Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 19:35
His testimony is true — Valid, unexceptionable. And he knoweth — And his conscience beareth him witness, that he testifieth this for no other end, than that ye may believe.
His testimony is true — Valid, unexceptionable. And he knoweth — And his conscience beareth him witness, that he testifieth this for no other end, than that ye may believe.
JOHN 19:35 pisteu,@s#hte See the comment (with footnote 1) on 20.31....
Verse 35. _HE THAT SAW IT_] Most probably John himself, who must have been pretty near the cross to have been able to distinguish between the blood and the water, as they issued from the side of our b...
HE THAT SAW IT - John himself. He is accustomed to speak of himself in the third person. HIS RECORD IS TRUE - His testimony is true. Such was the known character of this writer, such his sacred regard...
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 LANCE-THRUST AND THE BURIAL. It has been said that these verses contain parts of two accounts of burial, by the Jews, and by Joseph. In reality the Jews only demand that the law of Deuteronomy 21:...
HE THAT SAW IT BEAR RECORD. The writer here identifies himself as an eye-witness, as one standing near the cross, as in fact, John the apostle. The reader cannot but note the emphasis that he places u...
JESUS AND PILATE (John 18:28-40 ; John 19:1-16)...
Since it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a very important day) the Jews asked Pilate to break their limbs, and to hav...
SAW. Greek. _horao._ App-133. BARE RECORD. Greek. _martureo._ RECORD. Greek. _marturia._ Both these are characteristic words in this Gospel. See note on John 1:7, and p. 1511. TRUE. reliable, genui...
_And he … is true_ Rather, _He that_ HATH SEEN HATH BORNE WITNESS _and his_ WITNESS _is true_(comp. John 1:19; John 1:32; John 1:34; John 8:13
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...
Ὁ ἙΩΡΑΚῺΣ Κ.Τ.Λ _He that_ HATH SEEN HATH BORNE WITNESS _and his_ WITNESS _is true_ (comp. John 1:19; John 1:32; John 1:34; John 8:13-14;
THE PETITION OF THE JEWS AND THE PETITION OF JOSEPH...
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...
Ver 31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath clay, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their leg...
ΈΩΡΑΚΙΆΣ _perf. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 19:33. _Perf._ подчеркивает результаты прошлого действия. Автор таким образом завуалированно указывает на себя. ΜΕΜΑΡΤΎΡΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act....
DISCOURSE: 1727 THE TREATMENT OF OUR LORD’S BODY ON THE CROSS John 19:31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for...
AND FORTHWITH, &C.— Whether this was, as Dr. Drake and several others suppose, the small quantity of water inclosed in the _pericardium,_ in which the heart swims, or whether the _cruor_ was now almos...
IT IS FINISHED _Text: John 19:28-37_ 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. 29 There was set there a vessel full...
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...
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. AND HE THAT SAW IT BARE ('HATH BORNE') RECORD, AND HIS RECORD IS TRUE: AND HE KNOWE...
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;...
19:35 bears (c-6) Both verbs, 'saw' and 'bears,' are in the perfect tense, expressing what was present in the mind of the writer. knows (d-15) _ Oida_ , as ch. 7.29....
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...
THE SIGN OF THE PIERCED SIDE. A section peculiar to St. John, and claiming expressly to be the testimony of an eyewitness. The knowledge of Jewish and Roman custom displayed in it speaks for its histo...
The eyewitness claims to be the actual author of the Gospel, in spite of the third person: see John 21:24....
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...
AND HE THAT SAW IT BARE RECORD, AND HIS RECORD IS TRUE. — Comp. John 1:7. It may be better to render the word here, as elsewhere, by “witness,” in order that we may get the full force of its frequent...
XXI. _ THE CRUCIFIXION._ "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 coat was without seam, wove...
When he goes on to testify, ὁ ἑμρακὼς … it is not the phenomenon of the blood and water he so emphatically certifies, but the veritable death of Christ. To one who was about to relate a resurrection i...
_The piercing of Jesus' side_....
THE PIERCED SIDE John 19:31-37 How punctilious the Jewish leaders were to maintain each detail of their ritual! Remember that there is a religiousness which is not religion but its counterfeit. John...
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...
THE INTERMENT Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:31-42. “Then the Jews, in order that the
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:...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 31-42. 1. If the Sabbath referred to in John 19:31 was the 15th of Nisan, we have a very simple and satisfactory explanation of the expression that it was...
“ _And he who saw it has borne witness, and his testimony is true_, _and he knows that he says true, that you also may believe._ 36. _For these things came to pass that the Scripture might be fulfille...
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might b...
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...
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...
AND HE THAT SAW IT, BARE RECORD,.... Meaning himself, John the evangelist, the writer of this Gospel, who, in his great modesty, frequently conceals himself, under one circumlocution or another; he wa...
And he that saw _it_ bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. Ver. 35. _And he that saw it, &c._] Nothing so sure as sight. One eyewitness is mor...
_That the bodies should not remain on the cross_ It was customary among the Romans to let the bodies of persons who had been executed continue on the crosses, or stakes, till they were devoured by bir...
HE THAT SAW IT; John. BARE RECORD; to a fact that established beyond doubt the real death of Jesus....
AND HE THAT SAW IT BARE RECORD, AND HIS RECORD IS TRUE; AND HE KNOWETH THAT HE SAITH TRUE, THAT YE MIGHT BELIEVE....
THE BURIAL OF JESUS. The piercing of the side:...
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...
31-37 A trial was made whether Jesus was dead. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. The spear broke up the very fountains of...
Nor was this a fable, for John SAW IT, and BARE RECORD, and knew it to be true; and published it, that men might believe that it was him in whom all the legal types and figures had their completion....
John 19:35 And G2532 seen G3708 (G5761) testified G3140 (G5758) and G2532 his G846 testimony G3141 is...
‘And he who has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true that you also may believe. For these things came about that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ‘A...
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...
John 19:35. AND HE THAT HATH SEEN HATH BORNE WITNESS, AND HIS WITNESS IS TRUE; AND HE KNOWETH THAT HE SAITH TRUE, THAT YE ALSO MAY BELIEVE. It is of himself that the Evangelist speaks: compare 1 John...
Jesus is now dead, and this paragraph relates the events immediately following, before His body was removed from the cross....
HE THAT HATH SEEN (ο εωρακως). Perfect active articular participle of οραω. John the Apostle was there and saw this fact (still sees it, in fact). This personal witness disproves the theory of the...
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...
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...
_The Jews therefore because it was the preparation_ PROFANITY OF FANATICISM They must make ready for keeping holy the Sabbath while their hands are red with the murder of the Son of God. A stroke of...
_And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true_ THE GOSPEL WITNESS I. THE SIGHT--the whole crucifixion, but especially what constituted its essence as an evangelical fact, viz., the issue of...
Jesus dies on the cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John 19:28-37;...
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...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 19:31. THE JEWS THEREFORE, ETC.… FOR GREAT WAS THAT SABBATH DAY.—There was a twofold sanctity about the coming day, for it was not only the day at the beginning o...
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...
1 John 1:1; 1 John 5:13; 1 Peter 5:1; Acts 10:39; Hebrews 2:3;...
He that saw it bare record [ο ε ω ρ α κ ω ς μ ε μ α ρ τ υ ρ η κ ε ν]. Rev., rendering the perfect tense in both verbs, he that hath seen hath born witness. This can refer only to the writer of this Go...
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...