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Selected Verse: John 18:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 18:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Why [5101] askest thou [1905] me [3165]? ask [1905] them which heard me [191], what [5101] I have said [2980] unto them [846]: behold [2396], they [3778] know [1492] what [3739] I [1473] said [2036]. |
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King James |
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me . . . they know what I . . . said--This seems to imply that He saw the attempt to draw Him into self-crimination, and resented it by falling back upon the right of every accused party to have some charge laid against Him by competent witnesses. (Also see on Mar 14:54.) |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Why askest thou me? Ask them ... - Jesus here insisted on his rights, and reproves the high priest for his unjust and illegal manner of extorting a confession from him. If he had done wrong, or taught erroneous and seditious doctrines, it was easy to prove it, and the course which he had a right to demand was that they should establish the charge by fair and incontrovertible evidence. We may here learn:
1. That, though Jesus was willing to be reviled and persecuted, yet he also insisted that justice should be done him.
2. He was conscious of innocence, and he had been so open in his conduct that he could appeal to the vast multitudes which had heard him as witnesses in his favor.
3. It is proper for us, when persecuted and reviled, meekly but firmly to insist on our rights, and to demand that justice shall be done us. Laws are made to protect the innocent as well as to condemn the guilty.
4. Christians, like their Saviour, should so live that they may confidently appeal to all who have known them as witnesses of the sincerity, purity, and rectitude of their lives, Pe1 4:13-16. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Why askest thou me - Whom thou wilt not believe? |
54 And [2532] Peter [4074] followed [190] him [846] afar [3113] off [575], even [2193] into [2080] [1519] the palace [833] of the high priest [749]: and [2532] he sat [2258] [4775] with [3326] the servants [5257], and [2532] warmed himself [2328] at [4314] the fire [5457].
13 But [235] rejoice [5463], inasmuch as [2526] ye are partakers [2841] of Christ's [5547] sufferings [3804]; that [2443], when [1722] his [846] glory [1391] shall be revealed [602], ye may be glad [5463] also [2532] with exceeding joy [21].
14 If [1487] ye be reproached [3679] for [1722] the name [3686] of Christ [5547], happy [3107] are ye; for [3754] the spirit [4151] of glory [1391] and [2532] of God [2316] resteth [373] upon [1909] you [5209]: on [2596] [3303] their part [846] he is evil spoken of [987], but [1161] on [2596] your part [5209] he is glorified [1392].
15 But [1063] let [3958] none [3361] [5100] of you [5216] suffer [3958] as [5613] a murderer [5406], or [2228] as a thief [2812], or [2228] as an evildoer [2555], or [2228] as [5613] a busybody in other men's matters [244].
16 Yet [1161] if [1487] any man suffer as [5613] a Christian [5546], let him [153] not [3361] be ashamed [153]; but [1161] let him glorify [1392] God [2316] on [1722] this [5129] behalf [3313].