King James Version
John 19
42 verses with commentary
Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
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<strong>Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him</strong> (ἐμαστίγωσεν, <em>emastigōsen</em>)—The verb denotes brutal flogging with a <em>flagrum</em>, a Roman whip embedded with bone, metal, or glass designed to shred flesh. This was distinct from the normal pre-crucifixion scourging; Pilate likely intended it as substitute punishment to satisfy the mob while releasing Jesus (Luke 23:16, 22)...
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(1) **Then Pilate therefore took Jesus.**—For the connection and the force of “therefore” comp. Luke 23:21-23.
(1) That the earlier Gospels all make the darkness last from twelve until three (the sixth hour until the ninth hour). This is apparently intended to indicate the time of the Crucifixion, and they thus agree generally with St. John’s account.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**10. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more--**Beyond doubt, it is Christ's personal righteousness which the Spirit was to bring home to the sinner's heart. The evidence of this was to lie in the great historical fact, that He had "gone to His Father and was no more visible to men":--for if His claim to be the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, had been a lie, how s...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
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<strong>The soldiers platted a crown of thorns</strong> (στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν, <em>stephanon ex akanthōn</em>)—The Greek <em>stephanos</em> denotes a victor's crown, twisted in cruel mockery from thorny plants (possibly Syrian Christ-thorn with long, sharp spikes). This excruciating "coronation" inverts Genesis 3:18—the ground's curse (thorns and thistles) now pierces the Second Adam's brow as he b...
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(2) For the crown of thorns, comp. Matthew 27:26; and for the purple robe, Matthew 27:28; Mark 15:17.
(2) That St. John distinguishes between the condemnation to be scourged (John 19:1) and that to be crucified. In St. Matthew and St. Mark the flagellation is regarded as the preliminary and part of the punishment. If it was the third hour at which this commenced—*i.e.,* if the incident of John 19:...
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**11. Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged--**By supposing that the final judgment is here meant, the point of this clause is, even by good interpreters, quite missed. The statement, "The prince of this world is judged," means, beyond all reasonable doubt, the same as that in Joh 12:31, "Now shall the prince of this world be cast out"; and both mean that his dominion over men, o...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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<strong>Hail, King of the Jews!</strong> (Χαῖρε, ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων)—The greeting <em>chaire</em> (hail, rejoice) parodies the imperial salutation "Ave, Caesar!" Each mocking hail was accompanied by blows—<strong>they smote him with their hands</strong> (ἐδίδοσαν αὐτῷ ῥαπίσματα). The Greek <em>rapisma</em> denotes striking with fists or rods, fulfilling Isaiah 50:6: "I gave my back to the smi...
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(3) **And said, Hail, King of the Jews.**—The reading of the better MSS. is, *and they kept coming to Him and saying* . . . It is a description of the mock reverence which they paid Him. They kept drawing near and bowing before Him. (Comp. Matthew 27:29.)
**They smote him with their hands.**—Comp. Note on John 18:22.
(3) That St. John is not careful to give the time more than roughly “about the si...
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**12-15. when he, the Spirit of truth, is come ... he shall not speak of himself--**that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate.
**he will show you things to come--**referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom of God, whose horizon...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
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<strong>Behold, I bring him forth to you</strong> (ἴδε ἄγω ὑμῖν αὐτὸν ἔξω)—The Greek <em>ide</em> (behold) commands attention to what follows: the <em>Ecce Homo</em> moment (v. 5). Pilate stages public spectacle, presenting the scourged Jesus as evidence that he poses no threat—surely this brutalized figure will satisfy their bloodlust.<br><br><strong>I find no fault in him</strong> (οὐχ εὑρίσκω ἐ...
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(4) **Pilate therefore went forth again.**—He had returned to the palace, and had ordered the scourging in the courtyard (Mark 15:15-16). He now goes forth again with Jesus wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and hopes by the spectacle to move the sympathy of the people, and to prevent the design of the rulers.
**That ye may know that I find no fault in him.**—Comp. Note on John 18:38...
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**12-15. when he, the Spirit of truth, is come ... he shall not speak of himself--**that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate.
**he will show you things to come--**referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom of God, whose horizon...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
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Pilate presents the scourged, mocked, thorn-crowned Christ with 'Behold the man'—words dripping with irony. Pilate means to evoke pity (this broken man is no threat), but John intends deeper meaning: this IS the Man, the Second Adam, the Son of Man, bearing humanity's sin and shame. The crown of thorns reverses Eden's curse (Genesis 3:18). Christ's humiliation is His glorification—through sufferin...
