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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and, the elders and the scribes. And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. Meanwhile, Christ was being put to the utmost derision and contempt. In the 66th...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. We may regard what was said to Jesus, by Annas and Caiaphas, as a sort of unofficial...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. Thus we learn what a cold night it was,-that night in which the Saviour’s “sweat was as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. A pretty court that was, occupied in seeking for witnesses who might enable them to condemn to death a prisoner against whom no charge had yet been formulated.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together. It was a rule that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the high priest stood up in the midst, Losing all patience, he stood up, in a furious rage at the turn things were taking.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And asked Jesus, saying, Answered thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? This time, according to Matthew’s account, the high priest said to Jesus, “I adjure thee by the living God, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him, and to cover...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: and when she saw Peter warming Himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him,- I think I see her, with her eyes fixed upon him, as he was warming himself at the fire: “She looked upon him,”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. This first time was not the regular season of cock-crowing, but those birds crow when they please. Before the fixed period called the cock-crowing, Peter was to deny his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. “Thou hast the peculiar brogue of that part of the country: ‘Thou art a Galilaean, and thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. This exposition consisted of readings from Mar_14:27-31; Mar_14:53-54;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cockcrow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. He does not say that he went out, and wept bitterly, as Luke says in his version...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. “The whole council” could be there, so early in the morning, for such an evil purpose. Wicked men are very diligent in carrying out their sinful schemes; so,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. Silence was the best answer, the most eloquent reply, that he could give to each accusers; they deserved no other answer. Moreover, by his silence, he was fulfilling the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. You will often find that your highest wisdom, when you are slandered, will lie in the imitation of your Lord and Master. Live a blameless life, and it shall be the best reply to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying, Will...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify him. This was the very best reply to the charge of high treason; for, if Jesus had really set himself...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium;- The hall of the Praetorian guard;...