Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
John 19:25
These words the wife are not in the Greek, but supplied by our translators; which leaves it doubtful whether that Mary was the wife, or the mother, or the daughter of Cleophas.
These words the wife are not in the Greek, but supplied by our translators; which leaves it doubtful whether that Mary was the wife, or the mother, or the daughter of Cleophas.
Verse 25. _MARY THE_ WIFE _OF CLEOPHAS_] She is said, in Matthew 27:56, (see the note there,) and Mark 15:40, to have been the mother of James the Less, and of Joses; and this James her son is said,...
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. ...
THE CRUCIFIXION. The statement that Jesus bears His own cross corrects, or at least supplements, the Synoptic story of Simon of Cyrene. It may have been added to show that the Johannine Christ needs n...
THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS HIS MOTHER, ETC. While the apostles mostly were afar off, the women were near the cross. Some have held that there were only three, "his mother's sister" being "Mary...
But his mother, and his mother's sister, and Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary from Magdala, stood near the Cross of Jesus. So Jesus saw his mother, and he saw the disciple whom he loved standing by,...
JESUS AND PILATE (John 18:28-40 ; John 19:1-16)...
NOW. But. STOOD. were standing. BY. beside. Greek. _para._ App-104. MARY. See App-100. John omits the name of his own mother Salome, who was there also (Matthew 27:56)....
_Now there stood_ Or, But _there_ WERE STANDING. By two small particles (_men_in John 19:23 and _de_here), scarcely translatable in English, S. John indicates the contrast between the two groups. On t...
The Death and Burial For what is peculiar to S. John's narrative in this section see the introductory note to chap. 18. Besides this, the title on the cross, the Jews" criticism of it, and the conduc...
THE DEATH AND BURIAL For what is peculiar to S. John’s narrative in this section see the introductory note to chap. 18. Besides this, the title on the cross, the Jews’ criticism of it, and the conduc...
THE FOUR ENEMIES AND THE FOUR FRIENDS...
ΕἹΣΤΗΚ. ΔΈ. BUT _there_ WERE STANDING. The δέ answers to the previous μέν, and these two particles mark the contrast between the two groups. On the one hand, the four plundering soldiers with the cent...
VER 24B. THESE THINGS THEREFORE THE SOLDIERS DID. 25. NOW THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS HIS MOTHER, AND HIS MOTHER'S SISTER, MARY THE WIFE OF CLEOPHAS, AND MARY MAGDALENE. 26. WHEN JESUS THEREFORE...
ΕΊΣΤΉΚΕΙΣΑΝ _plperf. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476), perf. стоять....
THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS, HIS MOTHER, &C.— Neither her own danger, nor the sadness of the spectacle, nor the reproaches and insults of the people, could restrain our Lord's mother from perfor...
THOSE AROUND THE CROSS _Text: John 19:23-27_ 23 The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coa...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 19:25-42 Below is an Analysis of John 19:25-42:— 1. The mother of Jesus and the beloved disciple, verses 25-27. John says nothing about the Savior’s agony in G...
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. NOW THERE STOOD, [ eisteekeisan (G2476 ), OR 'WERE STANDING'] BY THE CROSS...
25 Physical relationships are temporary, and will be superseded by spiritual ties. All lasting spiritual bonds are made at the foot of the cross. 28-30 Compare Mat_27:45-51; Mar_15:33-36; Luk_23:46;...
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...
HIS MOTHER, etc.] According to the AV and RV, only _three_ women are named, but most modern critics hold that four are intended. Translate, therefore, 'His mother, and His mother's sister' (i.e. Salom...
JESUS AND HIS MOTHER. This beautiful episode is peculiar to St. John. Its grace and naturalness, and withal its reticence, speak powerfully for its truth. It took place before the darkness, which St....
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...
John 19:25 relate an incident which is found in St. John only. MARY THE WIFE OF CLEOPHAS, AND MARY MAGDALENE. — Better, _Mary the_ (_wife_)_ of Clopas,_ as in margin. This Clopas is usually identified...
XX. _ MARY AT THE CROSS._ "They took Jesus therefore: and He went out, bearing the cross for Himself, unto the place called The place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucifi...
_The crucifixion_....
This part of the scene is closed (that another may be introduced) with the common formula, οἱ μὲν οὖν στρατιῶται ταῦτα ἐποίησαν. (“Graeci … saepissime hujusmodi conclusiunculis utuntur.” Raphel _in lo...
JESUS' LAST THOUGHT FOR OTHERS John 19:23-30 Love made Mary brave to encounter the tragedy of that scene. The sword, as Simeon had foretold, was piercing her soul, Luke 2:35. Jesus knew how lonely sh...
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...
(8) Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. (8) Christ is a perfect example of all righteousness, not only in the k...
CARE OF JESUS FOR HIS MOTHER John 19:25-27. “ _His mother and the sister of His mother_, _Mary the mother of Clopas do not identify the sister of our Savior_ ' _s mother with Mary the mother of Clopas...
