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John 18:38
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.
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.
Verse John 18:38. _WHAT IS TRUTH_] Among the sages of that time there were many opinions concerning _truth_; and some had even supposed that it was a thing utterly out of the reach of men. Pilate per...
WHAT IS TRUTH? - This question was probably asked in contempt, and hence Jesus did not answer it. Had the question been sincere, and had Pilate really sought it as Nicodemus had done John 3, Jesus wou...
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...
JOHN 18:28 TO JOHN 19:16. THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. From Caiaphas Jesus is brought to the Præ torium, the governor's residence, either Herod's palace in the W. part of the city, or the Antonia, near th...
WHAT IS TRUTH? Pilate's inquiry was not answered in words, but Truth sat embodied and bound before him. It matters not whether his question was sincere, or in pity of one whom he may have thought an...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
They brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early in the morning and they themselves did not enter into the headquarters, in case they should be defiled; but they wished to...
WHAT IS TRUTH? The question _of_ many. man. Pilate was not "jesting", as Lord Bacon says. He was doubtless sick of the various philosophies and religions which contended for acceptance. NO. Greek _ou...
28 19:16. The Roman or Civil Trial As already stated, S. John omits both toe examination before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin at an irregular time and place, at midnight and at -the Booths" (Matthew 26:...
_What is truth?_ Pilate does not ask about - _the_Truth," but truth in any particular case. His question does not indicate any serious wish to know what truth really is, nor yet the despairing sceptic...
_Outside the Praetorium_; Pilate pronounces Him innocent and offers to release Him in honour of the feast: the Jews prefer Barabbas....
38–40. _Outside the Praetorium;_ Pilate pronounces Him innocent and offers to release Him for the Feast: the Jews prefer Barabbas....
ΤΊ ἘΣΤΙΝ�; Pilate does not ask about ‘_the_ Truth,’ but truth in any particular case. His question does not indicate any serious wish to know what truth really is, nor yet the despairing scepticism of...
28–19:16. THE ROMAN OR CIVIL TRIAL As already stated, S. John omits both the examination before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin at an irregular time and place, at midnight and at ‘the Booths’ (Matthew 26:5...
VER 38. AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE WENT OUT AGAIN TO THE JEWS, AND SAYS TO THEM, I FIND IN HIM NO FAULT AT ALL. 39. BUT YOU HAVE A CUSTOM, THAT I SHOULD RELEASE TO YOU ONE AT THE PASSOVER: WILL YOU...
Ver 33. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? 34. Jesus answered him, Say you this thing of yourself, or did others tell it...
_JESUS IS TRIED BY PILATE -- JOHN 18:28-40:_ Jesus was dragged from one ungodly and illegal trial to another. They did not even have any real charges against Jesus. Pilate asked, "What charges are you...
ΕΙΠΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. _Aor._ описывает действие, предшествующее действию основного гл., "после того как он сказал это"....
DISCOURSE: 1720 PILATE’S INQUIRY ABOUT TRUTH John 18:38. _Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?_ THE rich and powerful are for the most part under great disadvantages for the attainment of religious...
PILATE SAITH,—WHAT IS TRUTH?— "What is this truth which you refer to, and which you so solemnly speak of, as your business to attest?" And when he had said this, as Jesus made a pause and did not imme...
TRIED BY PILATE, THE ROMAN AUTHORITY _Text: John 18:28-40_ 28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, tha...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 18:28-40 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 18:— In our last chapter we contemplated the Lord Jesus in the presence of Annas, the real...
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. PILATE SAITH UNTO HIM, WHAT IS TRUTH? - q.d.,...
25-27 Compare Mat_26:71-75; Mar_14:69-72; Luk_22:58-62. 28-32 Compare Mat_27:1-2; Mar_15:1; Luk_23:1. 28 What insufferable hypocrites they were! Plotting the death of God's holy One, and afraid thei...
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...
WHAT IS TRUTH?] Rome was infested with a horde of Greek sophists and juggling Oriental theosophists, who all claimed a monopoly of 'the truth,' and hence Pilate had learned to scoff at all mention of...
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...
PILATE SAITH UNTO HIM, WHAT IS TRUTH? — “‘What is truth?’ said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.” Such is Lord Bacon’s well-known interpretation of Pilate’s well-known question. Others...
XIX. _ JESUS BEFORE PILATE._ "They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the palace: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but might eat t...
_Pilate declares the result of his examination_....
Pilate waited for no reply to his question, but τοῦτο εἰπὼν, πάλιν ἐξῆλθε. The noting of each movement of Pilate suggests the eye-witness, and brings out his vacillation. Ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν … “I for...
to John 19:16. _Jesus before Pilate_....
THE KING OF TRUTH John 18:33-40 There was a tone of satire in Pilate's question: “Thou poor, worn, tear-stained outcast, forsaken by every friend in this hour of need- _art thou a king?_ ” Human ears...
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...
(12) Pilate saith unto him, (d) 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]. (12) It was required that Christ shoul...
