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Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 22:63-71

b. THE MOCKING AT THE LORD, AND HIS CONDEMNATION (Luke 22:63-71)(Parallel with Matthew 26:67-68; Matthew 27:1 a; Mark 14:65; Mark 15:1)63, And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. 64And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face,21 and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 65And many other things blasphemously [or, contumeliously] spake they against him. 66And as soon as it was day, the elders [lit., the eldership, πρεσβυτέριον] of the people and... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 22:62-71

Luke IN THE HIGH PRIEST’S PALACE Luk_22:54 - Luk_22:71 . The present passage deals with three incidents, each of which may be regarded either as an element in our Lord’s sufferings or as a revelation of man’s sin. He is denied, mocked, and formally rejected and condemned. A trusted friend proves faithless, the underlings of the rulers brutally ridicule His prophetic claims, and their masters vote Him a blasphemer for assenting His divinity and Messiahship. I. We have the failure of loyalty... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 22:63-71

“Rejected of Men” Luke 22:63-71 This scene of mockery is very terrible. How difficult the twelve legions of angels must have found it to restrain themselves. See Matthew 26:53 . Here we have an exhibition of the hidden evil of the human heart, which is drawn forth in contact with infinite purity, as the stench of stagnant water is elicited by the summer sun. Our Lord answered not a word to all the false accusations that were leveled against Him. He left the false witnesses to refute each... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 22:1-71

Here we have the record of final things before the Cross. The priests and the devil are seen in coalition. As the end approached, the Master is seen with the shadow of the Cross on Him, desiring to eat the Passover with His loved ones. Even in this connection the disciples contend over which of them is to be accounted the greatest. After the observance of the Passover and the institution of the new Feast, He declared to them, "Satan hath obtained you by asking" (margin). Notice carefully... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:1-71

Jesus Is Crucified And Rises Again (22:1-24:53). We now come to the final Section of Luke which is also in the form of a chiasmus (see analysis below). Central in this final chiasmus is the crucifixion of Jesus. This brings out how central the crucifixion is in the thinking of Luke. As the Servant of the Lord He is to be numbered among the transgressors for their sakes (Luke 22:37). This is indeed what the Gospel has been leading up to, something that is further demonstrated by the space given... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:66-71

The Official Trial Before The Sanhedrin (22:66-71). Luke is only concerned with the official and final trial before the Sanhedrin (all the Synoptics agree that such a final trial did take place - Matthew 27:1; Mark 15:1). He is keen to establish the fact that ‘all’ the Jews were involved in this travesty of justice (see Acts 4:27). It was not just a few miscreant leaders who sentenced Jesus, it was the highest Jewish body in the land. Nor was he interested in the detail of the trial. He... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 22:70

‘And they all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” ’ This claim that He would sit at the right hand of God in such a way could only mean one thing to them and that was that He was claiming to be more than just the Messiah. He was claiming a divine Messiahship. So they ‘all’ questioned Him further. (This is not the High Priest dunning Him). Was He then claiming to be the Son of God? This does not just mean the Messiah. To claim to be the Messiah was not... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 22:66-71

Our blessed Lord before his death passed two trials or examinations. The one before the Jewish sanhedrim, whose proper province it was to try such as were accused as false prophets, or blasphemers. This was a kind of ecclesiastical court. The high priest was the chief judge in it, and we are told that they used to sit in his palace. The other was before Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea at that time; he principally took cognizance of criminal things, such especially as concerned the peace of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 22:54-71

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 22:54. Then took they Him.—R.V., “And they seized Him.” The high priest’s house.—I.e., the house of Caiaphas. St. John alone mentions a preliminary and perhaps informal examination in the house of Annas.Luke 22:55. Kindled a fire.—“The spring nights at Jerusalem, which is 2610 feet above the level of the sea, are often cold” (Farrar). Hall.—Rather, “court” (R.V.). Sat down among them.—More literally, “sat in the midst of them” (R.V.).Luke 22:56. Sat by the fire.—Rather, “sat... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 22:1-71

Luke's gospel, chapter 22.Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover ( Luke 22:1 ).The Feast of Unleavened Bread actually was for six days, from the fifteenth of Nizan to the twenty-first. However, the fifteenth of Nizan was the day of the Passover. And so it was drawing nigh. People were beginning to prepare for it. Two days before the feast they would go through the house with brooms and brushes and make sure that they got rid of all of the leaven out of the... read more

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