THIRD SECTION: 19:16B-42. THE EXECUTION OF JESUS. 1. The crucifixion: John 19:16; John 19:16; 2. The inscription: John 19:19-22; 3. The parting of the garments:...
“ _Now there stood near the cross of Jesus his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene._ 26. _Jesus, therefore, seeing his mother and beside her the disciple whom h...
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. (26) When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom...
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...
25._Now there stood by the cross of Jesus. _The Evangelist here mentions incidentally, that while Christ obeyed God the Father, he did not fail to perform the duty which he owed, as a son, towards _hi...
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...
NOW THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS,.... So near as not only to see him, but to hear him speak: HIS MOTHER; the mother of Jesus, Mary; which showed her affection to Christ, and her constancy in abi...
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the _wife_ of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Ver. 25. _Now there stood by the cross, &c._] The men were fled, the women...
_Now_ While Jesus, hanging on the cross, suffered all manner of insults and sorrows; _there stood by the cross his mother_ “Neither her own danger, nor the sadness of the spectacle, nor the reproaches...
Christ's care for His mother:...
NOW THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS HIS MOTHER AND HIS MOTHER'S SISTER, MARY, THE WIFE OF CLEOPHAS, AND MARY MAGDALENE....
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...
CLEOPHAS: Or, Clopas...
19-30 Here are some remarkable circumstances of Jesus' death, more fully related than before. Pilate would not gratify the chief priests by allowing the writing to be altered; which was doubtless owi...
John 19:25 Now G1161 stood G2476 (G5715) by G3844 cross G4716 Jesus G2424 His G846 mother G3384 and...
THE LAMB IS OFFERED UP (JOHN 19:16). Meanwhile the innocent victim was being dragged through the streets of the city, and then through an outer gate in order to be crucified ‘outside the gate' (Hebrew...
‘But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.' As it is unlikely that Mary's sister would also be called Mary we must...
This paragraph details some of the events of the crucifixion, but not in strict historical sequence to John 19:21-22. The conference with Pilate there alluded to following as it did the reading of the...
John 19:25. BUT THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS HIS MOTHER, AND HIS MOTHER'S SISTER, MARY THE WIFE OF CLOPAS, AND MARY MAGDALENE. In Matthew 27:55 we are told of ‘many women beholding from afar.' Bu...
WERE STANDING BY THE CROSS OF JESUS (ιστηκεισαν παρα τω σταυρω του Ιησου). Perfect of ιστημ, to place, used as imperfect (intransitive) with παρα (beside) and the locative case. Vivid contrast this...
John 19:25 I. The death of the Lord Jesus Christ differed from all other deaths in this, that the death was voluntary. Death is to us the natural termination of life, and the event of death is the onl...
John 19:25 The Honour due to the Virgin Mary. I. We find in the New Testament that in place of there being any sanction in Scripture for the extraordinary honour being rendered to the mother of our L...
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 19:14. _And it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!_ They had accused him of being a King, or of pretending to be one. Pil...
John 19:23. _There the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments,_ They had already stripped him, no element of shame was wanting in his substitution for us. He stooped as low as our...
John 19:25. _Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene._ Last at the cross, first at the sepulcher. No woman's lip betr...
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...
SO THEY TOOK CHARGE OF JESUS. See notes on Matthew 27:32-66. John gives a few details. 25. HIS MOTHER'S SISTER. Matthew 27:56 identifies Salome as one of the four women ["the mother of Zebedee's sons...
_Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother_ MANIFOLD REVELATION OF LOVE We have here a revelation in love of I. MORAL HEROISM--the presence of the woman and John. Scarcely could they have pla...
_And He bearing His cross went forth_ THE LONELY CROSS-BEARER I. BEARING THE CROSS FOR HIMSELF (Isaiah 63:3). 1. An aggravation of His misery. 2. An intensifying of their sin. 3. A heightening of...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 19:25 On Jesus’ MOTHER, see vv. John 19:26 and John 2:1. His
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...
_But there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister_ (cousin), _Mary the wife of Cleophas_ (and the mother of S. James the Less and Jude), _and Mary Magdalene_, who was the more...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 19:19. This was also one reason for the TITLE written (τίτλος, _titulus,_ the technical name) by Pilate for the cross of Jesus. His alone would need it. For peopl...
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...
John 20:1; John 20:11; Luke 2:35; Luke 23:49; Luke 24:18;...
There stood. Imperfect tense, were standing. Mary Magdalene. Strictly, the [η] Magdalene. She is introduced abruptly, as well known....
THE CALVARY CHAPTER John 19:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will suggest the steppingstone which immediately precedes the Calvary experiences of our Lord and then enlarge on the Calvary events. What we sa...
His mother's sister — But we do not read she had any brother. She was her father's heir, and as such transmitted the right of the kingdom of David to Jesus: Mary, the wife of Cleopas — Called likewise...
These words contain our Saviour's affectionate recommendation of his distressed mother to the care of. dear disciple. It was an argument of Christ's wonderful love to her, that when he was nailed to t...