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John 18:32-38

To make come true. John 12:32: Matthew 20:18-19 and notes. If the Jews had authority to kill him, they would have stoned him as they did Stephen (Acts 7:57-58).

36. My kingdom does not belong to this world. Even though his claims were offensive to the Jews, they were no threat to Rome. No armed resistance of rescue had been attempted.

37. Are you a king, then? If Christ has a kingdom, he must be a King. You say that I am a king. This affirms the truth of what he has said.

38. And what is truth? Scorn? Mockery? His conduct through the trial shows he was deeply impressed by this Teacher who was a King.

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See also John 18:32-38 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 32. _THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED_] Or, _thus_ _the word was fulfilled_. God permitted the Jews to lose the power of life and death, in the sense before stated, that according to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS ... - To wit, that he would be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles and be crucified, Matthew 20:19. Neither of these things would have happened if he had been put to deat...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN 18:28 TO JOHN 19:16. THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. From Caiaphas Jesus is brought to the Præ torium, the governor's residence, either Herod's palace in the W. part of the city, or the Antonia, near th...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED. Had the Jews been allowed to put Christ to death, he would have been stoned, as Stephen was, by. mob in Jerusalem, stoning being the usual Jewish method of...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SIGNIFYING, &c. See John 12:33. SHOULD DIE. is about to die....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Outside the Praetorium_; the Jews claim the execution of the Sanhedrin's sentence of death, and Pilate refuses it. _early_ The same word, _proï_, is rendered -morning" Matthew 16:3; Mark 1:35; Mark 1...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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:...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the saying_ Or _word_, John 12:32; Matthew 20:19. _what death_ Rather, BY WHAT manner of _death_, as in John 12:33 and John 21:19

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    28–32. _Outside the Praetorium;_ the Jews claim the execution of the Sanhedrin’s sentence of death, and Pilate refuses it. ΠΡΩΖ. This is rendered ‘morning’ Matthew 16:3; Mark 1:35; Mark 11:20;...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 28. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the Passo...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS IS TRIED BY PILATE -- JOHN 18:28-40:_ Jesus was dragged from one ungodly and illegal trial to another. They did not even have any real charges against Jesus. Pilate asked, "What charges are you...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΛΗΡΩΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) ВЫПОЛНЯТЬ. Conj. С IVU (G2443) ОПИСЫ- вает результат, ΣΗΜΑΊΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΗΜΑΊΝΩ (G4591) означать, указывать. Part, сопутствующего обстоятель...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE.— According to the Jewish law, Leviticus 24:16 he would have been _stoned,_ as his servant Stephen afterwards was, having been impiously adjudged by them to have de...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TRIED BY PILATE, THE ROMAN AUTHORITY _Text: John 18:28-40_ 28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, tha...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 18:28-40 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 18:— In our last chapter we contemplated the Lord Jesus in the presence of Annas, the real...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED, WHICH HE SPAKE, SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH, [ poioo (G4169...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    25-27 Compare Mat_26:71-75; Mar_14:69-72; Luk_22:58-62. 28-32 Compare Mat_27:1-2; Mar_15:1; Luk_23:1. 28 What insufferable hypocrites they were! Plotting the death of God's holy One, and afraid thei...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS IS LED TO PILATE (Matthew 27:1; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1). See especially on St. Matthew. The pathos of this tragic spectacle of the rulers of the chosen people leading their promised Messiah to a G...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Jesus had prophesied not only His death, but His crucifixion, and this could only be fulfilled by His being delivered to the Romans, for the Jewish penalty for blasphemy was stoning (John 8:59; John 1...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED. — Comp. Note on John 18:9. SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. — Better, _signifying by what manner of death He should die._ (Comp. Note on John 10:32.) F...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XIX. _ JESUS BEFORE PILATE._ "They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the palace: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but might eat t...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    This, however, they decline to do, because it is the death penalty they desire, and this they have no right to inflict: ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἀποκτεῖναι οὐδένα. In the Roman provinces the power of life and...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    to John 19:16. _Jesus before Pilate_....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PILATE'S WEAK EVASION John 18:25-32 It may be that while Peter was thus denying his Lord, Jesus was passing from Annas to Caiaphas, and in doing so cast on the stumbling disciple that look of mingled...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, (c) signifying what death he should die. (c) For Christ had foretold that he would be crucified....

