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The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To John Chapter 18
1 By Christ's power, whom Judas betrayeth,
6 the soldiers are cast down to the ground.
13 Christ is led to Annas, and from him
to Caiaphas.
22-23 His answer to the officer that smote
him with a rod.
28 Being delivered to Pilate,
36 he declareth his kingdom.
1 When (1) Jesus had spoken these things,
he went forth with his disciples over the
() brook (*) Cedron, where was a garden,
into the which he entered, and his disciples.
(1) Christ goeth of his own accord into a
garden, which his betrayer knew, to be
taken; that by his obedience he might take
away the sin that entered into the world by
one man's rebellion, and that in a garden.
() Which was a deep valley through which
a stream ran after a great rain.
(*) 1 Kings 15:13; Matthew 26:36;
Mark 14:32; Luke 22:39 .
2 And Judas which betrayed him knew
also the place, for Jesus oft times resorted
thither with his disciples.
3 (*) (2) Judas then, after he had received
a () band of men and officers of the high
Priests, and of the Pharisees, came thither
with lanterns and torches, and weapons.
(*) Matthew 26:47; Mark 14:43; Luke 22:47 .
(2) Christ, who was innocent, was reckon
as a wicked person, that we which are wicked
might be let go as innocent.
() The which he had obtained of the governor
of the Temple.
4 (3) Then Jesus, knowing all things that
should come unto him, went forth and
said unto them, Whom seek ye?
(3) Christ's person (but not his virtue)
was bound of the adversaries, when
and how he would.
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus said unto them, I am he.
Now Judas also which betrayed him, stood
with them.
6 As soon then as he had said unto them,
I am he, they went away backwards,
and fell to the ground.
7 Then he asked them again,
Whom seek ye?
And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 (4) Jesus answered,
I said unto you, that I am he; therefore
if ye seek me, let these go their way.
(4) Christ doth not neglect the office of
a good pastor, no not in his greatest danger.
9 This was that the word might be fulfilled
which he spake, (*) () Of them which
thou gavest me, have I lost none.
(*) John 17:18 .
() He both spareth their bodies and also
saveth their souls.
10 (5) Then Simon Peter having a sword,
drew it, and smote the high Priest's servant,
and cut off his right ear.
Now the servants name was Malchus.
(5) We ought to contain the zeal we bear
to God, within the bounds of our vocation.
11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy
sword into the sheath; shall I not drink
of the cup which my Father hath given me?
12 Then the band and the captain, and the
officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound
him.
13 (6) And led him away to (*) () Annas
first (for he was father in law to Caiaphas,
which was the high Priest () that same year.)
(6) Christ is brought before an earthly high
Priest to be condemned for our blasphemies,
that we might be quitted of the everlasting
high Priest himself.
(*) Luke 3:2 .
() Who sent Christ unto Caiaphas the high
Priest bound.
() Although this office was for term of life
by God's ordinance, yet the ambition
and dissention of the Jews caused the Romans
from time to time to change it either for bribery
or favor.
14 (*) And Caiaphas was he, that gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient
that one man should die for the people.
(*) John 11:50 .
15 ¶ (7) (*) Now Simon Peter followed
Jesus, and another disciple, and that disciple
was known of the high Priest, therefore he
went in with Jesus into the hall of the high
Priest,
(7) A lively example of the fragility of man
even in the best, when they be once left
to themselves.
(*) Matthew 26:58; Mark 14:54;
Luke 22:54 .
16 But Peter stood at the door without.
Then went out the other disciple which
was known unto the high Priest, and spake
to her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17 Then said the maid that kept the door,
unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this
man's disciples?
He said, I am not.
18 And the servants and officers stood
there, which had made a fire of coals, for
it was cold, and they warmed themselves.
And Peter also stood among them, and
warmed himself.
19 ¶ (8) (The high Priest then asked Jesus
of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
(8) Christ defendeth his cause but slenderly,
not that he would withdraw himself from
death, but to shew that he was condemned
as an innocent.
20 Jesus answered him, I spake (*) openly
to the world; I ever taught in the Synagogue
and in the Temple, whither the Jews resort
continually, and in secret have I said nothing.
