Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?”
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Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?”
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Then Pylate entred into the iudgement hall agayne and called Iesus and sayd vnto him: arte thou the kynge of the Iewes?
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Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of…
34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
Ver. 34. Sayest thou this of thyself] As who should say, If thou dost this of thyself, what reason is it that thou shouldest be both judge and witness? if others have done it, why are not mine accusers brought face to face? If to be accused be enough to make a man guilty, none shall be innocent. Judges are to proceed secundum allegata et probata. acording to the chages and what can be proven.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Our Saviour neither affirms nor denies: though we are…
Our Saviour neither affirms nor denies: though we are bound, whenever we speak, to speak the truth, yet we are not bound at all times to speak the whole truth. Our Saviour desireth to be satisfied from Pilate, whether he asked him as a private person for his own satisfaction, or as a judge, having received any such accusation against him? For if he asked him as a judge, he was bound to call them to the proof of what they had charged him with.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself,....…
Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself,.... That he was the king of the Jews: Christ's meaning is, whether he asserted this from the sentiments of his own mind; or moved the question from anything he himself had observed, which might give him just ground to suspect that he had, or intended to set up himself as the king of that nation:
or did others tell it thee of me? Whether the Jews had not intimated some such thing to him, out of malice and ill will? not but that Christ full well knew where the truth of this lay; but he was desirous of convincing Pilate of his weakness, if he so judged of himself, and of his imprudence and hastiness, if he took up this from others; and also to expose the baseness and wickedness of the Jews, to charge him with this, when they themselves would have made him a temporal king, and he refused; and when he had not only paid tribute himself to Caesar, but had exhorted them to do the like.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 34. Sayest thou this thing of thyself] That…
Verse 34. Sayest thou this thing of thyself] That is, Is it because my enemies thus accuse me, or because thou hast any suspicion of me, that thou askest this question?
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Of thyself - From any conviction of your own…
Of thyself - From any conviction of your own mind, or any apprehension of danger. During all the time in which you have been praetor, have you seen anything in me that has led you to apprehend sedition or danger to the Roman power? This evidently was intended to remind Pilate that nothing was proved against him, and to caution him against being influenced by the malicious accusations of others. Jesus demanded a just trial, and claimed that Pilate should not be influenced by any reports that he might have heard of him.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Jesus answered . . . Sayest thou this of…
Jesus answered . . . Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?--an important question for our Lord's case, to bring out whether the word "King" were meant in a political sense, with which Pilate had a right to deal, or whether he were merely put up to it by His accusers, who had no claims to charge Him but such as were of a purely religious nature, with which Pilate had nothing to do.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 34. Of thyself—Does Pilate ask the question after the…
34. Of thyself—Does Pilate ask the question after the royalty of Jesus in a Roman, or a Hebrew sense? If the former, then Jesus claims not to be a king: that is, a political king. If in the Hebrew sense, then he asks, “Are you the Messiah?” the Anointed Prince of the realm of holiness? then truly he is a king; a king of whom all earthly kings are but a shadow.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. answered him] Omit ‘him:’ the introductions to Joh_18:34-36…
34. answered him] Omit ‘him:’ the introductions to Joh_18:34-36 are alike in form and are solemn in their brevity. The Synoptists give merely a portion of the reply in Joh_18:37.
tell it thee] ‘It’ is not in the original and need not be supplied. Jesus claims a right to know the author of the charge. Moreover the meaning of the title, and therefore the truth of it, would depend on the person who used it. In Pilate’s sense He was not King; in another sense He was.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did…
(34) Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?—The most probable interpretation of the question is that which regards it as establishing a distinction between the title “King of the Jews” as spoken by Pilate and the same title as spoken by Jesus. In the political sense in which Pilate would use it, and in this sense only the claim could be brought against Him in Roman law, He was not King of the Jews. In the theocratic sense in which a Jew would use that title, He was King of the Jews.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:34-35 Jesus’ reply forced the governor to show the…
18:34-35 Jesus’ reply forced the governor to show the origin of his question. The Temple leadership was behind these charges. Pilate only wanted to know if Jesus was a rebel who might threaten Roman interests.
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