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(5) **Then came Jesus forth.**—The verse describes the scene as the writer remembers it. The figure of the Lord whom he had himself followed and loved, and of whom he thinks as ascended to the throne of the King of kings, led in the cruel mockery of royal garments, was one which left its mark for ever in his mind.
**Behold the man**!—Pilate’s “Ecce homo!” is an appeal to the multitude. That pictur...
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**12-15. when he, the Spirit of truth, is come ... he shall not speak of himself--**that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate.
**he will show you things to come--**referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom of God, whose horizon...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
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<strong>Crucify him, crucify him</strong> (σταύρωσον σταύρωσον/<em>staurōson staurōson</em>)—the frenzied repetition reveals mob hysteria fueled by religious hatred. The chief priests and officers (<em>archiereis kai hypēretai</em>) who should have been shepherds became wolves, demanding the execution of the sinless One they claimed to serve.<br><br>Pilate's third declaration, <strong>I find no fa...
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(6) **When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him.**—Comp. John 18:3. The spectacle, so far from moving their pity, excites their passionate hatred, and they frustrate any other cry which may arise by that of “Crucify Him!” (Comp. Matthew 27:22.)
**Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.**—Comp. Notes on John 18:31; John 18:38. “Crucify Him,” the words mean, “if you dar...
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**12-15. when he, the Spirit of truth, is come ... he shall not speak of himself--**that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate.
**he will show you things to come--**referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom of God, whose horizon...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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<strong>We have a law</strong> (ἡμεῖς νόμον ἔχομεν/<em>hēmeis nomon echomen</em>)—the Jews shift from political charges (treason against Caesar) to theological ones. They reference Leviticus 24:16, which prescribed death for blasphemy. But their application is tragically inverted: the Law they claimed to uphold condemned them for rejecting the very One it testified about (John 5:39).<br><br><stron...
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(7) **We have a law, and by our law he ought to die.**—The better reading is,. . . . *and by the law He ought to die.* (Comp. Leviticus 24:16.) They feel the bitter sarcasm of Pilate’s taunt, and appeal to their own law, which, in accordance with the general Roman policy, was in force in all questions which did not directly affect the Government. They change the accusation then from one of treason...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
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<strong>He was the more afraid</strong> (μᾶλλον ἐφοβήθη/<em>mallon ephobēthē</em>)—Pilate's fear intensifies. Having already felt his wife's warning about 'that righteous man' (Matthew 27:19), now the explicit claim of divine sonship unnerves him. The Greek <em>mallon</em> (more, increasingly) suggests mounting terror.<br><br>Roman paganism was filled with stories of gods visiting earth in human f...
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(8) **When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.**—That is, as the verses which follow show, he was the more afraid because of his wonder who Jesus really was. He must have heard of some of the current impressions as to His life and words; he had himself heard Him claim a kingdom which is not of this world; his wife’s dream (Matthew 27:19) had furnished an evil omen which the...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
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Pilate's question, <strong>Whence art thou?</strong> (πόθεν εἶ σύ/<em>pothen ei sy</em>), probes Jesus's origin—earthly or heavenly? It's the right question, asked too late and without genuine seeking. <strong>But Jesus gave him no answer</strong> (Ἰησοῦς ἀπόκρισιν οὐκ ἔδωκεν/<em>Iēsous apokrisin ouk edōken</em>) recalls Isaiah 53:7—'as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mo...
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(9) **And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus.**—He had brought Jesus out to the people. He now led Him back to the palace in order to inquire further of Him in private.
**Whence art thou?**—The question is based upon the claim to be Son of God, of which he had heard. He knew that Jesus was a Galilean before sending Him to Herod (Luke 23:6). It is not of His earthly habitation,...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
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<strong>Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?</strong> Pilate's words reveal his frustration and confusion at Jesus' silence. The Greek word <em>exousia</em> (ἐξουσία) translated "power" means "authority" or "right," emphasizing Pilate's legal jurisdiction as Roman governor. His double assertion ("...
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(10) **Speakest thou not unto me?**—The position of the pronoun in the original is strongly emphatic—“To *me* dost Thou not speak?” Pilate is true to the vacillating character which now as man trembles before One who may be a Being from the other world, and now as Roman governor expects that Being to tremble before him.
**Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to releas...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
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<strong>Thou couldest have no power at all against me</strong> (οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν κατ' ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν/<em>ouk eiches exousian kat' emou oudemian</em>)—Jesus asserts absolute sovereignty even from the prisoner's dock. The word <em>exousia</em> means delegated authority, not inherent power. Pilate's authority exists only because it is <strong>given thee from above</strong> (δεδομένον σοι ἄνωθεν/<em>...
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(11) **Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above.**—Pilate had twice said, with something of the pride of his position, “I have power.” Jesus says that he had of himself neither power of life nor power of death, that he had no power against Him but that which was given to him from above. By this is meant, of course, the power which was given to him by God,...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
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<strong>From thenceforth Pilate sought to release him</strong> (ἐκ τούτου ὁ Πιλᾶτος ἐζήτει ἀπολῦσαι αὐτόν/<em>ek toutou ho Pilatos ezētei apolysai auton</em>)—Jesus's words briefly stir Pilate's conscience. The imperfect tense <em>ezētei</em> (was seeking) indicates ongoing, repeated attempts. Yet seeking isn't the same as doing.<br><br>The Jews' counterthrust is politically brilliant: <strong>Tho...
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(12) **And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him.**—The words may be interpreted of time, as in the Authorised version, or of cause—“For this reason Pilate sought to release Him.” The latter is more probable, as the reference seems to be to the attempt which he made at once. (Comp. Note on John 6:66.)
**If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend. . . .**—There was another weapon ...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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Pilate <strong>brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat</strong> (ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ βήματος/<em>ēgagen exō ton Iēsoun, kai ekathisen epi bēmatos</em>)—the <em>bēma</em> was the elevated tribunal from which Roman governors pronounced official verdicts. The location is specified: <strong>the Pavement</strong> (Λιθόστρωτον/<em>Lithostrōton</em>), in Hebrew <strong>...
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(13) **When Pilate therefore heard that saying.**—Better . . . *these sayings*—*i.e.,* the two sayings of the previous verse.
**He brought Jesus forth** ., .—Comp. John 19:9. He hesitates no longer about the course to be taken. His own position and life may be in danger, and he prepares, therefore, to pronounce the final sentence, which must necessarily be done from the public judgment seat outsid...
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**16-22. A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father--**The joy of the world at their not seeing Him seems to show that His removal from them by death was what He meant; and in that case, their joy at again seeing Him points to their transport at His reappearance amongst them on His Resurrection, when they could no longer doubt...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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<strong>It was the preparation of the passover</strong> (ἦν δὲ παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα/<em>ēn de paraskeuē tou pascha</em>)—Jesus is sentenced exactly when Passover lambs were being prepared for slaughter. The timing is divinely orchestrated: Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us (1 Corinthians 5:7). <strong>About the sixth hour</strong>—John uses Roman time (6 AM), when temple priests began Passov...
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(14) **And it was the preparation of the passover.**—Comp. Note on Matthew 26:17, and *Excursus F: The Day of the Crucifixion of our Lord.*
**And about the sixth hour.**—Comp. Notes on Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:25; Luke 23:44. St. John’s statement of time (twelve o’clock) seems opposed to that of St. Mark, who states that the Crucifixion took place at “the third hour” (nine o’clock); and no solution ...
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**23-28. In that day--**of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20).
**ye shall ask--**inquire of
**me nothing--**by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
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<strong>But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.</strong> This tragic exchange reveals the depth of spiritual blindness and religious apostasy. The Greek <em>āron</em> (ἆρον, "away with him") literally means "lift up, take away"—the same word used for lifting Christ on t...
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(15) **But they cried out . . .**—Better, *they cried out therefore .* . . They feel the sting of Pilate’s irony, therefore cry the more passionately, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him.”
**Shall I crucify your King?**—In the order of the Greek words “your King” comes emphatically first, “Your King—shall I crucify Him?” The taunt is uttered in its bitterest form.
**We have no king but Cæsa...
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**23-28. In that day--**of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20).
**ye shall ask--**inquire of
**me nothing--**by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
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<strong>Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified</strong> (τότε οὖν παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς ἵνα σταυρωθῇ/<em>tote oun paredōken auton autois hina staurōthē</em>)—the verb <em>paredōken</em> (delivered, handed over) echoes throughout the passion narrative. Judas delivered Jesus to the priests (18:2), the priests delivered Him to Pilate (18:35), now Pilate delivers Him to crucifixion...
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(16) **Then delivered he him therefore unto them**—*i.e.,* to the chief priests. The Crucifixion was actually carried out by the Roman soldiers, acting under the direction of the chief priests,
**And led him away.**—These words should probably be omitted.
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**23-28. In that day--**of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20).
**ye shall ask--**inquire of
**me nothing--**by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
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<strong>He bearing his cross</strong> (βαστάζων ἑαυτῷ τὸν σταυρόν/<em>bastazōn heautō ton stauron</em>)—the participle <em>bastazōn</em> means carrying, bearing as a burden. What He told disciples to do (Luke 9:23), He does literally. The cross He bears is simultaneously wooden timber and cosmic weight—the sin of the world (1 John 2:2).<br><br><strong>Went forth</strong> (ἐξῆλθεν/<em>exēlthen</em>...
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(17) For the way of the cross, comp. Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33. For the present passage, comp. especially Note on the parallel words in Matthew 27:33.
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**23-28. In that day--**of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20).
**ye shall ask--**inquire of
**me nothing--**by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Where they crucified him</strong> (ὅπου αὐτὸν ἐσταύρωσαν/<em>hopou auton estaurōsan</em>)—John states it with stark simplicity, without describing crucifixion's horrors. His readers knew them: scourging that flayed flesh, nails through wrists and feet, slow suffocation, dehydration, exposure, shame. The physical agony was matched by spiritual—bearing sin's curse (Galatians 3:13), experienc...
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(18) Comp. Notes on Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:33-34.
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**23-28. In that day--**of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20).
**ye shall ask--**inquire of
**me nothing--**by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross</strong> (ἔγραψεν δὲ καὶ τίτλον ὁ Πιλᾶτος καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ/<em>egrapsen de kai titlon ho Pilatos kai ethēken epi tou staurou</em>)—the <em>titulus</em> or charge placard was standard Roman practice, specifying the crime. But Pilate's inscription becomes involuntary prophecy: <strong>JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS</strong> (Ἰησ...
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(19) Comp. Notes on Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38. St. John speaks of the *title* placed over the cross. This was the common Roman name for an inscription of the kind, which was meant to give information of the crime for which the sentence of crucifixion had been given. St. Matthew calls it the “accusation;” St. Mark, “the superscription of the accusation;” St. Luke, “the superscription.” ...
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**23-28. In that day--**of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20).
**ye shall ask--**inquire of
**me nothing--**by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
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<strong>This title then read many of the Jews</strong> (τοῦτον οὖν τὸν τίτλον πολλοὶ ἀνέγνωσαν τῶν Ἰουδαίων/<em>touton oun ton titlon polloi anegnōsan tōn Ioudaiōn</em>)—the cross stood near a major road during Passover, when Jerusalem swelled with pilgrims. Thousands saw the proclamation. <strong>The place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city</strong> emphasizes maximum visibility—this ...
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(20) This and the following verses are peculiar to St. John, and furnish another instance of his exact knowledge of what took place at Jerusalem.
**Many of the Jews.**—That is, of the hierarchical party, as generally in this Gospel. (Comp. Note on John 1:19.) It has been sometimes understood here of the people generally, because the inscription was written in the three languages; but the last clau...
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**29-30. His disciples said, ... now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb--**hardly more so than before; the time for perfect plainness was yet to come; but having caught a glimpse of His meaning (it was nothing more), they eagerly express their satisfaction, as if glad to make anything of His words. How touchingly does this show both the simplicity of their hearts and the infantile char...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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The chief priests' objection—<strong>Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews</strong> (Μὴ γράφε, Ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐκεῖνος εἶπεν, Βασιλεύς εἰμι τῶν Ἰουδαίων/<em>Mē graphe, Ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn, all' hoti ekeinos eipen, Basileus eimi tōn Ioudaiōn</em>)—reveals their desperate concern for public perception. They want it framed as Jesus's claim, no...
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(21) **Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate.**—Better, *Therefore said* . . ., *i.e.,* because the inscription could be read by all comers, and the Messianic title, “King of the Jews,” would be exposed to scorn. Yet these are the men who said, in order to accomplish the death of Jesus, “We have no king but Cæsar.”
The expression, “chief priests of the Jews,” occurs only here in the Ne...
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**29-30. His disciples said, ... now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb--**hardly more so than before; the time for perfect plainness was yet to come; but having caught a glimpse of His meaning (it was nothing more), they eagerly express their satisfaction, as if glad to make anything of His words. How touchingly does this show both the simplicity of their hearts and the infantile char...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.</strong> Pilate's terse response—ὃ γέγραφα, γέγραφα (<em>ho gegrapha, gegrapha</em>)—uses the perfect tense twice, indicating completed action with ongoing results. What has been written stands written. This grammatical form conveys finality and immutability.<br><br>The chief priests had protested the inscription 'THE KING OF THE JEWS' (...
