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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter,.... She being relieved, either by her father, if porter, or by a fellow servant, had the opportunity of coming into the hall, where Peter was, and was curious to observe him, who he should be, that that person of note should order him to be admitted, when an affair of so much privacy and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not. As, Peter! Ah, myself! If anyone is trusting in himself, he may soon utter a falsehood concerning his Lord, as Peter did. Keep us, O God, by thy grace, or else it will be so with us. It was nothing but a poor maidservant that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not. And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. That was a very dangerous place for Peter to be in; he would...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the servants and officers stood there,.... In a certain part of the hall, the middle of it; the Vulgate Latin reads, "by the coals": it follows, who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold; though it was the passover, and harvest near. Dr. Lightfoot has observed from our countryman Biddulph, who was at Jerusalem at this time of the year,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold: and they warmed themselves and Peter stood with them and warmed himself. While his Lord and Master was being maltreated and abused over yonder at the end of the hall, Peter was warming himself at the servant’s fire. Ah! he was getting cold spiritually while...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The high priest then asked Jesus,.... Being now brought from Annas to Caiaphas, who was the high priest and mouth of the sanhedrim, and to whom it appertained to hear and try a cause relating to doctrine. And what he did was by putting questions to him, instead of opening the charge against him, and calling for witnesses to support it. The person...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto thee: behold, they know what I said. Our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. What...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. This was a sort of preliminary examination before the Sanhedrin should try him officially.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered him,.... Not to the first of these questions, concerning his disciples; not because they had all now forsaken him, and one was denying him; nor because he would not betray them; nor because he would suffer alone; but because if his doctrine was good; it could not be blameworthy to have disciples, and to teach them: and the charge of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered him I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold they know what I said. And when he had thus spoken one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Why askest thou me?.... He seems surprised at the high priest's conduct, that he should put such questions to him, who stood bound before him; was brought there as a criminal, and was the defendant, and not obliged to accuse himself; nor could it be thought, that whatever evidence or testimony he should give, would have much weight with the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he had thus spoken,.... What was so right and reasonable, in so becoming a manner, without heat or passion: one of the officers which stood by; it may be one of those who had been sent to him and had been a hearer of him, whom Jesus might look wistfully at, or point unto, when he said the above words, at which he might be provoked: and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, Not as Paul did, “God shall smite thee, thou whited wall.” The Master is superior to the disciple at all points. Jesus said: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officer, which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of His hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me. Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. So there we see him standing, bound,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 as to the manner in which it was done, and the person, an officer, by whom it was done; and considering the circumstances of it, in the palace of the high priest, in his presence, and before so grand a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? Let us pray that, whenever we are despitefully treated, we may keep our temper, and be as composed as our Lord was; and if we must make an answer to our accusers, let it be as discreet and as justifiable as this answer of our Lord was.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? Nothing could have been more calm or more dignified, and, at the same time, more full of the spirit of forgiveness.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now Annas had sent him bound,.... As he found him, when the captain, band, and officers brought him to him; who having pleased himself with so agreeable a sight, and had asked him some few questions, and perhaps insulted him, sent him away in this manner, unto Caiaphas the high priest: his son-in-law, as the more proper person to be examined...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Joh_18:26. Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. John thus resumes the narrative concerning Peter from the 17th verse: “Simon Peter stood and warmed himself.”