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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/18.htm">New International Version</a> This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die. <a href="/nlt/john/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> (This fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he would die.) <a href="/esv/john/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die. <a href="/bsb/john/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. <a href="/blb/john/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> that word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He had spoken signifying what death He was about to die. <a href="/kjv/john/18.htm">King James Bible</a> That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. <a href="/nkjv/john/18.htm">New King James Version</a> that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, signifying by what death He would die. <a href="/nasb_/john/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This happened so that the word of Jesus which He said, indicating what kind of death He was going to die, would be fulfilled. <a href="/nasb/john/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die. <a href="/nasb77/john/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die. <a href="/lsb/john/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> in order that the word of Jesus which He spoke would be fulfilled, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die. <a href="/amp/john/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> This was to fulfill the word which Jesus had spoken to indicate by what manner of death He was going to die. <a href="/csb/john/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die. <a href="/hcsb/john/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They said this so that Jesus&#8217 words might be fulfilled signifying what kind of death He was going to die. <a href="/asv/john/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die. <a href="/cev/john/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And so what Jesus said about his death would soon come true. <a href="/erv/john/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die. <a href="/gwt/john/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In this way what Jesus had predicted about how he would die came true. <a href="/gnt/john/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> This happened in order to make come true what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he would die.) <a href="/isv/john/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die. <a href="/msb/john/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. <a href="/net/john/18.htm">NET Bible</a> (This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.) <a href="/nheb/john/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die. <a href="/wbt/john/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die. <a href="/wey/john/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die. <a href="/web/john/18.htm">World English Bible</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which He said, signifying by what death He was about to die. <a href="/blb/john/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> that word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He had spoken signifying what death He was about to die. <a href="/ylt/john/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die. <a href="/slt/john/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> That the word of Jesus might be completed which he spake, giving a sign by what death he was about to die.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what death he should die. <a href="/cpdv/john/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> This was so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying what kind of death he would die. <a href="/nabre/john/18.htm">New American Bible</a> in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die. <a href="/nrsvce/john/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> (This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.)<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So that the word which Jesus had said might be fulfilled, when he signified by what kind of death he was to die. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/18.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> So that the saying may be fulfilled that Yeshua spoke when he revealed by what death he was going to die.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/18.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what death he was about to die.<CM> <a href="/godbey/john/18.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> In order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He spoke, signifying by what death He was about to die. <a href="/haweis/john/18.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, intimating by what manner of death he should die.<CM> <a href="/mace/john/18.htm">Mace New Testament</a> so that what Jesus had said, to signify the death he should die, was actually accomplished. <a href="/wey/john/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die. <a href="/worrell/john/18.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> that the word of Jesus might he fulfilled, which He spake, signifying by what manner of death He was about to die. <a href="/worsley/john/18.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> that what Jesus had said might be fulfilled, signifying by what death He should die. <a href="/parallel/john/18-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=6504" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/18.htm">Jesus Before Pilate</a> …31“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied. 32<a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">This</a> <a href="/greek/4137.htm" title="4137: plērōthē (V-ASP-3S) -- From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.">was to fulfill</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logos (N-NMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">word</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hon (RelPro-AMS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">had spoken</a> <a href="/greek/4591.htm" title="4591: sēmainōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To signify, indicate, give a sign, make known. From sema; to indicate.">to indicate</a> <a href="/greek/4169.htm" title="4169: poiō (IPro-DMS) -- Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.">the kind of</a> <a href="/greek/2288.htm" title="2288: thanatō (N-DMS) -- Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.">death</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: ēmellen (V-IIA-3S) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.">He was going</a> <a href="/greek/599.htm" title="599: apothnēskein (V-PNA) -- To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.">to die.