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 26. JESUS AT PILATE'S BAR Matthew 27:1-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-38. “ Then they led Jesus from C

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “ _Pilate therefore went out to them and said_, _What accusation do you bring against this man?_ 30. _They answered him, saying, If he were not an evil doer_, _we should not have delivered him to thee...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 28-40. The bearing of John 18:28 on the question as to whether Jesus died on the 14th or the 15th of the month Nisan, and, in connection with this, whether...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgement: and it was early, and they themselves went not into the judgement hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    32._That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled. _Finally, the Evangelist adds, that it was necessary that this should be done, in order that the prediction which Christ had uttered might be fulfilled,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED,.... That he should be delivered by the Jews to the Gentiles, to crucify him; and that he should be lifted up from the earth, and as the serpent upon the po...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. Ver. 32. _Signifying what death he should die_] This shows that the Jews had power to put to death, b...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Pilate then went out and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?_ This was the most natural question imaginable for a judge to ask on such an occasion; nevertheless the priests thought thems...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-25....

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    THE SAYING OF JESUS; crucifixion was a Roman punishment, while the Jewish punishment for the crime of which they accused him was that of stoning. Leviticus 24:11; Leviticus 24:15-16. By taking him to...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THAT THE SAYING OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH HE SPAKE, SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. The remaining hours of the night, after cock-crowing, brought some rest to the members of the Sanhedrin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE. The arraignment before Pilate:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    28-32 It was unjust to put one to death who had done so much good, therefore the Jews were willing to save themselves from reproach. Many fear the scandal of an ill thing, more than the sin of it. Ch...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Christ had before this time told his disciples that he should die, and that by the death of the cross, as we read, MATTHEW 20:19. God by his providence ordereth things accordingly, to let us know that...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    John 18:32 that G2443 saying G3056 Jesus G2424 fulfilled G4137 (G5686) which G3739 spoke G2036 (G5627) signifying...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Pilate therefore says to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.” The Judaisers said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death”, that the word of Jesus might be...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS BEFORE PILATE (JOHN 18:28). Jesus' examination before Caiaphas is summed up in two sentences, ‘Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas' and ‘they lead Jesus from Caiaphas'. To John that examination had...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    John 18:32. THAT THE WORD OF JESUS MIGHT BE FULFILLED, WHICH HE SPAKE, SIGNIFYING BY WHAT MANNER OF DEATH HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE. The ‘word' referred to is chap. John 3:14, or still more probably chap. J...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    From the examination before Caiaphas we are taken to the trial before Pilate. The scene is in every respect one of the most remarkable in the Gospel, alike in its selection of incidents and vividness...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BY WHAT MANNER OF DEATH (ποιω θανατω). Instrumental case of the qualitative interrogative ποιος in an indirect question, the very idiom used in John 12:32 concerning the Cross and here treated as p...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    28 _; Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment:_ That is to say, Pilate's hall. Pilate, at that time, was probably residing in one of the old and sumptuous palaces of Herod, there...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    John 18:28. Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:32 BY WHAT KIND OF DEATH HE WAS GOING TO DIE. Compare John 12:33; John 21:19.

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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)

  • The Gospels Compared

    Jesus stands trial before Pilate Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-37;...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spake signifying by what death He should die_, viz. that He was to be delivered up to the Gentiles, and to be crucified by them. See Joh 12:32 and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 18:28. THEN LED THEY JESUS, ETC.—The Evangelist presupposes the trial before the Sanhedrin, and its issue. Jesus had been condemned to death. But the Jews had no...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME. JOHN 18:1 John 19:42.—1. _The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion_....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 7:59; Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13; John 10:31; John 10:33;

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    By what death [π ο ι ω θ α ν α τ ω]. More correctly, by what manner of death. So Rev. Compare John 12:32; Matthew 20:19. Crucifixion was not a Jewish punishment....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Signifying what death he should die — For crucifixion was not a Jewish, but a Roman punishment. So that had he not been condemned by the Roman governor, he could not have been crucified. John 3:14....

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