PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — John
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 305,190 words · 342 reading sections
John 19:7
John 19:7 Ver. 7. The Jews answered him,.... Finding they could make nothing of the charge of sedition against him, and that Pilate could not be prevailed upon to condemn him to death upon that score, they try another method, and charge him with blasphemy; which, if the other had succeeded, they would have concealed; …
506 wordsSECTION 302John 19:8
John 19:8 Ver. 8. When Pilate therefore heard that saying,.... That Jesus had asserted himself to be the Son of God, and that the Jews had a law to put such a person to death that was guilty of such blasphemy: he was the more afraid; he was afraid to put him to death, or to consent to it before; partly on account of …
269 wordsSECTION 303John 19:9
John 19:9 Ver. 9. And went again into the judgment hall,.... From whence he came out, taking Jesus along with him, in order to interrogate him alone upon this head: and saith unto Jesus, whence art thou? meaning not of what country he was, for he knew he was of the nation of the Jews; nor in what place he was born, w…
206 wordsSECTION 304John 19:10
John 19:10 Ver. 10. Then saith Pilate unto him,.... Being angry with him, resenting his silence, and looking upon it as a contempt of him; speakest thou not unto me? he wondered that he stood in no fear of him, who was the Roman governor, his judge; who had the power of life and death; and that he should make no answ…
250 wordsSECTION 305John 19:11
John 19:11 Ver. 11. Jesus answered,.... With great intrepidity and courage, with freedom and boldness, as being not at all dismayed with his threatenings, or affected with his proud boasts, and in order to expose the vanity of them: thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: m…
604 wordsSECTION 306John 19:12
John 19:12 Ver. 12. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him,.... From the time that Christ spoke the above words; or, as the Syriac version renders it, adh lwjm, "because of this", or on account of the words he had spoken; to which agree the Arabic and Ethiopic versions: he sought by all means, and studied e…
559 wordsSECTION 307John 19:13
John 19:13 Ver. 13. When Pilate therefore heard that saying,.... Of the Jews, that a freeing of Jesus would show an unfriendliness to Caesar; and gave very broad hints that they would accuse him to Caesar of treachery and unfaithfulness, in letting go a man, that made pretensions to be a king in his territories; and k…
456 wordsSECTION 308John 19:14
John 19:14 Ver. 14. And it was the preparation of the passover,.... So the Jews {x} say, that Jesus suffered on the eve of the passover; and the author of the blasphemous account of his life says {y}, it was the eve both of the passover and the sabbath; which account so far agrees with the evangelic history; but then …
1,618 wordsSECTION 309John 19:15
John 19:15 Ver. 15. But they cried out, Away with him,.... As a person hateful and loathsome to them, the sight of whom they could not bear; and this they said with great indignation and wrath, and with great vehemency, earnestness and importunacy, in a very clamorous way; repeating the words away with him: they were…
625 wordsSECTION 310John 19:16
John 19:16 Ver. 16. Then delivered he him therefore,.... Perceiving he could not by any means work upon them, and that nothing would satisfy them but his death; he therefore passed sentence on him, and gave him up to their will, unto them to be crucified; as they requested, and which was done in a judicial way, and al…
13,275 wordsSECTION 311John 20:1
John 20:1 Ver. 1. The first day of the week,.... On the sixth day of the week, towards the close of it, Christ was interred; he lay in the grave all the seventh day, and on the first day of the week rose from the dead: so the women, after they had observed where the body was laid, went home and prepared spices and oin…
345 wordsSECTION 312John 20:2
John 20:2 Ver. 2. Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter,.... That is, after she had not only seen that the stone was took away, but had looked into the sepulchre, and saw that the body of Christ was removed; for otherwise she could not have said, that it was took away out of it: upon which she made all the haste …
406 wordsSECTION 313John 20:3
John 20:3 Ver. 3. Peter therefore went forth,.... Out of the house where he was, upon hearing the account Mary gave: and that other disciple; John, the Evangelist and Apostle; the rest of the disciples staying at home and continuing together, waiting to hear what account these two would bring: and came to the sepulc…
85 wordsSECTION 314John 20:4
John 20:4 Ver. 4. So they ran both together,.... At first setting out, and for a while; not content to walk, they ran, being eagerly desirous to know the truth of things: and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre; John was a younger man than Peter, and so more nimble, and swift of foot…
