1 Peter 2:20-23; 2 Corinthians 10:1
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, the...
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 ). Th...
have spoken . spoke. evil . evilly. Greek. kakos, adverb of kakos (App-128.) in next clause. smitest . Greek. dero. Occurs fifteen times....
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 of...
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, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
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...
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 n...
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 na...
Preliminary examination before Annas (peculiar to this Gospel). The object of Annas's examination, which was irregular and informal, was obviously...
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...
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,...
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 re...
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 sy...
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 a...
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 be...
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...
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...
Christ before Annas and Caiaphas; The Fall of Peter; Christ Arraigned; Peter Again Denies Christ....
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 d...
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...
‘And when he had said this one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the High Priest in this way?” Jesus ans...
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...
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 entere...
The passages, which we are about to read from three of the Evangelists, make up a continuous narrative of our Lord's trial before the high priest. Fi...
John 18:12-13 . Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father...
John 18:15 . And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: That is John, of course; he never mentions his own name if he can help...
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 th...
EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME . John 18:1 John 19:42 .— 1. The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion . John 18:1-4...
The preliminary hearing:
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou Me?
23 Jesus answered him,If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?