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**31-33. Jesus answered ... Do ye now believe?--**that is, "It is well ye do, for it is soon to be tested, and in a way ye little expect."
**the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone--**A deep and awful sense of wrong experienced is certainly expressed here, but how lovingly! That He was not to be utterly...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.</strong> Roman crucifixion squads (quaternions of four soldiers) customarily claimed the victim's clothing as spoils. The division into four parts—one per soldier—fulfills this practice.<br><br>Th...
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(23) On John 19:23-24, comp. Notes on Matthew 27:35-36; Luke 23:34. St. John’s account is again more full than any of the others.
**And made four parts, to every soldier a part.**—The soldiers there who carried the sentence into execution were one of the usual quarternions (Acts 12:4), under the command of a centurion.
**Also his coat: now the coat was without seam.**—More exactly, the *tunic,* or...
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**31-33. Jesus answered ... Do ye now believe?--**that is, "It is well ye do, for it is soon to be tested, and in a way ye little expect."
**the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone--**A deep and awful sense of wrong experienced is certainly expressed here, but how lovingly! That He was not to be utterly...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots.</strong> The soldiers' decision to gamble rather than tear the seamless tunic fulfills Psalm 22:18 with remarkable precision. That messianic psalm, written 1,000 years...
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(24) **That the scripture might be fulfilled.**—Comp. Note on Matthew 1:22.
**They parted my raiment among them.**—The quotation is from Psalm 22:18, closely following the Greek translation.
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**31-33. Jesus answered ... Do ye now believe?--**that is, "It is well ye do, for it is soon to be tested, and in a way ye little expect."
**the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone--**A deep and awful sense of wrong experienced is certainly expressed here, but how lovingly! That He was not to be utterly...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Cleophas: or, Clopas
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<strong>Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.</strong> While male disciples fled (Mark 14:50), these women ἱστήκεισαν (<em>histēkeisan</em>, stood)—the pluperfect tense suggesting they had been standing and continued standing. Their loyal presence contrasts sharply with Peter's denial and the disciples' desertion.<...
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-25John 19:25-27 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 with Alphæus. (Comp. Matthew 10:3; Matthew 27:56, and *Introduction to the Gospel according to St. Matthew,* p. 41) The question arises, Are there three or four women mentioned here?—*i.e.,* ...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
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From the cross, Jesus addresses His mother Mary: 'Woman, behold thy son' (γύναι, ἴδε ὁ υἱός σου), then tells the beloved disciple, 'Behold thy mother' (ἴδε ἡ μήτηρ σου). The address 'woman' (γύναι/gynai) was respectful but formal, not the intimate 'mother.' Jesus uses this same address at the wedding in Cana (John 2:4), maintaining distinction between His earthly family relationships and His messi...
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(26) **The disciple standing by, whom he loved.**—Comp. Note on John 13:23.
**Woman, behold thy son**!—Comp. Note on John 2:4. There were those who were called the “brethren of the Lord” who may seem to us to have been of nearer relationship (comp. Note on Matthew 13:55), but He regards whosoever doeth the will of His Father which is in heaven, as “brother and sister and mother.” (Comp. Notes on M...
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CHAPTER 17 Joh 17:1-26. The Intercessory Prayer.
(See on Joh 14:1). Had this prayer not been recorded, what reverential reader would not have exclaimed, Oh, to have been within hearing of such a prayer as that must have been, which wound up the whole of His past ministry and formed the point of transition to the dark scenes which immediately followed! But here it is, and with such signature of t...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
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Jesus tells John, 'Behold thy mother!' John immediately accepts this commission: 'from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.' This exemplifies Christian responsibility—John didn't hesitate or delay but immediately cared for Mary. The phrase 'his own home' shows personal, intimate care, not distant provision. This creates a new family dynamic: spiritual relationships supersede biologi...
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(27) **Behold thy mother**!—The solemn committal is a double one. The loving heart of the disciple should find, as well as give, sympathy and support in the love of the mother. The sympathy in their common loss is to be the source of love for each other.
**And from that hour.**—The words do not necessarily mean, but they certainly may mean, that St. John at once took Mary away from the scene that ...
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CHAPTER 17 Joh 17:1-26. The Intercessory Prayer.