</a> 33Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32-33</a> And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” / He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. <a href="/john/3-14.htm">John 3:14</a> Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, <a href="/john/8-28.htm">John 8:28</a> So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me. <a href="/john/19-36.htm">John 19:36-37</a> Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.” / And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.” <a href="/matthew/20-18.htm">Matthew 20:18-19</a> “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death / and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.” <a href="/mark/10-33.htm">Mark 10:33-34</a> “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles, / who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.” <a href="/luke/18-31.htm">Luke 18:31-33</a> Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. / He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. / They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.” <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a> He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. <a href="/acts/4-27.htm">Acts 4:27-28</a> In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. / They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen. <a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27-29</a> The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. / And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. / When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. <a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a> For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a> Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” <a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Philippians 2:8</a> And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. <a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Hebrews 2:9</a> But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a> He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die.the saying.<a href="/john/3-14.htm">John 3:14</a> And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:<a href="/john/10-31.htm">John 10:31,33</a> Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him… <a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32,33</a> And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me… what.<a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Deuteronomy 21:23</a> His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.<a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a> For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.<a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a> Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/18-31.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/18-14.htm">Die</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">Indicating</a> <a href="/john/18-28.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/16-25.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/john/12-33.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/john/12-33.htm">Pointing</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-17.htm">Predicted</a> <a href="/john/16-25.htm">Show</a> <a href="/john/12-33.htm">Signifying</a> <a href="/john/18-23.htm">True.</a> <a href="/john/18-16.htm">Word</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/19-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/19-7.htm">Die</a> <a href="/john/19-28.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/john/19-24.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/john/19-24.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-8.htm">Indicating</a> <a href="/john/18-33.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/21-19.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/john/19-40.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/john/21-19.htm">Pointing</a> <a href="/acts/2-16.htm">Predicted</a> <a href="/john/21-1.htm">Show</a> <a href="/john/21-19.htm">Signifying</a> <a href="/john/18-38.htm">True.</a> <a href="/john/19-8.htm">Word</a> <a href="/john/18-38.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">John 18</div>1. <a href="/john/18-1.htm">Judas betrays Jesus.</a> 6. <a href="/john/18-6.htm">The officers fall to the ground.</a> 10. <a href="/john/18-10.htm">Peter cuts off Malchus' ear.</a> 12. <a href="/john/18-12.htm">Jesus is taken, and led unto Annas and Caiaphas.</a> 15. <a href="/john/18-15.htm">Peter's denial.</a> 19. <a href="/john/18-19.htm">Jesus examined before Caiaphas.</a> 25. <a href="/john/18-25.htm">Peter's second and third denial.</a> 28. <a href="/john/18-28.htm">Jesus arraigned before Pilate.</a> 36. <a href="/john/18-36.htm">His kingdom.</a> 40. <a href="/john/18-40.htm">The Jews prefer Barabbas.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Jesus had previously spoken about His death in passages such as <a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32-33</a>, where He indicated that He would be "lifted up" from the earth, signifying crucifixion. This fulfillment underscores the divine plan and foreknowledge of God, as well as Jesus' role as the Messiah who fulfills Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, which speaks of the suffering servant.to indicate the kind of death The "kind of death" refers specifically to crucifixion, a Roman method of execution that was not a Jewish practice. This detail is significant because it aligns with Jesus' earlier predictions and the Roman involvement in His death, as seen in the collaboration between Jewish leaders and Roman authorities. The method of crucifixion is also significant in its symbolism, as it was a form of execution reserved for the most serious criminals, highlighting the depth of Jesus' humiliation and suffering.He was going to die This phrase emphasizes the certainty and purpose of Jesus' death. It was not a random or unforeseen event but a predetermined part of God's redemptive plan. Jesus' death is central to Christian theology, as it provides the means for atonement and reconciliation between God and humanity. The phrase also connects to other scriptural references to Jesus' sacrificial death, such as <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>, which speaks of Jesus bearing our sins in His body on the cross.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of the New Testament, whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of Christian faith. In this verse, Jesus is the one whose words are being fulfilled. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pontius_pilate.htm">Pontius Pilate</a> The Roman governor who presided over the trial of Jesus. His involvement is crucial in the fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy about His death. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_leaders.htm">Jewish Leaders</a> They played a significant role in the events leading to Jesus' crucifixion, seeking a death sentence that only the Roman authorities could carry out. 4. <a href="/topical/r/roman_crucifixion.htm">Roman Crucifixion</a> The method of execution that Jesus prophesied He would endure, which was a Roman practice, not a Jewish one. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prophecy_fulfillment.htm">Prophecy Fulfillment</a> The event of Jesus' crucifixion as a fulfillment of His own words and Old Testament prophecies regarding the Messiah's suffering and death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty_and_fulfillment.htm">Divine Sovereignty and Fulfillment</a> Jesus' death was not a random act of violence but a fulfillment of divine prophecy, demonstrating God's sovereign plan for salvation. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_prophecy.htm">The Importance of Prophecy</a> Understanding prophecy strengthens our faith, showing that God's word is reliable and His plans are unchangeable. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_human_agents_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Human Agents in God's Plan</a> Even those who opposed Jesus were unwittingly fulfilling God's purposes, reminding us that God can use any situation for His glory. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_jesus'_sacrifice.htm">The Nature of Jesus' Sacrifice</a> Jesus willingly submitted to a death He had foretold, emphasizing His obedience and love for humanity. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a> Just as Jesus trusted the Father's plan, we are called to trust in God's purposes for our lives, even when we face trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 18</a> <a href="/q/how_did_mary_show_devotion_to_jesus.htm">How did Mary of Bethany show devotion to Jesus?</a> <a href="/q/does_romans_1_32_contradict_grace.htm">(Romans 1:32) Does pronouncing death and judgment on those who practice such sins contradict New Testament themes of forgiveness and grace?</a> <a href="/q/why_emphasize_'lifting_up'_in_john_12_32-33.htm">Why does John 12:32-33 emphasize 'lifting up' as a means of drawing people, considering the historical context of crucifixion practices and Jewish expectations of a Messiah?</a> <a href="/q/justin_martyr's_key_theological_idea.htm">What is Justin Martyr's main theological contribution?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled.--Comp. Note on <a href="/john/18-9.htm" title="That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Of them which you gave me have I lost none.">John 18:9</a>.Signifying what death he should die.--Better, signifying by what manner of death He should die. (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/10-32.htm" title="Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me?">John 10:32</a>.) For the prediction of the manner of death, comp. <a href="/john/3-14.htm" title="And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:">John 3:14</a>; <a href="/john/12-32.htm" title="And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.">John 12:32</a>; and Note on <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm" title="And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to whip, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.">Matthew 20:19</a>. If the Jews had possessed the power to put Him to death, they would have condemned Him on the technical charge of blasphemy, for which the punishment was stoning. (Comp. <a href="/john/8-59.htm" title="Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the middle of them, and so passed by.">John 8:59</a>; <a href="/john/10-31.htm" title="Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.">John 10:31</a>; and <a href="/acts/7-51.htm" title="You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you.">Acts 7:51</a> et seq.) Crucifixion was not a Jewish punishment, and it was in the fact that He was executed, not by Jewish authority and on the charge of blasphemy, but by Roman authority and on a charge of Majestas (high treason), that His own prophecy of the manner of His death was fulfilled. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 32. - In order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he was about to die. Thus the very political order of the world, the whole process by which Judaea became a Roman province, was part of the wondrous plan by which Jew and Gentile should together offer up the awful sacrifice, and all the world be guilty of the death of its Lord. The manner of the death had been foretold by our Lord. In <a href="/john/3-14.htm">John 3:14</a> he spoke of being lifted up (ὑψωθήαι), in <a href="/john/8-28.htm">John 8:28</a> he charged the Jews with the intention of so lifting him up to die (ὅταν ὑψώσητε), implying a method of capital punishment which was contrary to their ordinary habits; and in <a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32</a> he declared that this lifting up of the Son of man would create part of his sacred and Divine attraction to the human race. In the synoptists he is said to have repeatedly spoken of his σταυρός (<a href="/luke/14-27.htm">Luke 14:27</a>; <a href="/mark/8-34.htm">Mark 8:34</a>; <a href="/matthew/10-38.htm">Matthew 10:38</a>; <a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24</a>); but in <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a> he had clearly predicted his crucifixion by the Gentiles (cf. <a href="/luke/9-22.htm">Luke 9:22, 23</a>). The manner or kind of death was full of significance; it provided opportunity for the royal demission of his own life; it gave conditions for much of the sublime self-manifestation of the closing hours; it has proved, notwithstanding all the shame and curse of the proceeding, eminently symbolic of the compassion with which he embraced the human race in all its defilement and all the variety of its need. We are not surprised to find that the evangelist saw, in the complicated relations of Jewish and Roman authority, a divinely ordered arrangement, and a clearly foreseen and predicted consummation. <a href="/luke/23-2.htm">Luke 23:2</a> shows that the charge brought against Jesus was made to receive a coloring likely to prejudice the Roman governor against him: "We found this Man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King." The uproar and the false and malicious charge would be more likely than any other to move Pilate against him; and thus the synoptic narrative, being presupposed, gives an explanation of the first question which John, as well as the synoptists, represents Pilate as first of all pressing upon the Divine Sufferer. Without Luke's statement, Pilate's question is abrupt and in. explicable; but it must be admitted that there is in John's narrative no direct hint of Luke's addition; and Christ's counter-question to the inquiry of Pilate (which last is given in the same form by all four evangelists) implies that he had not overheard the false charge which the Jews had brought into the court. The Lord was within the Praetorium. Pilate and the Jews were on the open, external space, where the altercation proceeded. We may also, with Steinmeyer, observe that nothing could appear more anomalous to Pilate than that these bigoted and rebellious priests, who perpetually resisted the claims of Roman governors to enforce tribute, should now hypocritically pretend that a prophet-leader of their own had been guilty of such a charge. Instead of resisting, the Pharisees would have fostered a demagogue who had taken such a disloyal part. Pilate would at once have suspected that there was something ominous in the very charge itself, when tumultuously pressed by a party who were accustomed to regard such proceedings as patriotic; and he saw with shrewdness that the Jews had merely cloaked their real antagonism by presenting an incrimination which, under ordinary circumstances, they would have treated as a crowning virtue. <a href="/commentaries/john/18-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>This ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. was to fulfill πληρωθῇ (plērōthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4137.htm">Strong's 4137: </a> From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. word λόγος (logos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. that τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. had spoken εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to indicate σημαίνων (sēmainōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4591.htm">Strong's 4591: </a> To signify, indicate, give a sign, make known. From sema; to indicate. the kind of ποίῳ (poiō) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4169.htm">Strong's 4169: </a> Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one. death θανάτῳ (thanatō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2288.htm">Strong's 2288: </a> Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death. He was going ἤμελλεν (ēmellen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3195.htm">Strong's 3195: </a> A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. to die. ἀποθνήσκειν (apothnēskein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_599.htm">Strong's 599: </a> To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. 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