John 18:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus answered him,If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? ”

• John 18:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Spoken evil - In my answer to the high priest. If there was any disrespect to the office, and lack of regard for the law which appointed him, then testify to the fact, and let punishment be infli...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  have spoken . spoke. evil . evilly. Greek. kakos, adverb of kakos (App-128.) in next clause. smitest . Greek. dero. Occurs fifteen times. Translated "beat" except here, Luke 22:63 , and...

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• John 18:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  23. If I have spoken evil. That is, “If I have sinned, accuse me, that, when the cause has been tried, I may be punished according to the offense; for this is not a lawful mode of procedure,...

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• John 18:23 - 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;...

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• John 18:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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,...

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• John 18:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil. — Comp. Note on Matthew 5:39 . Bear witness of the evil. — That is,” Produce the evidence which the law requires.”

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Jesus answered him ,.... For the high priest took no notice of him, nor any of the sanhedrim, though the action was so insolent and indecent, both as to the manner in which it was done, and the pers...

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• John 18:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? Ver. 23. If I have spoken evil ] Christ bears with the officer's insolence, but forbears not...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Our Saviour could easily have revenged himself upon this officer; but, to teach us our duty, he only gently reproves him, and lets him know that he did not behave himself as one ought to do in the fa...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - 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....

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• John 18:23 - 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...

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• John 18:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The preliminary hearing:

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• John 18:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 2:20-23 ; 2 Corinthians 10:1

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