John 19:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. ”

John 19:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We have a law - The law respecting blasphemy, Leviticus 24:16 ; Deuteronomy 13:1-5 . They had arraigned Jesus on that charge before the Sanhedrin, and condemned him for it, Matthew 26:63-65 ....
John 19:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Pilate gives way to the Jews. Pilate's next attempt is to persuade the Jews to be content with a lighter penalty than crucifixion. The prisoner is not dangerous enough, even to the religious author...
John 19:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by . according to. Greek. kata. App-104. our . the. ought . Greek opheilo. Elsewhere in John only in John 13:14 . made Himself, &c. This was the charge on which the Sanhedrin condemn...
John 19:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. We have a law. They mean that, in proceeding against Christ, they do what is right, and are not actuated by hatred or sinful passion; for they perceived that Pilate had indirectly reprove...
John 19:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. We have a law - In Leviticus 24:14-16 , we find that blasphemers of God were to be put t...
John 19:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him,— The priests, whose rage and malice had extinguished not only the sentiments ofjustice, and all the feelings of pity, but that love which coun...
John 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he...
John 19:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Crucifixion. The Burial 1-3. Inside the Prætorium. Scourging and mockery by the soldiers ( Matthew 27:26 ; Mark 15:15 ). It might be supposed from Mt and Mk that the scourging was only the or...
John 19:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

We have a law, and by our law he ought to die. — The better reading is,.... and by the law He ought to die. (Comp. Leviticus 24:16 .) They feel the bitter sarcasm of Pilate’s taunt, and appeal t...
John 19:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jesus Endures Contempt John 19:1-9 Pilate was convinced of our Lord's innocence, and he adopted several expedients to save His life; he did everything, indeed, except to act with absolute justi...
John 19:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here once more we have the story of the Cross, and once again it is a story to be read almost without note or comment. The picture of our Lord led forth and presented to the crowds by Pilate is one o...
John 19:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! (6) When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying,...
John 19:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Jews answered him ,.... Finding they could make nothing of the charge of sedition against him, and that Pilate could not be prevailed upon to condemn him to death upon that score, they try anoth...
John 19:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. Ver. 7. The Jews answered him, &c. ] When they saw that the treason they laid to...
John 19:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Pilate went forth again Although he had given sentence that it should be as the Jews desired, and had delivered Jesus to the soldiers, to be scourged and crucified, he thought, if he were shown to...
John 19:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED IN THE COURT! (vs.1-12) Pilate then tried another desperate move, having the Lord scourged. This was gross injustice, yet he hoped by this to placate the Jews' enmity, consid...
John 19:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of tho...
John 19:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The law they mean, is the law for putting false prophets to death, Deuteronomy 18:20 . By the Son of God here, they mean the eternal Son of God, in all things equal with his Father; otherwise...
John 19:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Trial Continues ( John 19:1-16 a). John has made clear in chapter 18 that, in facing His trial by His fellow Jews, Jesus had nothing to hide, although no details of their actual attempts to f...
John 19:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 19:1 . Therefore (see Luke 23:22-25 ).—He was under the erroneous impression that this treatment of Jesus might soften the enmity of the Jews toward the Pri...
John 19:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 19:1-3 . Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. And said, Hail, King of the...
John 19:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 19:1 . Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him, as stated in Matthew 27:26 . In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. I...
John 19:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Jews answered him, We have a law Literalism and party spirit I. WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND PRIESTHOOD IN COMPASSING THE DEATH OF CHRIST? It was the one fixed idea of devot...
John 19:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION John 19:1-43 (d) [Within the Praetorium.] The unjust scourging, and the crown of thorns. John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him . The force of the "t...
John 19:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Jews answered him, We have a Law, and by our Law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.
John 19:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 18:20 ; John 10:30-33 ; John 10:36-38 ; John 5:18 ; John 8:58 ; John 8:59 ; Leviticus 24:16 ; Mark 14:61-64 ; Mark 15:39 ; Matthew 26:63-66 ; Matthew 27:42 ; Matthew 27:43 ;...
John 19:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God — Which they understood in the highest sense, and therefore accounted blasphemy.

John 19:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 19:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 19:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 19:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 19:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 19:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 19:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 19:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 19:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 19:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 19:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 19:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 19:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 19:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 19:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 19:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 19:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 19:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 19:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 19:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 19:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 19:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 19:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 19:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 19:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 19:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes