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John 18:23
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou Me?
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou Me?
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,...
SPOKEN EVIL - In my answer to the high priest. If there was any disrespect to the office, and lack of regard for the law which appointed him, then testify to the fact, and let punishment be inflicted...
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...
IF. HAVE SPOKEN EVIL, BEAR WITNESS OF THE EVIL. Observe the calmness and dignity of the reply. Paul, under similar circumstances (Acts 23:3), answers like. man, but Christ, like the Son of God. If th...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
HAVE SPOKEN. spoke. EVIL. evilly. Greek. _kakos,_ adverb of _kakos_ (App-128.) in next clause. SMITEST. Greek. _dero._ Occurs fifteen times. Translated "beat" except here, Luke 22:63, and 2 Corinthia...
_If I have spoken_ Rather (as at the end of John 18:20), _If I_ SPAKE (comp. John 13:14; John 15:16). This seems to shew that Christ does not refer, as our version would lead us to suppose, to His ans...
ΕἸ Κ. ἘΛΆΛΗΣΑ. _If I_ SPAKE _evil_ is perhaps better than _If I have spoken evil_. Like ἐλάλησα in John 18:20 and εἶπον in John 18:21, this seems to refer to Christ’s teaching, about which He is being...
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 22. AND WHEN HE HAD THUS SPOKEN, ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHICH STOOD BY STRUCK JESUS WITH THE PALM OF HIS HAND, SAYING, ANSWER YOU THE HIGH PRIEST SO? 23. JESUS ANSWERED HIM, IF I HAVE SPOKEN EVIL, BE...
_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. ΜΑΡΤΎΡΗΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) удостоверять, "предоставлять некоторые свидетельства" (Brown). _Aor. imper._ може...
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...
ONE OF THE OFFICERS—STRUCK JESUS— As the word ραπισμα is supposed by many etymologists to be derived from ραβδος, a _staff,_ or _stick,_ Beza would therefore render the passage, _he smote Jesus with a...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED HIM, IF I HAVE SPOKEN EVIL. — Comp. Note on Matthew 5:39. BEAR WITNESS OF THE EVIL. — That is,” Produce the evidence which the law requires.”...
_Examination before Annas_....
The calmness and reasonableness of Jesus' retort to this blow impressed it on the memory of John, whose own blood would boil when he saw his Master struck by a servant....
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...
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
JESUS CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-71; John 18:19-24. “ Then the high
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...
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...
“ _When he had said this, one of the officers, who was at his side, struck him with a rod, saying, Answerest thou the high-priest so?_ 23. _Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of t...
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...
23._If I have spoken evil. _That is, “If I have sinned, accuse me, that, when the cause has been tried, I may be punished according to the offense; for this is not a lawful mode of procedure, but very...
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,.... For the high priest took no notice of him, nor any of the sanhedrim, though the action was so insolent and indecent, both as to the manner in which it was done, and the person,...
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? Ver. 23. _If I have spoken evil_] Christ bears with the officer's insolence, but forbears not to...
_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...
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;...
Our Saviour could easily have revenged himself upon this officer; but, to teach us our duty, he only gently reproves him, and lets him know that he did not behave himself as one ought to do in the fac...
Cyprian Epistle LIV the Lord said nothing reproachfully against the high priest, nor detracted anything from the priest's honour; but rather asserting His own innocence, and showing it, He says, "If...
John 18:23 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) him G846 If G1487 spoken G2980 (G5656) evil G2560 witness...
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...
‘And when he had said this one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the High Priest in this way?” Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil testify in what w...
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...
John 18:23. JESUS ANSWERED HIM, IF I HAVE SPOKEN EVIL, BEAR WITNESS OF THE EVIL; BUT IF WELL, WHY SMITEST THOU ME? ‘Bear witness' here is certainly not equivalent to ‘prove by bearing testimony in a r...
IF I HAVE SPOKEN EVIL (ε κακως ελαλησα). Condition of first class (assumed to be true), with ε and aorist active indicative. Jesus had not spoken evilly towards Annas, though he did not here turn t...
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...
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...
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 18:1. _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...
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 18:1 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...
1 Peter 2:20; 2 Corinthians 10:1...