(See on Joh 14:1). Had this prayer not been recorded, what reverential reader would not have exclaimed, Oh, to have been within hearing of such a prayer as that must have been, which wound up the whole of His past ministry and formed the point of transition to the dark scenes which immediately followed! But here it is, and with such signature of t...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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<strong>After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.</strong> The phrase εἰδὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἤδη πάντα τετέλεσται (<em>eidōs ho Iēsous hoti ēdē panta tetelestai</em>, 'Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished') reveals Christ's sovereign awareness. He knows (<em>eidōs</em>—perfect knowledge) that His redemptive w...
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(28) Comp. accounts of the darkness and death in Matthew 27:45-50; Mark 15:33-39; Luke 23:44-46.
**Knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled.**—It is difficult to give the exact meaning of the words in English. In the original the words for “accomplished” and “fulfilled” are derived from the same root, and the latter word is not the ordinary formula of qu...
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CHAPTER 17 Joh 17:1-26. The Intercessory Prayer.
(See on Joh 14:1). Had this prayer not been recorded, what reverential reader would not have exclaimed, Oh, to have been within hearing of such a prayer as that must have been, which wound up the whole of His past ministry and formed the point of transition to the dark scenes which immediately followed! But here it is, and with such signature of t...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.</strong> The ὄξος (<em>oxos</em>, vinegar/sour wine) was posca—cheap wine or wine vinegar that Roman soldiers drank. A sponge soaked in this liquid was lifted on ὑσσώπου (<em>hyssōpou</em>, hyssop) to Jesus's lips.<br><br>The mention of hyssop carries profound...
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(29) **Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar.**—This vessel of the ordinary sour wine drunk by the Roman soldiers, was placed near in order to be given to those who were crucified. Thirst was always an accompaniment of death by crucifixion, and that the vessel of wine was prepared for this purpose is made probable by the mention of the sponge and hyssop (Comp. Note on Matthew 27:48.)
**And pu...
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**4-5. I have glorified thee on the earth--**rather, "I glorified" (for the thing is conceived as now past).
**I have finished--**I finished.
**the work which thou gavest me to do--**It is very important to preserve in the translation the past tense, used in the original, otherwise it might be thought that the work already "finished" was only what He had done before uttering that prayer; where...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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Jesus' final words from the cross: 'It is finished' (tetelestai). This single Greek word tetelestai derives from teleo, meaning to complete, to accomplish, to fulfill perfectly. The perfect tense indicates completed action with permanent results - the work is finished and remains finished. In commercial contexts, tetelestai appeared on receipts meaning 'paid in full.' Jesus declares His redemptive...
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(30) **It is finished.**—That is (comp. John 19:28, and John 17:4), the work which God had given Him to do. (Comp. Notes on Matthew 27:50, and Luke 23:46.) This word is the expression by Jesus Himself of what St. John had expressed by saying, “Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the Scriptures should be fulfilled.”
The order of the seven words of the cross will be, (1) “Father, f...
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**4-5. I have glorified thee on the earth--**rather, "I glorified" (for the thing is conceived as now past).
**I have finished--**I finished.
**the work which thou gavest me to do--**It is very important to preserve in the translation the past tense, used in the original, otherwise it might be thought that the work already "finished" was only what He had done before uttering that prayer; where...
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →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 be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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<strong>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,)</strong> (Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι, ἐπεὶ παρασκευὴ ἦν, ἵνα μὴ μείνῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ, ἦν γὰρ μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνου τοῦ σαββάτου, <em>Hoi oun Ioudaioi, epei paraskeuē ēn, hina mē meinē epi tou staurou ta sōmata en tō ...
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(31) The account of the piercing of the side (John 19:31-37) is peculiar to St. John.
**The preparation,. . . . an high day.**—Comp. *Excursus F: The Day of the Crucifixion of our Lord,* p. 559. The Roman custom was to allow the bodies to remain on the cross. To the Jews this was defilement (Deuteronomy 21:22-23), against which they were the more anxious to take precaution because the approaching ...
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6-8. From praying for Himself He now comes to pray for His disciples.
**I have manifested--**I manifested.
**thy name--**His whole character towards mankind.
**to the men thou gavest me out of the world--**(See on Joh 6:37-40).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him</strong> (ἦλθον οὖν οἱ στρατιῶται καὶ τοῦ μὲν πρώτου κατέαξαν τὰ σκέλη καὶ τοῦ ἄλλου τοῦ συσταυρωθέντος αὐτῷ, <em>ēlthon oun hoi stratiōtai kai tou men prōtou kateaxan ta skelē kai tou allou tou systaurōthentos autō</em>)—The Roman soldiers systematically broke the legs (κατέαξαν τὰ σκέλη...
