John 19

John 19:4

Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

Behold, since ye will not come in to hear his accusation and defence, I do therefore bring him forth to you, to let you know, that I cannot find any fault at all in him, for which I may justly proceed against him; only, since you have complained on him, as a man that affects a kingdom, I have here brought him forth to you, in a royalty fit for him.

John 19:7

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

If thou, being a stranger in matters of religion, canst find no fault in him, yet we, that are Jews, know his offence to be capital; neither do we offer him to punishment, as out of our own spleen and malice, but in a conscionable obedience to our law: for, we have a law, which inflicteth death upon a blasphemer; and we know and urge, that whatsoever mere man shall call himself the Son of God, blasphemeth: this man, whom we take to be no other than he seemeth, hath called himself the Son of God, and, therefore, by our law, ought to die.

John 19:8

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

When Pilate heard this plea and pretence of theirs, he was more troubled in himself; out of a fear, lest, if he should not satisfy this vehement rage of the multitude, some tumult might follow upon it, to his danger and prejudice.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

I am indeed now, by my own voluntary dispensation, in thy power, and stand before thee, as my Judge: but, know thou, that this power of thine is not absolute and independent; but is committed unto thee from a higher hand, to which thou must be accountable: this authority is put into thy hand, by that God, whose tribunal is above thine; and, therefore, since all judiciary power is of his ordination, their sin is so much the greater and more heinous, who, to cloke their own malice, have had this recourse to abused authority, as seeking colourably to kill me under a false pretence of justice.

John 19:26

Woman, behold thy son!

Hitherto, in my personal presence with thee, I have provided for thee, and comforted thee as a mother justly dear unto me; but now, that I shall no longer continue upon earth, I do commend thee to the love and care of this my beloved disciple.

John 19:28

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

After this, Jesus, knowing that he had exactly performed all that was required of him, before the full consummation of his Passion, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith of him, in his Type, They gave me vinegar to drink, he said, I thirst.

John 19:30

It is finished.

Now, I have done that I came for: I have both done and suffered all, that was requisite for man’s redemption: my life and the law are now fulfilled.

John 19:31

For that sabbath was a high day.

For that sabbath was a high day; by reason, that there was a concurrence of the Passover and the Sabbath, both at once, in that one day.