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John 18:5
They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am He. And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with them.
They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am He. And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with them.
JOHN 18:5 VEgw, eivmi) {C} In considering the variant readings of this verse it must be recalled that normally scribes contracted the name VIhsou/j to i=c=. On the one hand, it is possible that, if o...
Verse John 18:5. _JESUS OF NAZARETH._] They did not say this till after Judas kissed Christ, which was the sign which he had agreed with the soldiers, c., to give them, that they might know whom they...
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 F. THE ARREST, THE TRIAL, AND THE PASSION. John 18:1. The Arrest. Jesus leaves the room, or the city, and crosses the Kedron (_cf._ 2 Samuel 15:23) to a garden where He often went, so that the...
JUDAS, ALSO, WHICH BETRAYED HIM, STOOD WITH THEM. To the Lord's question, his foes replying that they sought Jesus of Nazareth, he calmly replied, "I am he." Then follows. scene designed to show all t...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
When Jesus had said these things he went out with his disciples across the Kedron Valley to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered; and Judas, his betrayer, knew the...
OF NAZARETH. the Nazarene. For some reason Nazareth had an evil name (See John 1:46), and so Nazarene was. term of reproach. The name has nothing to do with Nazarite (separated) applied to Joseph (Gen...
_Jesus of Nazareth_ Or, _Jesus_ THE NAZARENE (Matthew 2:23), a rather more contemptuous expression than -Jesus of Nazareth" (John 1:46; Acts 10:38; comp....
THE BETRAYAL...
Ἰ. Τ. ΝΑΖΩΡΑΙ͂ΟΝ. _Jesus_ THE NAZARENE (Matthew 2:23), a rather more contemptuous expression than ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ (John 1:46; Acts 10:38; comp. M
Ver 3. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that shoul...
_JESUS BETRAYED AND ARRESTED IN A GARDEN -- JOHN 18:1-11:_ When Jesus ended that amazing prayer that is recorded in John 17:1-26 He and His disciples crossed the Kidron Valley and went into a garden....
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΕΊΣΤΉΚΕΙ _plperf. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476), perf. стоять, ΠΑΡΑΔΙΔΟΎΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) предавать; исп...
DISCOURSE: 1717 CHRIST’S ENEMIES SMITTEN DOWN BY A WORD John 18:4. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus...
BETRAYAL AND ARREST _Text: John 18:1-11_ 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disc...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 18:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: — "As the last section (13 to 17) involved His death, it must take place. He has given in...
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. THEY ANSWERED HIM, JESUS OF NAZARETH - just the sort of blunt, straightfo...
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...
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...
THEY ANSWERED HIM, JESUS OF NAZARETH. — He was known to many of them (John 7:32; John 7:46; Matthew 26:55); but this is probably an official declaration of the person with whose apprehension they are...
XVII. _ THE ARREST._ "When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into the which He entered, Himself and His disciples. Now Judas als...
Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον “Jesus the Nazarene,” _cf._ Acts 24:5, Ναζαρηνός occurs Mark 14:67, etc. ἐγώ εἰμι, “I am He”. He had already been identified by Judas' kiss, Matthew 24:47, but Jesus wished to dec...
_The arrest of Jesus_....
JESUS ACCEPTS HIS SUFFERING John 18:1-11 Our Lord went forth from the city and across the brook Cedron to Gethsemane, but not for the purpose of concealment, as John 18:2 clearly shows. How character...
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 here asks them, whom they were seeking, not as if he were ignorant of their errand, but to shew them, that of their own power they could do nothing, because, though he, whom they sought, was pre...
THE ARREST Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. “ _And Judas_, the one betraying Him
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...
FIRST SECTION: 18:1-11. THE ARREST OF JESUS. John omits here the account of the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane; but he clearly assigns to this fact its place by these words of John 18:1: _where there_ _...
The meeting of Jesus with the band. “ _Jesus therefore_, _knowing all that which was to come upon him, went forth and says to them:Whom are you seeking for?_ 5. _They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth....
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? (5) They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also,...
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...
5._It is I. _He replies mildly that he is the person _whom they seek, _and yet, as if they had been struck down by a violent tempest, or rather by a thunderbolt, he lays them prostrate on the ground....
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...
THEY ANSWERED HIM, JESUS OF NAZARETH,.... Their answer is not, "thee"; for they knew him not, their eyes were holden, or struck with dimness, or blindness, as the men of Sodom were; or they that answe...
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am _he_. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. Ver. 5. _Jesus of Nazareth Jesus saith, I am he_] They called him Jesus of...
_Jesus, knowing all things that should come upon him_ That is, knowing, not only in general, that he must suffer a variety of insults, tortures, and even death itself, but also all the particular circ...
Jesus is betrayed. Matthew 26:47-56....
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...
1-12 Sin began in the garden of Eden, there the curse was pronounced, there the Redeemer was promised; and in a garden that promised Seed entered into conflict with the old serpent. Christ was buried...
They tell him, JESUS OF NAZARETH. Christ was born in _Bethlehem of Judea,_ MATTHEW 2:1; but his father and mother lived at Nazareth, a city of Galilee, LUKE 2:4,39, where he lived with them, LUKE 2:51...
John 18:5 answered G611 (G5662) Him G846 Jesus G2424 Nazareth G3480 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) them...
‘Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming on him, went up and says to them, “Who are you looking for?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth”. Jesus says to them, “I am.” And Judas als...
THE ARREST (JOHN 18:1). Leaving the Upper Room Jesus led His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. The fact that Judas knew where to find Him suggests either that this was pre-...
John 18:5. THEY ANSWERED HIM, JESUS OF NAZARETH. The answer may perhaps reveal the light in which Judas had represented Jesus to the Roman authorities, ‘of Nazareth,' a Galilean, prone to revolt; or i...
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon a new section of the Gospel, extending to the close of chap. 19. The section contains the final assault of the devil and the world upon Jesus. But the...
WAS STANDING (ιστηκε). Second past perfect active of ιστημ used as imperfect, a vivid picture of Judas in the very act of betraying Jesus. John does not mention the kiss by Judas as a sign to the s...
John 18:4 Consider this incident: I. As a remarkable momentary manifestation of our Lord's glory. II. As a manifestation of the voluntariness of our Lord's suffering. III. An instance, on a small...
John 18:1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron,_ A dark, foul brook, through which flowed the blood and refuse from the temple. King David cross...
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. And Judas also, which betrayed...
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._ Our Lord could not cross that...
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...
1-16. THEN PILATE TOOK JESUS. For notes on these verses, see Matthew 27:19-31. John gives a few more details. 5. LOOK! HERE IS THE MAN. Jesus had been lacerated in the whipping, and wore the crown of...
JUDAS, THE TRAITOR, KNEW WHERE IT WAS. For notes on the Arrest, see Matthew 26:47-58. 6. THEY MOVED BACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND. Only John tells us this. This might fulfill Psalms 27:2. It shows us th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:5 Jesus’ self-identification, I AM HE, implies his deity (see note on 6:35). This is also suggested by the soldiers’ reaction in the following verse....
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)
Jesus is betrayed and arrested Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11;...
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...
_They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth._ They said not, "We seek Thee," but they say, "We seek Jesus." And therefore they did not recognise Him, though pointed out by the traitor's kiss (because Jesus...
_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...
Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 8:12; John 1:46; John 19:19; Matthew 2:23;...
Of Nazareth [τ ο ν ν α ζ ω ρ α ι ο ν]. Literally, the Nazarene. Stood [ε ι σ τ η κ ε ι]. Imperfect tense. Rev., correctly, was standing....