Luke 22:63-71

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 22:63-71

We are here told, as before in the other gospels, I. How our Lord Jesus was abused by the servants of the high priest. The abjects, the rude and barbarous servants, gathered themselves together against him. They that held Jesus, that had him in custody till the court sat, they mocked him, and smote him (Luke 22:63), they would not allow him to repose himself one minute, though he had had no sleep all night, nor to compose himself, though he was hurried to his trial, and no time given him to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 22:63-71

22:63-71 The men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him. They blindfolded him and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is it who hit you?" And many another insulting word they spoke to him. And when it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people came together, the chief priests and the scribes; and they led him away to the Sanhedrin, saying, "Tell us if you are God's anointed one." He said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe me; if I ask you, you will not answer. But from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:63

And the men that held Jesus ,.... Whilst he was before the sanhedrim; and were either the Roman soldiers, or the servants of the high priest, who kept hold of him all the while, lest he should get away; though there was no reason for it; his time was come, nor would he escape out of their hands, though he could easily have rescued himself: mocked him ; insulted him, and gave him very opprobrious language, and used him in a very scurrilous way, and even spit upon him; and smote him .... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:64

And when they had blindfolded him ,.... Or put a veil, or linen cloth over his eyes, as children do at play, to make themselves some sport with him: they struck him on the face ; on that part of it which was not covered, either with their hands, or with rods: and asked him, saying, prophesy, who is it that smote thee ? hereby deriding his prophetic office, and using such language as children do at blindman's buff; See Gill on Matthew 26:68 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:65

And many other things blasphemously spake they ,.... As denying and ridiculing his deity, and divine sonship; mocking at, and burlesquing his offices, of prophet, priest, and king; asserting him to be a mere man, and a very wicked one; a profane sinner, a glutton, and a winebibber; a sabbath breaker, a blasphemer, and a seditious person; and one that had a devil, or dealt with familiar spirits: and thus spake they against him ; his person, office, and character. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:66

And as soon as it was day ,.... See Gill on Matthew 27:1 . The elders of the people ; or "the presbytery of the people", that were chosen from among the people to sit in the sanhedrim; the Israelites, as distinct from priests and Levites, and the doctors: and the chief priests and the Scribes came together ; which made up the great sanhedrim, or council of the nation: and led him into their council ; or sanhedrim, the place where the sanhedrim sat, which was in the temple, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:67

Saying, art thou the Christ ,.... The Messiah, promised and prophesied of by Moses, and all the prophets, and long expected by us: "tell us". The Ethiopic version adds, openly; tell us frankly, freely, plainly, as in John 10:24 . And he said unto them, if I tell you, you will not believe . The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "will not believe me"; neither what he said, nor that he was the Messiah; they were determined not to believe in him, and receive him as such; their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:68

And if I also ask you ,.... Or enter into a discourse on this subject, and require an answer to the arguments, proving me to be the Messiah, or desire to know what objections can be made thereunto: you will not answer me : fairly and directly, or go into a serious and sober conversation on this head: nor let me "go"; or dismiss me, though I should appear to be the Messiah, or ever so free from the charge of blasphemy and sedition; you are resolved, right or wrong, to detain me in bonds,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:69

Hereafter shall the son of man ,.... Meaning himself, who was truly man, and then in a low and mean form, and thought by the Jews to be a mere man; though this character was known by them to belong to the Messiah, especially what follows; as that he should sit on the right hand of the power of God : as he did after his resurrection, and ascension, and which was manifest by the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; See Gill on Matthew 27:64 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:70

Then said they all ,.... The whole sanhedrim, with one voice, being greedy to lay hold on, and improve these words, that they might have something to lay to his charge: art thou the Son of God? for they knew that the Messiah, or the son of man, that was to sit at the right hand of God, and come in the clouds of heaven, was the Son of God: and he said unto them, ye say that I am ; or rather the words may be rendered, "ye say it", and ye say right; it is the very truth: "for I am";... read more

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