John 18:36 BSB — MannaFest

John 18:36

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

KJV

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 12 (444)

He dispelled the fear Pilate felt as the appointed guardian of Caesar's kingdom, for he supposed that Christ was meditating insurrection against temporal rule, as the Jews had vainly talked. For they hinted at this when they said: If this Man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered Him up unto thee; meaning insurrection by the evil they said He was doing. For they affected to be so well-disposed to the Romans, as not even to be able to utter the word revolt. For this cause, then, they said they had brought Him to Pilate, to suffer judgment.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

My kingdom is not of this world - It is purely spiritual and Divine. If it had been of a secular nature, then my servants would have contended - they would have opposed force with force, as the kingdoms of this world do in their wars; but as my kingdom as not of this world, therefore no resistance has been made. Eusebius relates, Hist. Eccles. lib. iii. c.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Pilate . . . called Jesus, and said . . . Art thou the King of the Jews?--In Lu 23:2 they charge our Lord before Pilate with "perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that He Himself is Christ a king." Perhaps this was what occasioned Pilate's question.

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Original language & word study

42 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀπεκρίθη	Apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
ἡ	hē	The	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμὴ	emē	of Mine	G1473 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
τούτου·	toutou	this;	G3778 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
τούτου	toutou	this	G3778 →
ἦν	ēn	were	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμή,	emē	of Mine,	G1473 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
ὑπηρέται	hupēretai	attendants	G5257 →
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμοὶ	emoi	of Mine	G1473 →
ἠγωνίζοντο	ēgōnizonto	they were fighting	G75 →
ἂν	an	then would	G302 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
παραδοθῶ	paradothō	I may be betrayed	G3860 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίοις·	Ioudaiois	Jews;	G2453 →
νῦν	nun	Now	G3568 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἐμὴ	emē	of Mine	G1473 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐντεῦθεν.¶	enteuthen	from here.	G1782 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
leads to
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Romans 15:13
  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 4:20
  For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8
  But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
- Galatians 5:22
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Through
Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
leads to
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Luke 1:32–33
  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Daniel 6:26
  I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will…