109 wordsSECTION 315John 20:5
John 20:5 Ver. 5. And he stooping down and looking in,.... That is, John; when he came to the sepulchre, stooped down to look into it, and see what he could see; he only went into the court, or stood upon the floor, where the bearers used to set down the bier, before they put the corpse into one of the graves in the s…
152 wordsSECTION 316John 20:6
John 20:6 Ver. 6. Then cometh Simon Peter following him,.... In a very little time after him: and went into the sepulchre; itself, though not without first stooping down, as John did; see Lu 24:12. And seeth the linen clothes lie; as John did; and as by the mouth of two or three witnesses everything is confirmed, so…
133 wordsSECTION 317John 20:7
John 20:7 Ver. 7. And the napkin that was about his head,.... The word soudarion, rendered "napkin", is thought to be originally Latin, and signifies an handkerchief, with which the sweat is wiped off the face, and so it is used in Ac 19:12 but Nonnus says it is a common word with the Syrians, and the word ardwo is us…
203 wordsSECTION 318John 20:8
John 20:8 Ver. 8. Then went in also the other disciple,.... John, being animated by the example of Peter, went down into the sepulchre likewise; whither Peter also might beckon, or call him, to be witness with him of the order and situation in which things lay: which came first to the sepulchre; yet went last into it…
162 wordsSECTION 319John 20:9
John 20:9 Ver. 9. For as yet they knew not the Scripture,.... Meaning not some particular passage of Scripture, but the writings of the Old Testament in general, and the various places in it, which spoke of the resurrection of Christ, either in a way of type, or prophecy; such as Ge 22:3 and though our Lord had often …
180 wordsSECTION 320John 20:10
John 20:10 Ver. 10. Then the disciples,.... Peter and John, after they had seen and examined things, and satisfied themselves as much as they could: went away again unto their own home; or "to themselves", as in the original text, and so the Vulgate Latin reads it; not that the meaning is, that they had been out of t…
135 wordsSECTION 321John 20:11
John 20:11 Ver. 11. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre,.... She returned from the city to the sepulchre again, following Peter and John thither, who continued here when they departed, being willing to get some tidings of her Lord, if possible. The word "without", is omitted by the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versi…
320 wordsSECTION 322John 20:12
John 20:12 Ver. 12. And seeth two angels in white,.... Matthew and Mark speak but of one, but Luke of two, as here; whom he calls men, because they appeared in an human form, and in shining garments, or white apparel; and which appearance is entirely agreeable to the received notion of the Jews, that as evil angels or…
181 wordsSECTION 323John 20:13
John 20:13 Ver. 13. And they say unto her, woman, why weepest thou?.... Signifying, that she had no reason to weep, but to rejoice and be glad; since, though the body of her Lord was not there, yet he was risen from the dead, and was alive. This they said, partly to rebuke her for her grief, and to comfort her under i…
211 wordsSECTION 324John 20:14
John 20:14 Ver. 14. And when she had thus said,.... As soon as the words were out of her mouth, before she could have an answer from the angels: she turned herself back; perceiving, either by the looks and gesture of one of the angels, or by hearing a noise, that somebody was behind her: and saw Jesus standing, and …
256 wordsSECTION 325John 20:15
John 20:15 Ver. 15. Jesus saith unto her, woman, why weepest thou,.... The same question he puts to her, as was put by the angels: adding, whom seekest thou? for she was not only weeping for the loss of him, but was inquiring after him, if anyone saw him removed from thence, and where he was carried: she supposing h…
323 wordsSECTION 326John 20:16
John 20:16 Ver. 16. Jesus saith unto her, Mary,.... He might alter the tone of his voice, and speak unto her as he used to do, calling her by her name in his usual manner: so Christ has personal knowledge of all his people, and can call them by name; he knows them, and makes himself known to them, before they can know…
521 wordsSECTION 327John 20:17
John 20:17 Ver. 17. Jesus saith unto her, touch me not,.... Not that his body was an aerial one, or a mere "phantom", which could not be touched; the prohibition itself shows the contrary; and besides, Christ's body was afterwards presented to Thomas, to be touched by him, and to be handled by all the disciples; and h…
6,172 wordsSECTION 328John 21:1
John 21:1 Ver. 1. After these things,.... The resurrection of Christ from the dead, his appearance to Mary Magdalene, and twice to his disciples; once when Thomas was absent, and at another time when he was present: Jesus showed himself again to the disciples, a third time, as in Joh 21:14 though not to them all; sev…