CHAPTER 26. JESUS AT PILATE'S BAR Matthew 27:1-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-38. “ Then they led Jesus from C
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 28-40. The bearing of John 18:28 on the question as to whether Jesus died on the 14th or the 15th of the month Nisan, and, in connection with this, whether...
VER. 38. “ _Pilate says to him, What is truth? And after he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and says to them, As for me, I find no crime in him._ ” Pilate's exclamation is neither the exp...
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...
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgement: and it was early, and they themselves went not into the judgement hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover....
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...
38._What is truth? _Some think that Pilate puts this question through curiosity, as irreligious men are sometimes accustomed to be eagerly desirous of learning something that is new to them, and yet d...
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...
PILATE SAITH UNTO HIM, WHAT IS TRUTH?.... That is, in general, or that which Christ then particularly spoke of: many things might be observed in answer to this question, as that there is the truth and...
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_. Ver. 38. _What is truth?_] In a scornful, profa...
_Then Pilate entered into the judgment-hall again_ See the note on Matthew 27:11. It seems, as the governor had heard an honourable report of Jesus, and observed in his silence, under the accusations...
Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-25....
WHAT IS TRUTH? by this question Pilate manifested both his ignorance of our Lord's meaning, and his indifference in respect to His doctrine. I FIND IN HIM NO FAULT; this the Holy Ghost caused to be w...
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...
33-40 Art thou the King of the Jews? that King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; art thou he? Dost thou call thyself so, and wouldest thou be thought so? Christ answered...
Pilate (as profane persons use to do) thought that our Saviour, speaking of truth, and a spiritual kingdom, did but cant, and therefore asking him what he meant by truth, he never stays for an answer,...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V in their madness cast upon Him, till it was very early in the morning, and then they lead Him away to Annas, who was father-in-law to Caiaphas; and when they...
John 18:38 Pilate G4091 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 What G5101 is G2076 (G5748) truth G225 And...
JESUS BEFORE PILATE (JOHN 18:28). Jesus' examination before Caiaphas is summed up in two sentences, ‘Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas' and ‘they lead Jesus from Caiaphas'. To John that examination had...
‘And when he had said this he went out again to the Judaisers, and says to them, “I find him guilty of no crime.” Pilate went out and told the Jews that he found nothing against Jesus as far as Roman...
‘Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “It is you who says I am a king. This is why I have been born and this is why I have come into the world, so that I should bear wi...
John 18:38. PILATE SAITH UNTO HIM, WHAT IS TRUTH? Not surely the question of one seriously searching after truth, for in that case he would have waited for a reply; nor that of one in despair, which w...
From the examination before Caiaphas we are taken to the trial before Pilate. The scene is in every respect one of the most remarkable in the Gospel, alike in its selection of incidents and vividness...
WHAT IS TRUTH? (τ εστιν αληθεια;). This famous sneer of Pilate reveals his own ignorance of truth, as he stood before Incarnate Truth (John 14:6). _Quid est veritas?_ The answer in Latin is _Vir est...
John 18:37 Consider the Duty of being "true and just in all our dealings," I. As peculiarly a duty towards our neighbours. The whole frame of society stands by mutual confidence. Knaves sometimes see...
28 _; Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment:_ That is to say, Pilate's hall. Pilate, at that time, was probably residing in one of the old and sumptuous palaces of Herod, there...
John 18:28. 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...
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...
To make come _true._ John 12:32_:_ Matthew 20:18-19 and notes. If the Jews had authority to kill him, they would have stoned him as they did Stephen (Acts 7:57-58). 36. MY KINGDOM DOES NOT BELONG TO T...
TO THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE. For notes on Jesus before Pilate, see Matthew 27:1-26. The order of events is given in the notes on Matthew. TO KEEP THEMSELVES RITUALLY CLEAN. They would do anything to have...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:38 WHAT IS TRUTH? Pilate apparently decides that Jesus is a teacher of abstract philosophy and poses no threat to the Roman government. He seeks no answer from the only one who co...
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)
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
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...
_Pilate saith unto Him, What is truth?_ Pilate supposed Christ to be a philosopher or prophet, who speculated about truth. And therefore he asked Him what that truth was to which He was born to bear w...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 18:28. THEN LED THEY JESUS, ETC.—The Evangelist presupposes the trial before the Sanhedrin, and its issue. Jesus had been condemned to death. But the Jews had no...
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 1:19; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:23; Acts 17:19; Acts 17:20;...
Truth. Not with the article as in the previous verse, the truth. Jesus meant the absolute truth : Pilate, truth in any particular case. "Pilate's exclamation is neither the expression of an ardent thi...
What is truth? — Said Pilate, a courtier; perhaps meaning what signifies truth? Is that a thing worth hazarding your life for? So he left him presently, to plead with the Jews for him, looking upon hi...
Observe here, 1. The question Pilate put to Christ, WHAT IS TRUTH?. most noble and important question, had it been put forth with an honest heart, with. mind fairly disposed for information and satisf...