The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 375

given by John-A.rt thou, RB well e.a my ac- to take knowledge of the mntter and report q110.iulanoe yonder, alBo one of thia Jl:a.n'■ to the Sanhedrin." We must choose between clie~iples ! He nith, I am not. The other two difficulties: (1) Oaiaphaa ia flret spoken ernngeli•te amplify this negative in va.rioue of as "high priest," who, as wo know frotU we.ye. llfark. the reporter of Pet.er'e own the synoptiete, contlucto<I the exnminntiou- preaehing. aggrnatee Lhrougho11t thoheinoue- in--0hief, and then thnt Annns, a.a conducting ness of Pewr's foll, adding, "He denied, a prclimiunry exnminntion, ie also styled saying, I know not, neither 11nderata.nd I "high priest" without nuy explnnation: (2) whnt th,,u eayesi." Hie position wne suffl.- or we must admit the supposition tllnt nfter cieut!Y taken, a.11<l be thought to have cetab- Caillphas bnd asked these incrimiunting liEhc,l for himself 11. perfeot incognito, questions, Annas (who was not cl.px«p•lis), Ver. 18.-Tbe El,,.,,.f,,m<Ta• Ii~ implies the aent Jesus bound to Oaiapha, the Tugh pn"est, ron,lilions under which the first fearful fall The former hypothesis is the eo.sior. The of Pdcr wus accomplished. Now the servants high priest then askod J'8&118 oonooruing his R.D.d tho offioen were ■tu.cling 1 (imperfect disoiplea, the extent of his following, tile tense), having ma.de (..-, ...0111rc6ns, perfect number of hie accomplices, the ramifioo.tions participle) a.fire of ooa.ls(civ6pa,wiv), congerie, of the society or kingdom he professed to pru11arum ard,,ntium ( cf. oh. xxi. 9: Eoolus. ha rn founded, and oonoern.ing his dootrine, xi.. :-;2, "a. glowing fire:" Aquila., Ps. en. the secret teachings that lleld llis followers 4), bcoa.use it '9:U oold (in the da.w of the together. He evidently knows the claims night, even in April, o.t the present day, tho of J osua well enough : his spies e.nll offlcerd temp,·ro.ture falls considorabl,, 11.ncl the oold ha.\'o continually been dogging the steps of is felt far wore keenlv in these climates in Jesus, and hitherto he has foiled to gain contrast with the hes.t of the sun by day): a.nd evidence positively incrimino.ting him. And Peter ' was stu.ding with them, sta.nding a.nd as his representatives o. few do.ye ago were warming himself. The whole oenstruction utterly foiled, notwithstanding their clever of tile sentence implies that this was how design, he hopes by his own ingenuity to matters stood while the examination W&S entro.p the Lord in hill talk. Our Lord, ~oing ou to which John then reverts. Tile ruuious not to endanger his disciples, points syuoptist.s know or say nothing of this first to the publicity of his ministry, e.nd e.p- e:i:a.mine.tion, which 1-.rs upon it strong marks of authenticity. !J:t9 to o.ll and sundry who have heard Yer. 19.-The oi),, oonnects tile following Ver. 20.-Jes118 a.nswared him, I have incident with the thirleenth e.nd fourteenth frankly (so Meyer, Lange: not '' openly," verses. The high priest. Hengstenberg, but boldly, with freedom of speech) spoken 1 Godet, and W est.cott here say that the high to the world. Without reserving any of the priest is Co.iapha&, present i.e. at the exo.mi- essentials of my teaching, a.lways I taught nation over which AnnBS presides as tile in • synagogne, a.nd in the temple, whither older man; but Renan, Meyer, Lange, Stein- all the J'ews resort and come together: e.nd meyer(' Pa.sai.on and Resurrection History '), in ■eoret spa.ke I nothing, which they were OD.d Moulton, with many others, say Annas not bidden to proclaim upon tile housetops. was here the high pri6st in question. Tho- Christ here repudi11tes esoterio teachiug lnck dismisses tJ,e idea of Annas altogether, distinct from his o.bnndont public ministry. OD.d, by inverting the place of ver. 24 or It is true he explained hie pa.rabies to his tree.ting the &,,,.ff'"l'Elll.• ea pluperfect, suppose disciples, and he had within the last few that Anuo.s had sent the Lord to Ca.ie.phas hours poured forth the depth of his feelings (so Calvin, De Wette, Ho.se, and others), who upon them; still, he ho.d said the so.me tllus com.mc:noed his interrogatory. But things virtually in the synagogues, on the tile text of ver. 24, now recovered. will hillBide, in t.ha temple, in the hearing of not admit of this reudering. We find it Greek as well e.s Jew. Much of that which far more satisfootory to accept tb iB less he had just said in the upper chamber, formal exo.lllino.tion, under tile presidency hundreds and thousands had already heard. of A1rn11s, o.t which an attempt is wade to 'fhis great utterance 11.cconnts for the fa.et put tl,e Lord, if possible, to a test which will that St. Paul had received, long before_ the iucriwinate him. Keim says," If Ce.iaphu weie Lhe acting high priest, and at the S&ID.e c•, I Jl.<11.0.1'1/ICG, with t(, A, B, L, X, etc., time th.:; soul of tue movement against Jesus, age.inst ill.all.11<Ta, C', D, r1 A, and '.r.R., is it WH.S for him o.ud not for his foLher-in-law preferred by Tregelles, Altord, Tiechendorf (8th edit.), Westcott o.nd Hort, and R.T. 1 Wt:F-tcott and Hort llere read i<n/,11.EurrLv, • The omission of -rii before (fvva-,w'Yfi ia with ~. A, B•, A; but not Tischendod (8th defended by the same authorities. 'rhe E:dil.) or Il.,T. phrase, "in synagogue," is equivalent to our ' 'rht: position of 6 Dff'po., is after a,w;;,,, "in church." The Revised, Version trBI!fl- tn T.R. a.nd laohmaon. lates "in synagogues," • • • OlI. XVIII. 1-40.] THE aosp:gL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. 387