLY TO THE WORLD - If his doctrine had tended to excite sedition and tumult, if he had aimed to overthrow the government, he would have trained his friends in secret; he would have retired from pub...
III. “I LAY DOWN MY LIFE, THAT I MIGHT TAKE IT AGAIN.” Chapter s 18-21 CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Arrest in the Garden. (John 18:1 .)_ 2. Before Annas and Caiaphas; Peter's Denial. (John 18:12 .) 3. Befo...
THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. PETER'S DENIAL. Jesus is brought to Annas, the father-in-law of the actual High Priest of that year (John 11:51). This preliminary stage, known only to our author, is not...
SPAKE OPENLY TO THE WORLD. The Lord ignores the question concerning his disciples, but answers with reference to himself. He had taught openly in the synagogue and temple; he had entered into no consp...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
SPAKE. The texts read "have spoken". OPENLY. Greek _parrhesia. Compare John 7:4._ _ WORLD._Greek. kosmos. App-129. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. SYNAGOGUE. See App-120. Omit "the". It is general, appl...
_I spake_ The true reading gives, I HAVE SPOKEN. There is a strong emphasis on -I." Christ answers no questions about His disciples; He bears the brunt Himself alone. Moreover He seems to contrast the...
ἘΓΏ. With strong emphasis. He answers no questions about His disciples, but bears the brunt alone. Moreover He seems to contrast His openness with the secrecy of His enemies: for ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΑΙ see on John...
THE JEWISH OR ECCLESIASTICAL TRIALS 12–27. Much space is given in all four Gospels to the Jewish and Roman trials, space apparently disproportionate to the brief account of the Crucifixion. But the tw...
VER 19. THE HIGH PRIEST THEN ASKED JESUS OF HIS DISCIPLES, AND OF HIS DOCTRINE. 20. JESUS ANSWERED HIM, I SPOKE OPENLY TO THE WORLD; I EVER TAUGHT IN THE SYNAGOGUE, AND IN THE TEMPLE, WHERE THE JEWS A...
_JESUS IS QUESTIONED BY THE HIGH PRIEST -- JOHN 18:19-27:_ The High Priest asked Jesus about His disciples. He likely was asking about their authority to do their work. Jesus said He taught openly and...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John 18:5. ΛΕΛΆΛΗΚΑ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. _Perf._ подчеркивает результаты прошлого учения. Его учение было публичным, Έ...
DISCOURSE: 1718 JESUS SMITTEN IN THE HIGH PRIEST’S PALACE John 18:19. The high-priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever ta...
THE HIGH PRIEST THEN ASKED JESUS— The court being duly constituted, and the prisoner placed at the bar, the trial began about break of day. See Luke 22. 66. The high priest asked our Lord, what his di...
TRIAL BY THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES _Text:_ .John 18:12-27 12 So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, 13 and led him to Annas first; for he was fa...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 18:12-27 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 18: — The structure of our present passage is quite complex. From Christ being led away to Annas, th...
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. For the exposition, see the note at , etc., as far as page 204, second paragraph. O...
Darkness is the day, for evildoers. The Lord worked in the day. Satan fears the light. Even in the night they need a squad of soldiers and armed deputies to take a gentle, unarmed Man and His timid di...
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION BEFORE ANNAS (peculiar to this Gospel). The object of Annas's examination, which was irregular and informal, was obviously to induce Jesus to incriminate Himself in view of the...
CHRIST BEFORE ANNAS, CAIAPHAS, AND PILATE 1-14. Christ's arrest and trial before Annas (cp. Matthew 26:30 = Mark 14:26 = Luke 22:39). The narrative is now parallel with the synoptic account, with whic...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 18 JUDAS *BETRAYS JESUS 18:1-11 V1 After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his *disciples. They crossed the vall...
I SPAKE OPENLY TO THE WORLD. — He does not distinctly answer the question about His disciples, but His words imply that all may have been His disciples. The pronoun is strongly emphatic; “I am one,” H...
_Examination before Annas_....
JESUS BEFORE HIS PERSECUTORS John 18:19-24 Annas was the father-in-law of the high priest. For many years he had worn the high priest's robes, and though now he had nominally retired from his office,...
From the sacred hours of teaching and prayer our Lord passed to the final acts in His mighty work. This brought Him to Gethsemane, where we have a revelation of His majesty and His meekness. He suffer...
JESUS CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-71; John 18:19-24. “ Then the high
ARRAIGNMENT OF JESUS AND DENIAL OF PETER Matthew 26:57-75; Mark 14:53-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:13-27. “ And t
FOURTH PART: THE PASSION. 18:1-19:42. The intention of the evangelist, in the following narrative, is certainly not to give a narration as complete as possible of the Passion, as if no narrative of th...
“ _The high-priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples and his doctrine._ 20. _Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in open synagogue and in the templ...
I. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM: 18:12-27. The following section contains the account of an appearance of Jesus in the house of Annas, the ex-high-priest, an account with which that of the denial of...
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine? (20) Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
20._I spoke openly in the world. _It is a childish error into which some have fallen, who think that this reply of Christ condemns those who expound the word of God in private apartments, when the tyr...
The history of our Lord's last moments begins after the words that He addressed to His Father. We shall find even in this part of it, the general character of that which is related in this Gospel (acc...
JESUS ANSWERED HIM,.... Not to the first of these questions, concerning his disciples; not because they had all now forsaken him, and one was denying him; nor because he would not betray them; nor bec...
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. Ver. 20. _I spake openly to the...
_The high-priest then asked Jesus_ As he stood before him; of _his disciples, and of his doctrine_ What it was that he taught, and with what view he had gathered so many followers. In these questions...
OPENLY; Matthew 26:55....
BETRAYED AND ARRESTED (vs.1-12) The Son of God goes calmly, steadily on to the great conquest of Calvary, each step of the way perfectly measured by divine wisdom. The fact of His going into the gard...
13-27 Simon Peter denied his Master. The particulars have been noticed in the remarks on the other Gospels. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. The sin of lying is a fruitful sin;...
I SPAKE OPENLY TO THE WORLD; to all sorts of men, my enemies as well as my friends. I EVER TAUGHT IN THE SYNAGOGUE, AND IN THE TEMPLE, WHITHER THE JEWS ALWAYS RESORT; the Jews for instruction do use t...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics Openly did the Lord speak,[280]...
John 18:20 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) him G846 I G1473 spoke G2980 (G5656) openly G3954 world...
‘The High Priest then asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the Temple where all the Juda...
THE MESSIANIC LAMB IS EXAMINED BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST - PETER DENIES JESUS (JOHN 18:13). Just as the Passover lambs had to be examined by the priests before being sacrificed, so now Jesus, God's Pass...
John 18:20-21. JESUS ANSWERED HIM, I HAVE SPOKEN BOLDLY TO THE WORLD: I EVER TAUGHT IN SYNAGOGUE AND IN THE TEMPLE-COURTS, WHERE ALL THE JEWS ASSEMBLE, AND IN SECRET I SPAKE NOTHING. WHY ASKEST THOU M...
We have in this passage the appearance of Jesus before Annas and Caiaphas, together with the three denials of the Apostle peter. The difficulties of the passage, both in itself and in its relation to...
OPENLY (παρρησια). As already shown (John 7:4; John 8:26; John 10:24; John 10:39; Joh...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
John 18:12. _Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same...
John 18:1. _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._ From our Lord's example, we s...
The passages, which we are about to read from three of the Evangelists, make up a continuous narrative of our Lord's trial before the high priest. First, John gives us an account of our Saviour's appe...
John 18:15. _And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple:_ That is John, of course; he never mentions his own name if he can help it. John 18:15. That disciple was known unto the hig...
CONTENTS: Jesus' betrayal and arrest. Peter's denial. Jesus condemned and Barabbas released. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Judas, priests, officers, Pharisees, Peter, Malchus, Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, Barabbas,...
John 18:1. _He went over the brook Cedron._ Cedron, or Kidron, was the name of the deep valley, as well as of the brook which ran through it, on the east between Jerusalem and the mount of Olives. It...
INTO THE COURTYARD OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S HOUSE. For notes on the trial before Caiaphas and Peter's denial, see Matthew 26:57-75....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:20 NOTHING IN SECRET. Jesus’ reply echoed God’s words in the book of Isaiah 1:1 ...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:1 These chapters tell of Jesus’ betrayal by Judas (John 18:1), his informal hearing before Annas (John 18:12)
CAIAPHAS QUESTIONS JESUS MATTHEW 26:57-68; MARK 14:53-65; LUKE 22:54 Luke 22:67-71;...
CHAPTER 18 I have commented on the Passion (Matthew 27 and 28.), I shall therefore only briefly touch on those points which are related by S. John only. Ver. 1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, He...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 18:1. WENT FORTH.—From the part of the suburbs where the discourse from John 14:31 had been spoken, and the intercessory prayer offered. THE BROOK CEDRON (τοῦ Κεδ...
EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME. JOHN 18:1 John 19:42.—1. _The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion_....
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 18. Jesus has finished His prayer, which we mentioned last week should properly be entitled the Lord's Prayer. And now, from wherever this prayer was offered, m...
Acts 26:26; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 48:16; John 10:23; John 7:14;...
In the synagogue [ε ν τ η σ υ ν α γ ω γ η]. The best texts omit the article. Render, in synagogue : when the people were assembled. Like our phrase, in church. Always resort [π α ν τ ο τ ε σ υ ν ε ρ...
I spake openly — As to the manner: continually — As to the time: in the synagogue and temple — As to the place. In secret have I said nothing — No point of doctrine which I have not taught in public....