John 19:14 BSB — MannaFest

John 19:14

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!

KJV

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

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Commentary

6 voices

Ignatius of Antioch

Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians (108)

On the day of the preparation, then, at the third hour, He received the sentence from Pilate, the Father permitting that to happen; at the sixth hour He was crucified; at the ninth hour He gave up the ghost; and before sunset He was buried. During the Sabbath He continued under the earth in the tomb in which Joseph of Arimathaea had laid Him.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

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

The Evangelist, when he thus speaks, throws the whole burden, as it were, of the charge of shedding Christ's blood upon the Jews. For he now clearly says, that Pilate was well-nigh overcome against his will by their opposition, so that he put away the thought of justice, and paid little heed to the consequence; and, therefore, he was dragged down to do the will of Christ's murderers, though he had often expressly told them, that Jesus had been found guilty of no fault at all, and it is this which will make Him subject to the worst of penalties.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And it was the preparation of the passover,.... So the Jews (x) say, that Jesus suffered on the eve of the passover; and the author of the blasphemous account of his life says (y), it was the eve both of the passover and the sabbath; which account so far agrees with the evangelic history; but then this preparation of the passover was not of the passover lamb, for that had been prepared and eaten the night before.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is mentioned as an aggravation of their sin, in persecuting Christ with so much malice and fury, that it was when they should have been purging out the old leaven, to get ready for the passover; but the better the day the worse the deed. The hour: It was about the sixth hour. Some ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts read it about the third hour, which agrees with Mark xv.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It was the preparation of the Passover - That is, the time in which they were just preparing to kill the paschal lamb. Critics differ widely concerning the time of our Lord’s crucifixion; and this verse is variously understood. Some think it signifies merely the preparation of the Sabbath; and that it is called the preparation of the passover, because the preparation of the Sabbath happened that year on the eve of the Passover. Others think that the preparation of the Sabbath is distinctly spoken of in Joh 19:31, and was different from what is here mentioned.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1877)

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦν	ēn	It was	G1510 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
παρασκευὴ	paraskeuē	[the] Day of Preparation	G3904 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πάσχα,	pascha	Passover,	G3957 →
ὥρα	hōra	[the] hour	G5610 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ὡς	hōs	about	G5613 →
ἕκτη.	hektē	[the] sixth.	G1623 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
λέγει	legei	he says	G3004 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίοις·	Ioudaiois	Jews;	G2453 →
ἴδε	ide	Behold	G2396 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
βασιλεὺς	basileus	king	G935 →
ὑμῶν.	humōn	of you!	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
John 19:42
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
leads to
- John 19:31
  It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 27:62
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
leads to
- Mark 15:42
  Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
- John 19:42
  And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
Through
John 19:5
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
leads to
- John 19:2
  The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.
Through
Mark 15:25
It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
leads to
- Luke 23:44
  It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Matthew 27:45
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Mark 15:33
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Acts 2:15
  These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!