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(32) **Then came the soldiers,. . . .—**The words do not mean, as they have sometimes been understood, that other soldiers came, but refer to the quaternion before named (John 19:23), who had naturally fallen back from the crosses, and are here represented as coming forward to complete their work. The mention of the “first” and the “other” suggests that they formed two pairs, and began on either s...
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6-8. From praying for Himself He now comes to pray for His disciples.
**I have manifested--**I manifested.
**thy name--**His whole character towards mankind.
**to the men thou gavest me out of the world--**(See on Joh 6:37-40).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs</strong> (ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐλθόντες, ὡς εἶδον ἤδη αὐτὸν τεθνηκότα, οὐ κατέαξαν αὐτοῦ τὰ σκέλη, <em>epi de ton Iēsoun elthontes, hōs eidon ēdē auton tethnēkota, ou kateaxan autou ta skelē</em>)—The soldiers' observation (εἶδον, <em>eidon</em>, 'they saw') that Jesus was τεθνηκότα (<em>tethnēkota</em>, 'a...
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(33) **And saw that he was dead already,** . . . The only explanation of their not breaking the legs of Jesus seems to be that the purpose of the *crurifragium* was to ensure death, or, in any case, prevent the possibility of escape. Crucifixion itself would not necessarily cause death for several days, nor, indeed, at all; but Jesus had by His own will committed His spirit to His Father.
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6-8. From praying for Himself He now comes to pray for His disciples.
**I have manifested--**I manifested.
**thy name--**His whole character towards mankind.
**to the men thou gavest me out of the world--**(See on Joh 6:37-40).
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water</strong> (ἀλλ' εἷς τῶν στρατιωτῶν λόγχῃ αὐτοῦ τὴν πλευρὰν ἔνυξεν, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εὐθὺς αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ, <em>all' heis tōn stratiōtōn lonchē autou tēn pleuran enyxen, kai exēlthen euthys haima kai hydōr</em>)—To confirm death, a soldier thrust a λόγχη (<em>lonchē</em>, 'lance, spear') into Jesus's...
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(34) **But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.**—They had seen that He was dead, and therefore did not break the legs. To cause death was not, then, the object in piercing the side; and yet it may have seemed to make death doubly sure. The word rendered “pierced” occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, but it is certain, from John 20:27, that the act caused a deep wound, and that ...
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**9-14. I pray for them--**not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
**not for the world--**for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe</strong> (καὶ ὁ ἑωρακὼς μεμαρτύρηκεν, καὶ ἀληθινὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία, καὶ ἐκεῖνος οἶδεν ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγει, ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς πιστεύσητε, <em>kai ho heōrakōs memartyrēken, kai alēthinē autou estin hē martyria, kai ekeinos oiden hoti alēthē legei, hina kai hymeis pisteusēte</em>)—Jo...
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(35) **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 recurrence. The writer speaks of himself in the third person (comp. *Introduction,* p. 375), laying stress upon the specially important fact that it was an eye-witness—“he that saw it”—who test...
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**9-14. I pray for them--**not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
**not for the world--**for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken</strong> (ἐγένετο γὰρ ταῦτα ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ· Ὀστοῦν οὐ συντριβήσεται αὐτοῦ, <em>egeneto gar tauta hina hē graphē plērōthē· Ostoun ou syntribēsetai autou</em>)—John identifies prophecy fulfillment. The phrase ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ (<em>hina hē graphē plērōthē</em>, 'that the Scripture mig...
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(36) **For these things were done **(better, *came to pass*)*,* **that the scripture should be fulfilled.**—The emphatic witness of the previous verse is not therefore to be confined to the one fact of the flowing of the blood and the water, but to the facts in which the fulfilment of Scripture was accomplished, and which establish the Messiahship of Jesus.
**He saw**—that which might have seemed ...
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**9-14. I pray for them--**not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
**not for the world--**for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced</strong> (καὶ πάλιν ἑτέρα γραφὴ λέγει· Ὄψονται εἰς ὃν ἐξεκέντησαν, <em>kai palin hetera graphē legei· Opsontai eis hon exekentēsan</em>)—John cites Zechariah 12:10. The verb ὄψονται (<em>opsontai</em>, 'they shall look, gaze upon') combined with ἐξεκέντησαν (<em>exekentēsan</em>, 'they pierced') describes the spear...
