John 18:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus answered,My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. ”

• John 18:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  My kingdom ... - The charge on which Jesus was arraigned was that of laying claim to the office of a king. He here substantially admits that he did claim to be a king, but not in the sense in whi...

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• John 18:36 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (11) Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence....

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  servants . Greek huperetes. Same word as "officer", John 18:3 . now . Greek. nun, as in John 17:5 .

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• John 18:36 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  36. My kingdom is not of this world. By these words he acknowledges that he is a king, but, so far as was necessary to prove his innocence, he clears himself of the calumny; for he declar...

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• John 18:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. My k...

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from henc...

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. — The answer of Jesus is two-fold, declaring (1) in this verse, that He is not a King in the political sense; and (2) in John 18:37 , that He is a...

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  NOT IF THIS WORLD ‘My kingdom is not of this world.’ John 18:36 It is time that defenders of the Christian Faith gave up apologising for it. If Christians are to conquer, it will be in the s...

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• John 18:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world ,.... By saying which, he tacitly owns he was a king: as such he was set up, and anointed by his Father from everlasting; was prophesied of in the Old...

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• John 18:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. V...

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  My kingdom is not of this world; that is, I cannot deny but that I am the King of the Jews, but not in the sense they take it, not such a king as they look for in their Messiah; my kingdom is spiri...

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - Scofield Reference Notes

  of this Greek, "ek", meaning "out of", or "according to". world Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". ( 1 Corinthians 1:20 ); ( John 7:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 13:8 )....

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• John 18:36 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 18:36 I. Consider the nature of Christ's kingdom, "My kingdom is not of this world." It is spiritual. In other words, the emphatic mark of the rule of Christ which He was about to set up seem...

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• John 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - 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 18:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is My kingdom not from hence.

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• John 18:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 6:13 ; Colossians 1:12-14 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 7:14 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; John 18:11 ; John 6:15 ; John 8:15 ; Luke 12:14 ; Luke 17:20 ; Luke 17:21 ; Psalms 45:3-7 ; R...

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• John 18:36 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  My kingdom is not of this world — Is not an external, but a spiritual kingdom; that I might not be delivered to the Jews — Which Pilate had already attempted to do, John 18:31 , and afterward actu...

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