約翰福音 18:4 RCUVTS

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - John 18:4-9

An exhibition of divine majesty: v. 4. Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? v. 5. They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am He. And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with them. v. 6. As soon, then, as He had said unto them, I am He, they went backward, and fell to the ground. v. 7. Then asked He them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. v. 8. Jesus answered, I have... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - John 18:1-40

SIXTH SECTIONThe Lord in the circle of His foes, as the Light overtaken by the Darkness; the lofty Judge or the personal Judgment, whilst He is judged; victorious in His outward succumbing; how He carries out His judgment, to the victory of Light and Salvation(John 18:19)ICHRIST AS THE JUDGMENT OF LIGHT UPON THE CONFUSED NOCTURNAL CONFLICT OF THE WORLD AGAINST AND OVER HIS PERSON; OVER AGAINST HIS BETRAYER, HIS APPREHENDERS, HIS VIOLENT HELPER. THE MAJESTY OF THE BETRAYED, IN CONTRAST TO THE... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 18:1-11

Jesus Accepts His Suffering John 18:1-11 Our Lord went forth from the city and across the brook Cedron to Gethsemane, but not for the purpose of concealment, as John 18:2 clearly shows. How characteristic it was that He should meet the band and ask that He should be taken, while the disciples should be permitted to escape! Was not this what He was ever doing-meeting peril, temptation, and death, that the great company whom He was bringing to glory might be saved? What meekness and majesty... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 18:1-40

From the sacred hours of teaching and prayer our Lord passed to the final acts in His mighty work. This brought Him to Gethsemane, where we have a revelation of His majesty and His meekness. He suffered Himself to be seized and bound, and led away, and so He passed to the court of the high priests. In all the annals of human crime there is nothing more utterly degraded and despicable than the procedure of what is spoken of as His trial before them. Unable to deal with the situation, they sent... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 18:1-12

The Arrest (John 18:1-12 ). Leaving the Upper Room Jesus led His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. The fact that Judas knew where to find Him suggests either that this was pre-arranged (Judas would need to know where he was to meet up with the disciples after ostensibly purchasing food and wine), or that it was a place where the group regularly spent time together when they were in Jerusalem, or both. It was not far from Bethany. Jesus went there knowing full well... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 18:4-6

‘Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming on him, went up and says to them, “Who are you looking for?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth”. Jesus says to them, “I am.” And Judas also who betrayed him was standing with them. When therefore he said to them, “I am” they went backward and fell to the ground.’ ‘Knowing all things that were coming on Him.’ It is being underlined that He acted with full knowledge of the situation. Indeed He was waiting for it. All was known to Him... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 18:1-11

John 18 f. The Arrest, the Trial, and the Passion. John 18:1-1 Kings : . The Arrest.— Jesus leaves the room, or the city, and crosses the Kedron ( cf. 2 Samuel 15:23) to a garden where He often went, so that the place was known to Judas. Contrast the careful arrangements for secrecy in the preparation of the upper room. Judas guides hither Roman and Jewish soldiers. In Mk. Roman soldiers are not mentioned till after the condemnation. As the Jews represent Jesus’ influence over the people as... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 18:4

This evangelist saith nothing of what the other evangelists mention, of the sign that Judas had given them, by which they should know him; nor of Judas’s kissing of him, or our Saviour’s reply to him. (John, all along his Gospel, mentions very little of what is recorded by the other evangelists). It must be supposed, that after Judas had kissed our Saviour, our Saviour himself came forth and asked him whom they looked for; hereby showing that he laid down his life, and no man took it from him:... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 18:1-27

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 18:1. Went forth.—From the part of the suburbs where the discourse from John 14:31 had been spoken, and the intercessory prayer offered. The brook Cedron (τοῦ Κεδρών, Kidron, Heb. קִדְרוֹן, the dark stream: 2 Samuel 15:23, etc.).—It was a winter torrent, χείμαῤῥος. The wady is dry after the winter and spring rains. It separates Jerusalem on the East from the Mount of Olives and Scopus, flows South-East by Mar-Saba, and enters the Dead Sea. A garden (see... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 18:4-9

John 18:4-9 Consider this incident: I. As a remarkable momentary manifestation of our Lord's glory. II. As a manifestation of the voluntariness of our Lord's suffering. III. An instance, on a small scale, of Christ's self-sacrificing care for us. A. Maclaren, A Year's Ministry, 2nd series, p. 197. References: John 18:4-9 . Preacher's Monthly, vol. ix., p. 240; Homiletic Magazine, vol. xiv., p. 218. read more