Verse John 18:40. _BARABBAS WAS A ROBBER_] See Matthew 27:16. The later _Syriac_ has in the margin, αρχιληστης, a _chief robber_, a _captain of banditti_, and it is probable that this was the case....
See the notes at Matthew 27:15....
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...
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...
NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS. He had not named Barabbas, but they, in their anxiety to reject Christ, at once name him. The people were stimulated to this choice by the bitter hatred of the priests. It...
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...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
CRIED. cried aloud, shouted. Greek _kraugazo._ Compare John 19:6; John 19:15.Acts 22:23. THIS MAN. this fellow. Compare John 7:27;...
_Outside the Praetorium_; Pilate pronounces Him innocent and offers to release Him in honour of the feast: the Jews prefer Barabbas....
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:...
_Then cried they all again_ Better, _They_ CRIED OUT THEREFORE (John 18:3) _again all of them_. S. John has not mentioned any previous shout of the multitude; he once more assumes that his readers kno...
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...
38–40. _Outside the Praetorium;_ Pilate pronounces Him innocent and offers to release Him for the Feast: the Jews prefer Barabbas....
ἘΚΡΑΎΓΑΣΑΝ. _They_ CRIED OUT THEREFORE _again_: πάντες is of very doubtful authority. S. John has mentioned no previous shout, but, as usual, assumes that his readers know the main facts. Pilate decla...
VER 38. AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE WENT OUT AGAIN TO THE JEWS, AND SAYS TO THEM, I FIND IN HIM NO FAULT AT ALL. 39. BUT YOU HAVE A CUSTOM, THAT I SHOULD RELEASE TO YOU ONE AT THE PASSOVER: WILL YOU...
_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...
ΈΚΡΑΎΓΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΑΥΓΆΖΩ (G2905) кричать, ΛΗΣΤΉΣ (G3027) разбойник, бандит с большой дороги; здесь, возможно, повстанец, бунтовщик (DJG, 68898). Они предпочитают отпустить бунтовщика,...
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...
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...
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. THEN CRIED THEY ALL AGAIN, SAYING, NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS. NOW BARABBAS WAS A ROBBER....
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...
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...
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...
THEN CRIED THEY ALL AGAIN. — St. John has not recorded any clamour before, but implies that of Mark 15:8, and Luke 23:5. NOW BARABBAS WAS A ROBBER. — Comp. Note on John 10:1. The word includes the mea...
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...
_Pilate declares the result of his examination_....
to John 19:16. _Jesus before Pilate_....
THE KING OF TRUTH John 18:33-40 There was a tone of satire in Pilate's question: “Thou poor, worn, tear-stained outcast, forsaken by every friend in this hour of need- _art thou a king?_ ” Human ears...
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...
Then (e) cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. (e) Literally, "made a great and foul voice"....
PILATE SEEKS TO RELEASE HIM IN LIEU OF BARABBAS Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-40; Luke 23:13-25. “ An
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...
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...
“ _But you have a custom that I should release unto you a prisoner at the Passover feast. Will you therefore that I release unto you the king of the Jews?_ 40. _They all cried out therefore again_, _s...
REFLECTIONS Oh! Gethsemane! sacred, hallowed spot! Did Jesus oft-times resort thither with his disciples? And wilt thou now, O Lord, by thy sweet Spirit, aid my meditations, that I may take the wing o...
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....
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...
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...
THEN CRIED THEY ALL AGAIN,.... For it seems that Pilate had made this proposal once before, and that this was the second time, though not mentioned; yet some copies, and the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, an...
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. Ver. 40. _Now Barabbas was a robber_] And a murderer too, Acts 3:14, yet preferred before Christ, who was als...
_Then Pilate entered into the judgment-hall again_ See the note on Matthew 27:11. It seems, as the governor had heard an honourable report of Jesus, and observed in his silence, under the accusations...
NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS; Pilate had asked them which they would have him set at liberty, Barabbas or Christ. Matthew 27:17. Barabbas was guilty of sedition, the crime which they wrongfully charged...
Christ before Pilate. Matthew 27:1-25....
The defense of Jesus:...
THEN CRIED THEY ALL AGAIN, SAYING, NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS. NOW BARABBAS WAS A ROBBER. After having protested against the false understanding of His claim which the Jews had brought in the form of...
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...
33-40 Art thou the King of the Jews? that King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; art thou he? Dost thou call thyself so, and wouldest thou be thought so? Christ answered...
But such was the malice of his adversaries, that though Barabbas was one that had committed murder in an insurrection, yet they choose him rather than Christ. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:15", and followi...
John 18:40 Then G3767 all G3956 cried G2905 (G5656) again G3825 saying G3004 (G5723) Not G3361 Man...
‘They therefore cried out again, saying, “Not this man but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a brigand.' Pilate's desperate attempt had failed, as it had to. How could he even think that the leaders would...
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...
John 18:40. THEY CRIED OUT THEREFORE AGAIN, SAYING, NOT THIS MAN, BUT BARABBAS. The word ‘again' is here peculiarly worthy of notice. No previous cry of the Jews had been mentioned by the Evangelist;...
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...
CRIED OUT (εκραυγασαν). First aorist active of κραυγαζω, old and rare verb from κραυγη, outcry (Matthew 25:6), as in Matthew 12:19.NOT THIS MAN (μη τουτον). Contemptuous use of ουτος. The priests...
John 18:40 The narrative of Jesus' arraignment before the civil power in Jerusalem affords the most vivid illustration in the New Testament of just two great moral lessons. Pilate's behaviour shows t...
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...
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,...
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...
TO THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE. For notes on Jesus before Pilate, see Matthew 27:1-26. The order of events is given in the notes on Matthew. TO KEEP THEMSELVES RITUALLY CLEAN. They would do anything to have...
BUT ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM YOU HAVE. See notes on Matthew 27:15-17. Note that Pilate made some attempt to set Jesus free. BARABBAS. See note on Mark 15:7...
PILATE HANDS JESUS OVER TO BE CRUCIFIED MATTHEW 27:15-26; MARK 15:6-15; LUKE 23:13-25; JOHN 18:38-40...
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...
_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...
EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME. JOHN 18:1 John 19:42.—1. _The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion_....
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...
Acts 3:13; Acts 3:14; Luke 23:18; Luke 23:19; Luke 23:25;...
Cried [ε κ ρ α υ γ α σ α ν]. Peculiarly of a loud, importunate cry; a shout. Plato uses it of the howling of a dog : "The yelping hound, howling [κ ρ α υ γ α ζ ο υ σ α] at her Lord" (" Republic, " 607...