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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 18:15-18

See the notes at Matthew 26:57-58.Another disciple - Not improbably John. Some critics, however, have supposed that this disciple was one who dwelt at Jerusalem, and who, not being a Galilean, could enter the palace without suspicion. John, however, mentions the circumstance of his being known to them, to show why it was that he was not questioned as Peter was. It is not probable that any danger resulted from its being known that he was a follower of Jesus, or that any harm was meditated on... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 18:12-27

152. At the high priest’s house (Matthew 26:57-75; Mark 14:53-72; Luke 22:54-65; John 18:12-27)Annas and his son-in-law Caiaphas apparently lived in the same house. Annas had been the previous high priest and, though replaced by Caiaphas, was still well respected and influential. Jesus’ captors took him to Annas first, while Peter and John, who had followed at a distance, waited in the courtyard. By now it was well past midnight and into the early hours of the morning (John 18:12-18; Luke... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 18:18

officers . The Chiliarch and Roman soldiers had gone back to their barracks (Antonia), leaving the Lord in the hands of the Jews. stood . . . warmed . All these verbs are in the imperfect. a fire of coals. Greek anthrakia. Only here and John 21:9 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 18:18

John 18:18. A fire of coals; for it was cold— See the note on Jeremiah 36:22. Fires in winter are used but for a little while at Aleppo, which is considerably further to the north than Jerusalem; and some there make use of none at all. The fires they then use in their lodging-rooms are of charcoal, in pans; which sort of fire also is used by the Egyptians. They had no chimneys. But what seems most to have required the use of wood, and consequently chimneys, among the Jews, was the dressing the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 18:18

18. And the servants and officers—the menials and some of the "band" that "took Jesus." (Also see on :-.) stood there, who had made—"having made." a fire of coals, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves—"John alone notices the material (charcoal) of which the fire was made, and the reason for a fire—the coldness of the night" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. "Peter went in and sat with the servants to see the end ( :-), and warmed himself at the fire" ( :-). These two statements are extremely... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 18:12-27

B. Jesus’ religious trial 18:12-27John is the only evangelist who recorded Jesus’ interrogation by Annas. It was preliminary to His appearance before Caiaphas and then before the Sanhedrin (John 18:24).Jesus’ Religious TrialMatthewMarkLukeJohnBefore AnnasJohn 18:12-14; John 18:19-24Before CaiaphasMatthew 26:57-68Mark 14:53-65Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65Before the SanhedrinMatthew 27:1Mark 15:1Luke 22:66-71Jesus’ Civil TrialBefore PilateMatthew 27:2; Matthew 27:11-14Mark 15:1-5Luke 23:1-5John... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 18:15-18

2. The entrance of two disciples into the high priests’ courtyard and Peter’s first denial 18:15-18 (cf. Matthew 26:57-58, 69-70; Mark 14:53-54, 66-68; Luke 22:54-57)As the other evangelists, John alternated his account of the events surrounding Jesus’ religious trial. He described what was happening in the courtyard (John 18:15-18), then what was happening inside (John 18:19-24), then what happened outside again (John 18:25-27). This literary technique contrasts Jesus with Peter. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 18:18

Peter not only denied Jesus, but He also stood with Jesus’ enemies as they warmed themselves in the courtyard of the high priest’s large residence. The detail that the fire was a charcoal (Gr. anthrakia) one will feature later in John’s narrative (21:9). Such a fire would not have generated much light or heat, so those who wanted to stay warm had to stand close together. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 18:1-40

Christ Before Annas, Caiaphas, and Pilate1-14. Christ’s arrest and trial before Annas (cp. Matthew 26:30 = Mark 14:26 = Luke 22:39). The narrative is now parallel with the synoptic account, with which, though obviously independent, it closely agrees. Our Lord’s agony in the garden is omitted as well known, but it is alluded to (John 18:11), and the evangelist elsewhere uses language quite as definite as that of the synoptists in speaking of His agony of mind at the prospect of death (John... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 18:18

(18) And the servants and officers stood there.—i.e., in the quadrangular court. The “servants” “are the household servants or slaves of the high priest. The officers are the Temple servants. (Comp. Note on John 18:3.)A fire of coals.—In the Greek this phrase is expressed by one word which occurs again in the New Testament in John 21:9; and in the LXX. in Sir. 11:30; Sir. 11:32; and 4Ma. 9:20. It means a glowing fire. One of the Greek translators (Aquila) uses it in Psalms 119:4 (English... read more

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