(*) That is, frankly and plainly.
21 Why askest thou me?
Ask them which heard me what I said unto
them; behold, they know what I said.
22 When he had spoken these things,
one of the officers which stood by,
smote Jesus with his rod, saying,
Answerest thou the high Priest so?
23 Jesus answered him,
If I have evil spoken, bear witness of the
evil; but if I have well spoken, why smitest
thou me?
24 ¶ (*) Now Annas had () sent him bound
unto Caiaphas the high Priest.)
(*) Matthew 26:57; Luke 22:54 .
() After that Caiaphas had first sent him
to him.
25 (*) (9) And Simon Peter stood and
warmed himself, and they said unto him,
Art not thou also of his disciples?
He denied it, and said, I am not.
(*) Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:59;
Luke 22:55 .
(9) After that men have once fallen, they
cannot only not lift up themselves by their
own strength, but also they fall more and
more into worse, until they be raised up
again, by a new virtue of God.
26 One of the servants of the high Priest,
his cousin whose ear Peter smote off, said,
Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
27 Peter then denied again, and immediately
the cock crew.
28 (*) (10) Then led they Jesus from
(a) Caiaphas into the common hall.
Now it was morning, and they themselves
went not into the common hall, lest they
should be () defiled, but that they might eat
the Passover.
(*) Matthew 27:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1 .
(10) The Son of God is brought before the
judgment seat of an earthly and profane man,
in whom there is found much less wickedness,
than in the princes of the people of God;
A lively image of the wrath of God against
sin, and therewithal of his great mercy, and
least of all, of his most severe judgment against
the stubborn contemners of his grace when
it is offered unto them.
(a) From Caiaphas' house.
() Acts 10:28; Acts 11:3 .
29 Pilate then went out unto them, and
said,
What accusation bring ye against this man?
30 They answered, and said unto him,
If he were not an evil doer, we would
not have delivered him unto thee.
31 Then said Pilate unto them,
Take (*) ye him, and judge him after your
own Law.
Then the Jews said unto him,
(b) It is not () lawful for us to put any man
to death.
(*) He spake this disdainfully, because they
were so bent against all right and equity.
(b) For judgments of life and death were
taken from them forty years before the
destruction of the temple.
() As if they should say, Thou wilt not
suffer us to do it; for he knew that it was
not permitted to them by the Romans to
punish with death.
32 It was that the word of Jesus (*) might
be fulfilled which he spake, (c) signifying
what death he should die.
(*) Matthew 20:19 .
(c) For Christ had foretold that he should
be crucified.
33 (*) So Pilate entered into the common
hall again, and called Jesus, and said
unto him, Art thou the king of the Jews?
(*) Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3 .
34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou that
of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew?
Thine own nation, and the high Priests have
delivered thee unto me. What hast thou done?
36 (11) Jesus answered, My kingdom is
not of this (*) world; if my kingdom were
of this world, my servants would surely fight,
that I should not be delivered to the Jews;
but now is my kingdom not from hence.
(11) Christ avoucheth his spiritual kingdom,
but rejecteth a worldly.
(*) It standeth not in strength of men nor
in worldly defence.
37 Pilate then said unto him, Art thou a
King then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest
that I am a King. For this cause am I born,
and for this cause came I into the world,
that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth, heareth
my voice.
38 (12) Pilate said unto him,
(d) (*) What is truth? And when he had
said that, he went out again unto the Jews,
and said unto them, I find in him no cause at
all.
(12) It was required that Christ should be
pronounced innocent, but notwithstanding
(in that which he took upon him our person)
was to be condemned as a most wicked man.
(d) He speaketh this disdainfully and scoffingly,
and not by way of asking a question.
(*) This was a mocking and disdainful question.
39 (*) But you have a () custom that I
should deliver you one loose at the
Passover; will ye then that I loose unto
you the King of the Jews?
(*) Matthew 27:15; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17 .
() This was one of their blind abuses; for
the Law of God gave no liberty to quit a
wicked trespasser.
40 (*) Then (e) cried they all again, saying,
Not him, but Barabbas. Now this Barabbas
was a murderer.
(*) Acts 3:14 .
(e) Word for word, made a great and
foul voice.
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