John 18:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus answered him,Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? ”

• John 18:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Of thyself - From any conviction of your own mind, or any apprehension of danger. During all the time in which you have been praetor, have you seen anything in me that has led you to apprehend se...

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• John 18:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 18:28 to John 19:16 . The Trial before Pilate. From Caiaphas Jesus is brought to the Præ torium, the governor's residence, either Herod's palace in the W. part of the city, or the Antonia,...

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• John 18:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  of . from. Greek. apo. App-104. others . Greek. altos. App-124.

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• John 18:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Sayest thou this thing of thyself - That is, Is it because my enemies thus accuse me, or because thou hast any...

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• John 18:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Sayest thou this thing of thyself,— "Dost thou ask this question of thine own accord, because thou thinkest I have affected regal power; or dost thou ask it according to the information of the prie...

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• John 18:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? - `Is this qu...

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• John 18:34 - 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 18:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? — The most probable interpretation of the question is that which regards it as establishing a distinction between the title “Kin...

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• John 18:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIX. JESUS BEFORE PILATE. "They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the palace: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but might e...

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• John 18:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the King of Truth John 18:33-40 There was a tone of satire in Pilate's question: “Thou poor, worn, tear-stained outcast, forsaken by every friend in this hour of need- art thou a king? ” Huma...

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• John 18:34 - 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 18:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgement: and it was early, and they themselves went not into the judgement hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover...

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• John 18:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself ,.... That he was the king of the Jews: Christ's meaning is, whether he asserted this from the sentiments of his own mind; or moved the question...

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• John 18:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Ver. 34. Sayest thou this of thyself ] As who should say, If thou dost this of thyself, what reason is it...

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• John 18:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then Pilate entered into the judgment-hall again See the note on Matthew 27:11 . It seems, as the governor had heard an honourable report of Jesus, and observed in his silence, under the accusatio...

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• John 18:34 - 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 18:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ in the Judgment-Hall; Christ Arraigned before Pilate.       28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it...

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• John 18:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Our Saviour neither affirms nor denies: though we are bound, whenever we speak, to speak the truth, yet we are not bound at all times to speak the whole truth. Our Saviour desireth to be satisfied fr...

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• John 18:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Before Pilate ( John 18:28-40 ). Jesus' examination before Caiaphas is summed up in two sentences, ‘Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas' and ‘they lead Jesus from Caiaphas'. To John that examin...

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• John 18:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 18:28 . Then led they Jesus, etc. —The Evangelist presupposes the trial before the Sanhedrin, and its issue. Jesus had been condemned to death. But the Jews h...

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• John 18:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 18:28-38 . Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might...

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• John 18:34 - 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 18:34 - 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 18:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Pilate begins the examination of Jesus

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• John 18:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 18:36

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