138 wordsSECTION 329John 21:2
John 21:2 Ver. 2. There were together,.... In one place, in one house, in some town, or city of Galilee, not far from the sea of Tiberias; nor, as very likely, far from the mountain where Christ had promised to meet them. Simon Peter, who though he had denied his Lord, dearly loved him, and truly believed in him, kept…
286 wordsSECTION 330John 21:3
John 21:3 Ver. 3. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing,.... Which was his business before his conversion; and now having nothing to do, and his Lord and master having, as yet, no service for him in the ministry of the word, until the Spirit was poured down in an extraordinary manner, which was given to be expec…
541 wordsSECTION 331John 21:4
John 21:4 Ver. 4. But when the morning was now come,.... The day began to dawn, and light to appear, very early in the morning; for Christ visits his right early, and is a present help to them in their time of trouble. Jesus stood on the shore: on firm ground, whilst his disciples were beating about in the waves, and…
148 wordsSECTION 332John 21:5
John 21:5 Ver. 5. Then Jesus saith unto them, children,.... And still they knew him not, though he used this endearing and familiar appellation, and which they had been wont to hear from him; and he had called them by a little before his departure from them, Joh 13:33 and which he uses here as expressive of his tender…
272 wordsSECTION 333John 21:6
John 21:6 Ver. 6. And he said unto them,.... Willing to make himself known by a miracle, since they knew him not by his person, nor voice: cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find; that is, a large multitude of fish, as they did. The ship was an emblem of the church in its present afflicted state…
271 wordsSECTION 334John 21:7
John 21:7 Ver. 7. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved,.... Which was John the Evangelist and Apostle, the writer of this Gospel: saith unto Peter, it is the Lord; which two disciples were very intimate with each other, and communicated their thoughts freely to one another. John knew that it was the Lord, either …
364 wordsSECTION 335John 21:8
John 21:8 Ver. 8. And the other disciples came in a little ship,.... The same that they were fishing in, in which they came to Christ as soon as they could, not choosing to expose themselves, as Peter did; nor was it proper that they should leave the ship, and, as it was, might have hands few enough to bring ship and …
182 wordsSECTION 336John 21:9
John 21:9 Ver. 9. As soon then as they were come to land,.... As soon as they were come out of the ship, and safe on shore, not only Peter, but all the rest of the disciples: they saw a fire of coals there: on the shore, to their great surprise: and fish laid there; which could not be any that they had taken, for, a…
161 wordsSECTION 337John 21:10
John 21:10 Ver. 10. Jesus saith unto them,.... The disciples: bring of the fish which ye have now caught: for they might have caught some before, though so few and small, as scarcely to be reckoned any; nor were they bid to bring all they had taken, only some of them, to add to these Christ had prepared for them on l…
171 wordsSECTION 338John 21:11
John 21:11 Ver. 11. Simon Peter went up,.... Either to the sea, that being higher than the land, or to the ship which lay by the shore: he went aboard it, and drew the net to land full of great fishes; not alone, but others of the disciples with him; though he only is mentioned, being the leading person in this affai…
334 wordsSECTION 339John 21:12
John 21:12 Ver. 12. Jesus saith unto them, come and dine,.... One would think it should rather have been said, come and take a breakfast than a dinner, since it was so early in the morning: but Grotius has observed, out of Homer, that ariston, is used for food taken in a morning; so that it may signify here, not what …
306 wordsSECTION 340John 21:13
John 21:13 Ver. 13. Jesus then cometh and taketh bread,.... After they had taken the fish out of the net, and all was prepared for the meal, and the disciples were set down to eat, Christ came and took his place as the master of the feast, and head of the family; and taking up the bread, as was his usual method, he as…
164 wordsSECTION 341John 21:14
John 21:14 Ver. 14. This is now the third time,.... Or day of Christ's appearance to his disciples: he appeared to them first on the same day he rose, and then a second time eight days after, or that day a week later, and now at the sea of Tiberias; for within this compass of time he had made more appearances than thr…
129 wordsSECTION 342John 21:15
John 21:15 Ver. 15. So when they had dined,.... The Persic version adds, Jesus turned his face to Simon Peter; he did not interrupt them whilst they were eating; but when they had comfortably refreshed themselves, he looked at Peter, and singled him out from the rest, and directed his discourse to him; and saith unto…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.