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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 19:1-42

Chapter 19Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him ( John 19:1 ).The scourging was a whipping that was done to examine the prisoners. It was a third degree technique of the Roman Empire. They did not have amnesty in those days, or human rights. They had a third degree that was totally unmerciful. They would tie a prisoner to a post so that the back was stretched out. And then with a cat of nine tails whip, a leather whip with little bits of glass and lead imbedded in it designed to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 19:1-42

John 19:1 . Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him, as stated in Matthew 27:26. In cases where this preseded crucifixion, Cicero has recited the form of the sentence from the Roman law. I, lictor, colliga manus, caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito. Go, lictor, tie his hands, cover his head, suspend him to the unhappy tree. Those punishments on persons apprehended for robberies and sedition, were usually inflicted with great severity. All this Isaiah had foreseen, when he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 19:6

John 19:6When the chief priests therefore and officers saw HimPilate at bayI.THE CLAMOUR. “Crucify Him!” 1. Its occasion: the presentation of Christ “therefore.” One would have expected, as Pilate doubtless did, that revenge would be satiated by the bleeding form of One who had offended them by His teaching, and by the humiliation of One whom they had charged with kingly ambition. Here surely was an end of His prestige--the people would never listen to Him again, or shout hosannahs any more.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 19:7

John 19:7The Jews answered him, We have a lawLiteralism and party spiritI.WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND PRIESTHOOD IN COMPASSING THE DEATH OF CHRIST? It was the one fixed idea of devotion to the law of Moses. It was the stubborn toughness of character which made the Jewish people the backbone of the world. It was the hereditary mark of the house of Levi, which in their zeal for their race knew no other ties. When they took up stones they could not bear to think that Christ was... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 19:6

6 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. Ver. 6. Crucify him, crucify him ] So afterwards the primitive persecutors cried out, Ad bestias, ad bestias, Christianos ad leones, To the beasts, to the beasts, Christians, to the lions, imputing the cause of all public calamities to them, as Tertullian testifieth. So they cried out at Geneva... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 19:7

7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. Ver. 7. The Jews answered him, &c. ] When they saw that the treason they laid to his charge would not do the deed, they accused him of blasphemy another while, that by some means or other they might take away his life. Thou, and such as thou (said Bonner to Thomas Brown, martyr), report I seek your blood; to whom he answered, Yea, my lord, indeed ye be a bloodsucker; and I would... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 19:6

the chief priests: John 19:15, Matthew 27:22, Mark 15:12-Ezra :, Luke 22:21-Isaiah :, Acts 2:23, Acts 3:13-Ezra :, Acts 7:52, Acts 13:27-Joel : Take: Pilate neither did nor could say this seriously; for crucifixion was not a Jewish but a Roman mode of punishment. The cross was made of two beams, either crossing at the top, at right angles, like a T, or in the middle of their length like an X; with a piece on the centre of the transverse beam for the accusation, and another piece projecting... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 19:7

We have: Leviticus 24:16, Deuteronomy 18:20 because: John 5:18, John 8:58, John 8:59, John 10:30-Micah :, John 10:36-Zechariah :, Matthew 26:63-Revelation :, Matthew 27:42, Matthew 27:43, Mark 14:61-3 John :, Mark 15:39, Romans 1:4 Reciprocal: Psalms 64:6 - search Isaiah 53:4 - yet Isaiah 53:8 - General Jeremiah 26:11 - saying Daniel 3:25 - the Son of God Daniel 6:5 - General Daniel 6:14 - was sore Matthew 14:33 - Of Matthew 26:66 - He Matthew 27:54 - Truly Mark 9:7 - This Mark 14:64 - ... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 19:7

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God — Which they understood in the highest sense, and therefore accounted blasphemy. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 19:1-16

§ 138. PILATE SCOURGES JESUS, MAKES HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO RELEASE HIM, AND DELIVERS HIM FOR CRUCIFIXION, John 19:1-16 . Matthew 27:24-31; Mark 15:15-20; Luke 23:23-25. read more

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