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(37) **They shall look on him whom they pierced.**—The words, as they occur in the Authorised version, of the prophecy are, “They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced,” but the reading which St. John has followed is that of many MSS., and is adopted by many Rabbinic (as Rashi and Kimchi) and many modern authorities (as Ewald and Geiger). The Greek translation (LXX.) of the prophet avoided the...
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**9-14. I pray for them--**not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
**not for the world--**for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
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<strong>And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave</strong> (Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἠρώτησεν τὸν Πιλᾶτον Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἁριμαθαίας, ὢν μαθητὴς τοῦ Ἰησοῦ κεκρυμμένος δὲ διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ· καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν ὁ Πιλᾶτος, <em>Meta de tauta ērōtē...
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(38) For the burial (John 19:38-42), comp. generally Notes on Matthew 27:57-61*;* Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56.
**But secretly for fear of the Jews.**—This is the only additional fact which St. John supplies with regard to Joseph. He places him in these verses side by side with Nicodemus, and ascribes the same trait of character to both.
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**9-14. I pray for them--**not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
**not for the world--**for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
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<strong>And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight</strong> (ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος, ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον, φέρων μίγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας ἑκατόν, <em>ēlthen de kai Nikodēmos, ho elthōn pros auton nyktos to prōton, pherōn migma smyrnēs kai aloēs hōs litras hekaton</em>)—Nic...
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(39) **Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night.**—He is mentioned only by St. John. (Comp. Notes on John 3:1-2; John 7:50.)
**A mixture of myrrh and aloes.**—For “myrrh,” comp. Note on Matthew 2:11. “Aloes” are not elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, but they are joined with myrrh in the Messianic Psalm 45:8. The aloe is an Eastern odoriferous wood—to be distinguished from the a...
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**9-14. I pray for them--**not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).
**not for the world--**for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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<strong>Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury</strong> (ἔλαβον οὖν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἔδησαν αὐτὸ ὀθονίοις μετὰ τῶν ἀρωμάτων, καθὼς ἔθος ἐστὶν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ἐνταφιάζειν, <em>elabon oun to sōma tou Iēsou kai edēsan auto othoniois meta tōn arōmatōn, kathōs ethos estin tois Ioudaiois entaphiazein</em>)—They wrapped Je...
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(40) **And wound it in linen clothes with the spices.**—Comp. Notes on Luke 24:12. The same word does not occur, but the manner of the Jews to bury has been also illustrated in the Note on John 11:44.
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**15-19. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world--**for that, though it would secure their own safety, would leave the world unblessed by their testimony.
**but ... keep them from the evil--**all evil in and of the world.
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
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<strong>Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid</strong> (ἦν δὲ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη κῆπος, καὶ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μνημεῖον καινὸν ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδεὶς ἦν τεθειμένος, <em>ēn de en tō topō hopou estaurōthē kēpos, kai en tō kēpō mnēmeion kainon en hō oudepō oudeis ēn tetheimenos</em>)—Crucifixion occurred at Golgotha (J...
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(41) **Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden.**—Comp. John 18:1. St. John’s account makes the choice of the sepulchre depend on its nearness to the place of crucifixion; the account in the earlier Gospels makes it depend on the fact that the sepulchre belonged to Joseph. The one account implies the other; and the burial, under the circumstances, required both that the sepulchr...
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**15-19. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world--**for that, though it would secure their own safety, would leave the world unblessed by their testimony.
**but ... keep them from the evil--**all evil in and of the world.
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Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
Read full commentary →There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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<strong>There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand</strong> (ἐκεῖ οὖν διὰ τὴν παρασκευὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ μνημεῖον, ἔθηκαν τὸν Ἰησοῦν, <em>ekei oun dia tēn paraskeuēn tōn Ioudaiōn, hoti engys ēn to mnēmeion, ethēkan ton Iēsoun</em>)—Time pressure (παρασκευή, <em>paraskeuē</em>, 'Preparation day'—Friday before Sabbath) and p...
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(42) **The Jews’ preparation day.**—Comp. John 19:14; John 19:31, and *Excursus F: The Day of the Crucifixion of our Lord,* p. 559.
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**15-19. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world--**for that, though it would secure their own safety, would leave the world unblessed by their testimony.
**but ... keep them from the evil--**all evil in and of the world.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
Christ condemned and crucified.(1-18)
Christ on the cross.(19-30)
His side pierced.(31-37)
The burial of Jesus.(38-42)
**Verses 1-18**
Little did Pilate think with what holy regard these sufferings of Christ would, in after-ages, be thought upon and spoken of by the best and greatest of men. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to th...
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