Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
John 19:13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Verse John 19:13. _THE PAVEMENT_] λιθοστρωτον, literally, _a stone_ _pavement_: probably it was that place in the open court where the chair of justice was set, for the prefects of provinces always h...
JUDGMENT-SEAT - The tribunal or place of pronouncing sentence. He came here to deliver him, in due form of law, into the hands of the Jews. PAVEMENT - This was an area or room of the judgment hall who...
CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Behold the Man! (John 19:1 .)_ 2. The Last Question of Pilate and Christ's Last Word. (John 19:8 .) 3. Delivered up and Crucified. (John 19:12 .) 4. The Title upon the Cross. ...
PILATE GIVES WAY TO THE JEWS. Pilate's next attempt is to persuade the Jews to be content with a lighter penalty than crucifixion. The prisoner is not dangerous enough, even to the religious authoriti...
SAT DOWN IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT. He had sat in the judgment seat before and had acquitted Jesus. Now he is brought forth again and Pilate takes the judgment seat in order to condemn him. The judgment se...
JESUS AND PILATE (John 18:28-40 ; John 19:1-16)...
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...
WHEN PILATE, &c.. Pilate therefore having heard. THAT SAYING. All the texts read "these words". IN. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. JUDGMENT SEAT. Greek. _bema:_ literally. pace,. step, then. platform...
_that saying_ The better reading gives, THESE WORDS. Pilate's mind seems to be made up at once. _brought Jesus forth_ Sentence must be pronounced in public. Thus we find that Pilate, in giving judgme...
_Outside the Praetorium_; the power from above controlled from below pronounces public sentence against the Innocent....
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:...
ΤΩ͂Ν ΛΌΓΩΝ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ (אAB) for τοῦτον τὸν λόγον (from John 19:8). 13. Pilate’s mind seems to have been made up at once: without replying he prepares to pass sentence. The fatal moment has come, and as i...
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...
12–16. _Outside the Praetorium_. The power from above controlled from below pronounces public sentence of death on the Innocent....
Ver 12. But the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: whosoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. 13. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he broug...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ, _см._ John 19:8; с _gen._ прислушиваться к кому-л., повиноваться. Это обвинение означало неминуемую смерть во времена правления подозрительного Тиберия. Таким образ...
CONDEMNED AND CRUCIFIED _Text: John 19:12-22_ 12 Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend; every one that maket...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 19:12-24 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The death of Christ may be viewed from five main viewpoints. From the standpoint...
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. WHEN PILATE HEARD THAT SAYIN...
7 It appears on the surface, that Pilate's question, when he heard that the Lord claimed to be the Son of God, was ignored. Not so. Since the Lord was the Son of God it was far beneath His dignity to...
THE CRUCIFIXION. THE BURIAL 1-3. Inside the Prætorium. Scourging and mockery by the soldiers (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15). It might be supposed from Mt and Mk that the scourging was only the ordinary p...
Outside the Prætorium. Pilate yields to the clamour. 12. Thou art not Cæsar's (i.e. Tiberius's) FRIEND] The Jews now appeal to Pilate's selfish fears. They threaten to accuse him of disloyalty to the...
SAT DOWN] or, possibly, 'caused Jesus to sit down.' THE PAVEMENT] In front of a Roman judgment seat there was usually, at this period, a mosaic or tesselated pavement. HEBREW] i.e. Aramaic. GABBATHA]...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 19 PILATE ORDERS HIS SOLDIERS TO WHIP JESUS 19:1-16 V1 So Pilate ordered his soldiers to whip Jesus. V2 The soldiers to...
WHEN PILATE THEREFORE HEARD THAT SAYING. — Better... _these sayings_ — _i.e.,_ the two sayings of the previous verse. HE BROUGHT JESUS FORTH.,. — Comp. John 19:9. He hesitates no longer about the cour...
Pilate therefore, when he heard this, brought Jesus out, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος. In the _Gospel according to Peter_, ἐκάθισεν is understood transitively: καὶ ἐκάθισαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ καθέδραν κρίσεως...
_Fresh assault upon Pilate and his final surrender_....
to John 19:16. _Jesus before Pilate_....
THE REJECTION OF THE KING John 19:10-17 Pilate's pride was touched by that silence. In His reply our Lord refers to the relative responsibility of those who shared in His condemnation. It was as if H...
Here once more we have the story of the Cross, and once again it is a story to be read almost without note or comment. The picture of our Lord led forth and presented to the crowds by Pilate is one of...
(4) When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, (b) Gabbatha. (4) Pilate condemns him...
FINAL EFFORT OF PILATE FOR HIS RELEASE John 19:4-16. “ _Then Pilate again came out_, _and spake to them_, _Behold_, _I lead Him out to you_, _that you may know that I find nothing criminal in Him. The...
a. “ _Having therefore heard these words_, _Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat, in the place called the Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha._ 14. _Now it was the Preparation of t...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-16. 1. The action of Pilate in connection with the scourging of Jesus and the giving Him up to the insults of the soldiers was evidently, as we see from...
