John 18:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? ”

John 18:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One of the officers - One of the inferior officers, or those who attended on the court. With the palm, of his hand - This may mean: “Gave him a blow either with the open hand or with a rod” -...
John 18:22 - 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 18:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And when He had thus spoken . But He having said these things. struck... with the palm ,. &c.. gave. blow. Greek. rapisma. Only here, John 19:3 . Mark 14:65 . This beginning of indignities...
John 18:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. When he had said these things. This is added, in order to inform us, first, how great was the rage of the enemies of Christ, and how tyrannical their government was; and, secondly, what...
John 18:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1718 JESUS SMITTEN IN THE HIGH PRIEST’S PALACE John 18:19-23 . The high-priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world;...
John 18:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? One of the officers - struck Jesus - This was an out...
John 18:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

One of the officers—struck Jesus— As the word ραπισμα is supposed by many etymologists to be derived from ραβδος, a staff, or stick, Beza would therefore render the passage, he smote Jesus wit...
John 18:22 - 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 18:22 - 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 18:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With the palm of his hand. — The Greek word occurs again in the New Testament only in John 19:3 , and Mark 14:65 (see Note there, and on Matthew 26:67 ). It is uncertain whether it means here a...
John 18:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jesus before His Persecutors John 18:19-24 Annas was the father-in-law of the high priest. For many years he had worn the high priest's robes, and though now he had nominally retired from his o...
John 18:22 - 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 18:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine? (20) Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews alway...
John 18:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he had thus spoken ,.... What was so right and reasonable, in so becoming a manner, without heat or passion: one of the officers which stood by ; it may be one of those who had been sent...
John 18:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Ver. 22. One of the officers ] Because our Savio...
John 18:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The high-priest then asked Jesus As he stood before him; of his disciples, and of his doctrine What it was that he taught, and with what view he had gathered so many followers. In these questions...
John 18:22 - 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 18:22 - 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 18:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This lets us see in what indecent disorder the Jewish government was at this time, that an inferior officer dared to strike a supposed criminal, standing before the judgment seat, and defending himse...
John 18:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Messianic Lamb Is Examined Before the High Priest - Peter Denies Jesus ( John 18:13-27 ). Just as the Passover lambs had to be examined by the priests before being sacrificed, so now Jesus, Go...
John 18:22 - 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 18:22 - 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, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. From our Lord's example, w...
John 18:22 - 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 18:22 - 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 18:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The preliminary hearing:
John 18:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 23:2 ; Acts 23:3 ; Acts 23:4 ; Acts 23:5 ; Isaiah 50:5-7 ; Jeremiah 20:2 ; Job 16:10 ; Job 30:10-12 ; Luke 22:63 ; Luke 22:64 ; Micah 5:1 ; Mark 14:65 ; Matthew 26:67 ; Matthew 26:...
John 18:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Answerest thou the high priest so? — With so little reverence?

John 18:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 18:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 18:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 18:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 18:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 18:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 18:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 18:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 18:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 18:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 18:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 18:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 18:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 18:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 18:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 18:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 18:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 18:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 18:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 18:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 18:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 18:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes