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Matthew 26:63
But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest answered and said unto Him, I adjure Thee by the living God that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest answered and said unto Him, I adjure Thee by the living God that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Verse 63. _I ADJURE THEE BY THE LIVING GOD_] I put thee to thy oath. To this solemn adjuration Christ immediately replies, because he is now called on, in the name of God, to bear _another_ testimony...
JESUS HELD HIS PEACE - Was silent. He knew that the evidence did not even appear to amount to anything worth a reply. He knew that they were aware of that, and that feeling that, the high priest attem...
13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...
THE TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (Mark 14:53 *; see also Luke 22:54 f., Luke 22:66). There are no striking divergences from Mk.'s narrative. Ma
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...
HELD. continued holding. I ADJURE THEE. I put Thee on Thine oath. Greek. _exor_. _kizo._ Occurs only here. WHETHER. IF, &C. Throwing no doubt on the assumption: as in verses: Matthew 26:24; Matthew 2...
Jesus is brought before Caiaphas. The first and informal Meeting of the Sanhedrin St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the...
JESUS IS BROUGHT BEFORE CAIAPHAS. THE FIRST AND INFORMAL MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the o...
ἘΞΟΡΚΊΖΩ. Here only in N.T. Used in classical authors in the sense of ‘to administer an oath,’ especially the military oath (sacramentum). Possibly the word may be used here in reference to the charge...
Ver 59. Now the Chief Priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60. But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none....
_THE MOCK TRIALS AND DENIALS MATTHEW 26:57-75:_ The Sanhedrin was the "Supreme Court" of the Jews. The council sought "false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death." (Matthew 26:59) Jesus was con...
ΈΣΙΏΠΑ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΣΙΩΠΆΩ (G935) молчать. _Impf._ указывает на длительное действие в прошлом. Он постоянно хранил молчание, слушая разнообразные обвинения, ΕΞΟΡΚΊΖΩ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΟ...
DISCOURSE: 1404 OUR LORD’S CONDEMNATION BY THE JEWISH COUNCIL Matthew 26:63. And the high-priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou fell us whether thou be the Chri...
THE HIGH-PRIEST AROSE, &C.— When the high-priest found that Jesus took little notice of the things which the witnesses said against him, he fell into a passion, supposing that Christ intended to put a...
SECTION 70 JESUS IS DENIED BY PETER (Parallels: Mark 14:54; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18;...
SECTION 69 JESUS IS TRIED BEFORE CAIAPHAS (Parallels: Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-65; John 18:24) TEXT: 26:57-68 57 And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest,...
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. For the exposition, see the notes at ....
55-56 Compare Mar_14:48-52; Luk_22:52-53. 55 In the daylight they were afraid. They wanted the mantle of darkness to hide their evil deeds. Nothing could have been simpler than to have the temple guar...
26:63 that (f-20) He adjured him 'to the end that.'...
THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....
TRIAL BEFORE CAIAPHAS (Mark 14:58; Luke 22:54). The synoptists omit the preliminary examination before Annas recorded by Jn, because it led to nothing. St. John omits the trial before Caiaphas, becaus...
I ADJURE THEE BY THE LIVING GOD] Jesus consents to be put on His oath, thus declaring oaths before a magistrate to be lawful. THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD] The high priest asks not merely whether He is...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 26 PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to his *disciples. V2 ‘As you know, t...
I ADJURE THEE BY THE LIVING GOD ... — The appeal was one of unusual solemnity. All else had failed to break through the silence, but this would surely rouse Him. Technically, the oath thus tendered to...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
_The trial_....
_Before Caiaphas_ (Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:54; Luke 22:66-71). πρὸς Καιάφαν, to Caiaphas, who sent them forth, and who expects their return with their victim. ὄπου, where, _i.e._, in the palace of Caia...
ἐσιώπα : Jesus seeing the drift of the questions gave the high priest no assistance, but continued silent. ἐξορκίζω (ἐξορκόω more common in classics). The high priest now takes a new line, seeing that...
THE TRUE ANSWER TO FALSE WITNESS Matthew 26:57-66 This meeting of the Jewish leaders had been hastily summoned; but their difficulty was to substantiate a charge that would warrant the death sentence...
The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...
I adjure thee by the living God. They hoped this might make him own himself God; for which they were for stoning him. (John x. 31.) --- St. Luke tells us, (xxii. 66,) that this question was put to Jes...
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
"But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. (59) Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witnes...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
_THE HIGH PRIEST’S QUESTION_ ‘And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God.’ Matthew 26:63 It was qu...
63._I adjure thee by the living God. The high priest _thought that this alone was a crime sufficient to condemn Christ, if he professed that he was _the Christ. _But since they all boasted of expectin...
The Lord had finished His discourses. He prepares (chapter 26) to suffer, and to make His last and touching adieus to His disciples, at the table of His last passover on earth, at which He instituted,...
BUT JESUS HELD HIS PEACE,.... Knowing it would signify nothing, whatever he should say, they being set upon his death, the time of which was now come; and therefore he quietly submits, and says nothin...
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Ver. 63. _I adjure thee by the...
_And the high-priest arose_, (Mark, _stood up in the midst,_) _and said, Answerest thou nothing?_ When the high-priest found that Jesus took little notice of the things which the witnesses alleged aga...
I ADJURE THEE; he thus put him under oath to answer truly....
Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
57-68 Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for t...
Ver. 62,63. Mark speaks to the same purpose, MARK 14:60,61. The high priest expected a long defence, and so to have had matter of accusation against him out of his own mouth. Christ disappointeth him,...
Matthew 26:63 But G1161 Jesus G2424 silent G4623 (G5707) And G2532 priest G749 answered G611 (G5679) said...
‘But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” ' But Jesus continued to say nothing until e...
THE ARRAIGNMENT OF JESUS BEFORE SELECTED MEMBERS OF THE SANHEDRIN (26:57-68).. What follows is not an official meeting of the Sanhedrin which could only meet by day, but a gathering of enemies of Jesu...
Matthew 26:63. BUT JESUS HELD HIS PEACE. Before Annas He had spoken (John 18:19-23), but that was not an official hearing. Here under false witness and reproach He (as before Herod) is silent, in pati...
THE THREE TRIALS. These seem to have been three judicial examinations of our Lord. (1.) An examination before Annas, who, although deposed, was considered the real high-priest by the Jews, while they...
HELD HIS PEACE (εσιωπα). Kept silent, imperfect tense. Jesus refused to answer the bluster of Caiaphas.I ADJURE THEE BY THE LIVING GOD (εξορκιζω σε κατα του θεου του ζωντος). So Caiaphas put Jesus...
Matthew 26:63 When our Lord was upon earth, the measure of the fulness of His revelation to men was conditioned by their disposition towards Himself, and by their general moral character. This explain...
Matthew 26:59. _Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none:_ Neither for love nor money. Matthew 26:60. _Yea, tho...
The story of Peter's denial of his Master is recorded in all four of the Gospels. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it will not be tautology if we read all four of them; and...
We shall read two or three short portions of God's Word in order to bring before you the wonderful contrast to which I am about to direct your thoughts. Matthew 26:57. _And they that had laid hold on...
CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...
Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...
HAVE YOU NO ANSWER? But Jesus said not a word. I NOW PUT YOU ON OATH. This puts Jesus under a vow to tell the truth [which he did anyway]. TELL US IF YOU ARE THE MESSIAH. The high priest is asking two...
_But Jesus held His peace._ SILENCE THE BEST REPLY TO SLANDER It is reported of Titus Vespasian, that when any one spake ill of him he was wont to say that he was above false reports; and if they wer...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:63 Jesus is SILENT, fulfilling Isaiah 53:7 and making his accusers responsible for his death. tell us if you are the Chr
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:1 The Crucified Messiah. Matthew narrates the events leading to Jesus’ death: (1) the Passover and Lord’s Supper and events in Gethsemane (Matthew
CAIAPHAS QUESTIONS JESUS MATTHEW 26:57-68; MARK 14:53-65; LUKE 22:54 Luke 22:67-71;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:57. TO CAIAPHAS.—Apparently after a preliminary examination before Annas (John 18:13; John 18:19). WHERE THE SCRIBES AND THE ELDERS WERE ASSEMBLED.—It was against the rules...
EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...
1 John 5:11; 1 Kings 22:16; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samu
I adjure thee. I call upon thee to swear. The high - priest put Christ upon oath. That [ι ν α]. In order that; signifying the design with which he adjured the Lord....
We observed even now that our Lord was silent, and did make no reply to the false witnesses that evidenced against him at his trial; because being so manifestly contradictory, they did fall to the gro...