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! (6) When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying,...
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...
13._And sat down on the judgment-seat. _Hence we see what conflicting opinions passed through the mind of Pilate, as if he had been a stage-player who was acting two characters. He ascends _the judgme...
Pilate (chapter 19) gives way to his usual inhumanity. In the account, however, given in this Gospel, the Jews are prominent, as the real authors (as far as man was concerned) of the Lord's death. Jea...
WHEN PILATE THEREFORE HEARD THAT SAYING,.... Of the Jews, that a freeing of Jesus would show an unfriendliness to Caesar; and gave very broad hints that they would accuse him to Caesar of treachery an...
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. Ver. 13. _When Pilate therefore...
_When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth_ Brought him out of the palace a second time; _and sat down in the judgment-seat_ On the tribunal which was then erected without the palace; _in...
SAT DOWN IN THE JUDGMENT - SEAT; the place for passing sentence on criminals. He did this for the purpose of condemning Jesus. He loved his office more than his duty; and feared the loss of it more th...
CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED IN THE COURT! (vs.1-12) Pilate then tried another desperate move, having the Lord scourged. This was gross injustice, yet he hoped by this to placate the Jews' enmity, considerin...
1-18 Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing t...
THAT SAYING, that if he let Jesus go he was not Caesar's friend. Pilate was a man that loved the honour that was from men more than the honour and praise which is from God; he was more afraid of losin...
Fragments from Peter of Alexandria "When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabba...
John 19:13 Pilate G4091 therefore G3767 heard G191 (G5660) that G5126 saying G3056 brought G71 (G5627) Jesus...
‘When Pilate therefore heard these words he brought Jesus out and sat down on the Judgment Seat at the place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew Gabbatha.' At this point Pilate gave up on justice. Now...
THE TRIAL CONTINUES (JOHN 19:1 A). John has made clear in chapter 18 that, in facing His trial by His fellow Jews, Jesus had nothing to hide, although no details of their actual attempts to find prose...
John 19:13. When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. The decisive moment is now come; a...
The dreadful tragedy is still continued; and that it is so in the same line of thought and with the same object as before, is evident from the parallelism between chap. John 18:33-40 and chap. John 19...
SAT DOWN ON THE JUDGEMENT SEAT (εκαθισεν επ βηματος). "Took his seat upon the βημα" (the raised platform for the judge outside the palace as in Acts 7:5). The examination is over and Pilate is now...
John 19:1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him._ This was one of the most terrible punishments to which a man could be sentenced. The Roman scourge was no trifle. It tore off the quiv...
John 19:1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. And said, Hail, King of the Jews!...
CONTENTS: Pilate brings Jesus before the multitude. The rejection of the Savior and the crucifixion. His entombment. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pilate, soldiers, Jesus' mother, His aunt, wife of Cleophas, Ma...
John 19:1. _Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him,_ as stated in Matthew 27:26. In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. _I, lic...
_From thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him_ PILATE’S LAST ATTEMPT TO RESCUE CHRIST I. DESPAIRING STRUGGLES BY A FEEBLE SOUL (John 19:12). 1. The earnestness of this attempt. Already he had endc...
_When Pilate therefore heard that_ THE DOWN GRADE Pilate’s time for playing with the situation is gone; now the situation plays with him. First he said, not asked, “What is truth?” Now his frighten...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 19:13 The Greek for JUDGMENT SEAT here implies a raised area used for official judgments (see Matthew 27:19). The name Gabbatha
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
CHAPTER 19 VER. 1. _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him._ That is after he had said (Luke 23:22), "I will chastise Him and let Him go." The tradition is that He was first scourged with t...
_In_ _a place that was called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew Gabbatha._ That is a High Place, the seat of judgment, being raised on many steps. These steps were sent to Rome, and placed near the Chur...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 19:9. WHENCE … JESUS GAVE NO ANSWER.—The answer had already been given (John 18:36: see also John 8:25; John 10:24
EXPOSITION JOHN 19:1 (d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. JOHN 19:1 Then PILATE THEREFORE TOOK JESUS, AND SCOURGED HIM. The force of the "therefore" may be se...
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him (John 19:1). The scourging was a whipping that was done to examine the prisoners. It was a third degree technique of the Roman Empire. They did not h...
Acts 4:19; Amos 4:7; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 51:12; Isaiah 51:13;...
That saying [τ ο υ τ ο ν τ ο ν λ ο γ ο ν]. The best texts read twn logwn toutwn, these words. He was afraid of an accusation at Rome before Tiberius, an accusation which could be justified by his misr...
Pilate sat down on the judgment seat — Which was then without the palace, in a place called, in Greek, the pavement, on account of a beautiful piece of Mosaic work, with which the floor was adorned: b...