John 18:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. ”

John 18:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which gave counsel ... - John 11:49-50 . This is referred to here, probably, to show how little prospect there was that Jesus would have justice done him in the hands of a man who had already pr...
John 18:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Preliminary Examination. Peter's Denial. Jesus is brought to Annas, the father-in-law of the actual High Priest of that year ( John 11:51 ). This preliminary stage, known only to our author, is...
John 18:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Caiaphas . See John 11:49-53 . for . in behalf of. Greek. huper. App-104.
John 18:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. Who had given counsel to the Jews. The Evangelist repeats the opinion of Caiaphas, which formerly came under our notice; (136) for God employed the foul mouth of a wicked and treacherou...
John 18:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Caiaphas was he which gave counsel, etc. - Therefore he was an improper person to si...
John 18:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. For the exposition, see the note at Mark 14:53 , etc., as far as page 204, sec...
John 18:14 - 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,...
John 18:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And led him away to Annas first. — Comp. for account of Annas Note on Luke 3:2 , and Acts 4:6 . This trial before Annas was probably a preliminary investigation, distinct from the formal trial be...
John 18:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XVII. THE ARREST. "When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into the which He entered, Himself and His disciples. Now Judas...
John 18:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fear Undermines Loyalty John 18:12-18 Apparently a preliminary and private examination was held while the Sanhedrin was being hastily summoned. The other disciple was evidently John. It was a m...
John 18:14 - 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 suffe...
John 18:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. (14) Now Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that on...
John 18:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Caiaphas was he which gave council to the Jews ,.... The chief priests and Pharisees, who met in council about Jesus, John 11:47 , the counsel he gave was, that it was expedient that one man...
John 18:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Ver. 14. Now Caiaphas was he, &c. ] So Balaam, the devil's boggyman, spake e...
John 18:14 - L. 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...
John 18:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ before Annas and Caiaphas; The Fall of Peter; Christ Arraigned; Peter Again Denies Christ. 13 And led him away to Annas f...
John 18:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of his giving that counsel, and the wickedness of it, (though it proved an oracle beyond his intention), we discoursed before: See Poole on " 1 Thessalonians 11:51 " . The meaning of the high priest...
John 18:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas who was High Priest that year. Now Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Judaisers that it was expedient that one man should die fo...
John 18:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 18:1 . Went forth. —From the part of the suburbs where the discourse from John 14:31 had been spoken, and the intercessory prayer offered. The brook Cedron...
John 18:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 18:1 . When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, A dark, foul brook, through which flowed the blood and refuse from the temple. King David c...
John 18:14 - 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....
John 18:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME . John 18:1 John 19:42 .— 1. The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion . John 18:1-43 (1) The betrayal , the majesty of his be...
John 18:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The arrest:
John 18:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 11:49-52

John 18:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 18:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 18:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 18:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 18:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 18:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 18:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 18:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 18:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 18:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 18:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 18:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 18:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 18:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 18:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 18:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 18:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 18:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 18:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge