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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? He did not look much like it. There was little enough about his appearance or his apparel to suggest the idea of royalty.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? I can imagine him throwing all the scorn and contempt possible into the question. It was characteristic of the Romans, as we learn from the works of their great writers, that they utterly despised and detested the Jews.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee, unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. He did not want an answer. He merely thought it such an unnecessary piece of trifling to talk about truth, he himself had so slight an idea of what the word might mean, that when he had said, “What...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But we have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Now, Pilate may have thought, if Christ was their King, they would certainly prefer him to a thief and a robber; so he was putting before himself an opportunity of escaping from judging Christ, and before them a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. This exposition consisted of readings from Joh_18:28-40; and Psalms 2.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 Jews! Just as they were gathered to say, “Ave Imperator” — “Hail emperor” —so imitating that word which they applied to Caesar. and applying it to Jesus in mockery....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. This was one of the most terrible punishments to which a man could be sentenced. The Roman scourge was no trifle. It tore off the quivering flesh of the agonized sufferer for it was constructed on purpose to do so. It was generally made of the sinews of oxen, intertwined with the knuckle bones of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, Mockery was blended with cruelty. They might have made him a crown, yet surely it need not have been one of thorns unless they intended to put him to the utmost torment that they could conceive. By this crown of thorns our blessed Lord was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. That is the second time he said it. He had declared it before; in the 38th verse of the previous chapter we read, “I find in him no fault at all.” And now again, “That ye may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. This was the homage which the Son of God received from men; harmless and gentle, he came here with no purpose but that of doing good, and this is how mankind treated him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! Was there ever such a sight of majesty in misery before or since? Yet he needed not to endure all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. That is the third time. It was well that he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him. We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. They no doubt understood that he claimed to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid: It shows he was afraid all along — the coward — the vacillating coward — and now a fresh superstition seizes upon him. He believed, as a Roman in gods many. “What?” said he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Pilate talks like some great one, yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And went again, into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. The, saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I hate power to crucify thee, And have power to release thee? And he trembled with fear, “and went again into the judgment, hall,” taking his prisoner with him —...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. “Thou hast the power to execute the sentence, lent to thee from heaven: but he that brought me here, and laid the charge against me, even Caiaphas, as the representative of the Jews,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. Christ referred to Judas, and through him to the Jews who had conspired to put him to death; but what tenderness it was, on the part of Jesus, to make an excuse as it were even for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out. saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. One of the Herods had put upon his coins the name, “Caesar’s friend.” and so they quoted the title which one of their kings had taken, and they tell...