The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.
The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;
The high priest therefore demanded of Jesus concerning his disciples and concerning his doctrine.
John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).
Voices3
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of His disciples, and of His teaching. A teacher of the people, learned in the Law, one of those on whom the Divine bidding lays the duty, "Judge ye righteous judgment," after having taken the Lord, as though He had been a notorious robber, by a band of armed soldiers and a number of impious officers, asks Him of His disciples and of His doctrine, showing thereby that he was in want of charges to bring against Him. For the Man Who was now on trial knew no sin.
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 11, 444patristic
The high priest then asked Jesus,.... Being now brought from Annas to Caiaphas, who was the high priest and mouth of the sanhedrim, and to whom it appertained to hear and try a cause relating to doctrine. And what he did was by putting questions to him, instead of opening the charge against him, and calling for witnesses to support it.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples - To ascertain their number and power. The charge on which they wished to arraign him was that of sedition, or of rebellion against Caesar. To make that plausible, it was necessary to show that he had made so many disciples as to form a strong and dangerous faction; but, as they had no direct proof of that, the high priest insidiously and improperly attempted to draw the Saviour into a confession.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Luke 20:20So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of…
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waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from…
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
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In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
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 led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders, and scribes assembled.
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
