John 18:19
New International Version
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

New Living Translation
Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them.

English Standard Version
The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

Berean Literal Bible
Then the high priest questioned Jesus concerning His disciples and concerning His teaching.

King James Bible
The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

New King James Version
The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.

New American Standard Bible
The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

NASB 1995
The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

NASB 1977
The high priest therefore questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

Legacy Standard Bible
The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

Amplified Bible
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.

Christian Standard Bible
The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.

American Standard Version
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.

Contemporary English Version
The high priest questioned Jesus about his followers and his teaching.

English Revised Version
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teachings.

Good News Translation
The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

International Standard Version
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his own teaching.

Majority Standard Bible
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

NET Bible
While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

New Heart English Bible
The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.

Webster's Bible Translation
The high priest then asked Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his doctrine.

Weymouth New Testament
So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

World English Bible
The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning His disciples, and concerning His teaching;

Berean Literal Bible
Then the high priest questioned Jesus concerning His disciples and concerning His teaching.

Young's Literal Translation
The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;

Smith's Literal Translation
Then the chief priest asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine.

New American Bible
The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The high priest then questioned Jesus concerning his disciples and concerning his teaching.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And The High Priest asked Yeshua about his disciples and about his teaching.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Then the chief priest questioned Jesus concerning his disciples and his teaching.

Godbey New Testament
Then the high priest asked Jesus concerning His disciples and concerning His teaching.

Haweis New Testament
The high-priest then questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and respecting his doctrine.

Mace New Testament
In the mean time, the high priest having question'd Jesus about his disciples, and his doctrine.

Weymouth New Testament
So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

Worrell New Testament
The high priest, therefore, asked Jesus concerning His disciples, and concerning His teaching.

Worsley New Testament
The high-priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples, and his doctrine.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Before the High Priest
18Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself. 19Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. 20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.…

Cross References
Matthew 26:59-61
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. / But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward / and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Mark 14:55-59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any. / For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent. / Then some men stood up and testified falsely against Him: ...

Luke 22:66-71
At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said, / “If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe. / And if I ask you a question, you will not answer. ...

John 7:14-16
About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach. / The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?” / “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

John 7:25-26
Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? / Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

John 8:12-20
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” / So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.” / Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going. ...

John 12:47-50
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. / There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. / I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. ...

John 15:18-21
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ...

John 16:1-4
“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. / They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. / They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. ...

Acts 4:5-7
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, / along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family. / They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Acts 5:27-28
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them. / “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Acts 6:12-14
So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin, / where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. / For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

Acts 23:1-5
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.” / At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. / Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.” ...

Acts 24:5-9
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, / and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him. / but Lysias the commander came with great force and took him out of our hands, ...

Isaiah 53:7-8
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. / By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.


Treasury of Scripture

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

asked.

Luke 11:53,54
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: …

Luke 20:20
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

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John 18
1. Judas betrays Jesus.
6. The officers fall to the ground.
10. Peter cuts off Malchus' ear.
12. Jesus is taken, and led unto Annas and Caiaphas.
15. Peter's denial.
19. Jesus examined before Caiaphas.
25. Peter's second and third denial.
28. Jesus arraigned before Pilate.
36. His kingdom.
40. The Jews prefer Barabbas.














The high priest
In John 18:19, the term "high priest" refers to the Jewish religious leader who held the highest office in the temple hierarchy. Historically, the high priest was responsible for the spiritual leadership of Israel and the administration of temple rituals. The Greek term used here is "ἀρχιερεύς" (archiereus), which denotes a chief priest. During Jesus' time, the high priest was a significant political and religious figure, often appointed by Roman authorities, which sometimes led to tensions between traditional Jewish practices and Roman political interests. The high priest's questioning of Jesus highlights the tension between Jesus' teachings and the established religious order.

questioned Jesus
The act of questioning here is significant. The Greek word "ἐπηρώτησεν" (eperōtēsen) implies a formal inquiry or interrogation. This was not a casual conversation but a serious examination of Jesus' teachings and actions. The high priest's questioning reflects the growing concern among Jewish leaders about Jesus' influence and the potential threat He posed to their authority. This moment is pivotal as it sets the stage for the subsequent trials and crucifixion of Jesus, underscoring the fulfillment of prophetic scriptures regarding the Messiah's suffering.

about His disciples
The focus on Jesus' disciples indicates the high priest's concern about the movement Jesus was leading. The Greek term "μαθηταί" (mathētai) refers to learners or followers. The high priest's inquiry into the disciples suggests an attempt to understand the scope and nature of Jesus' influence. Historically, religious movements were often judged by the behavior and beliefs of their followers, and the high priest likely sought to assess any potential threat to the established religious order.

and His teaching
The phrase "and His teaching" highlights the core of the high priest's concern. The Greek word "διδαχή" (didachē) refers to doctrine or instruction. Jesus' teachings challenged the traditional interpretations of the Law and the practices of the religious leaders. His emphasis on love, mercy, and the kingdom of God presented a radical shift from the legalistic and ritualistic practices of the time. This interrogation reflects the broader conflict between Jesus' message and the established religious norms, a theme that runs throughout the Gospels.

(19) The high priest then asked Jesus.--Comp. Notes on John 18:15. By the "high priest" is probably-meant Caiaphas, though this preliminary investigation was held before Annas, and in his house, or that part of the high priest's palace occupied by him.

Of his disciples, and of his doctrine.--This was the general subject of a series of questions. He asked, we may think, about the number of Christ's followers; the aim they had in view; the principles which He had taught them. The object of the questions was apparently to find some technical evidence in Christ's own words on which they may support the charges they are about to bring against Him in the legal trial before Caiaphas.

Verse 19. - The οϋν connects the following incident with the thirteenth and fourteenth verses. The high priest. Hengstenberg, Godet, and Westcott here say that the high priest is Caiaphas, present i.e. at the examination over which Annas presides as the older man; but Renan, Meyer, Lange, Steinmeyer ('Passion and Resurrection History'), and Moulton, with many others, say Annas was here the high priest in question. Tholuck dismisses the idea of Annas altogether, and, by inverting the place of Ver. 24 or treating the ἀπεστείλε as pluperfect, suppose that Annas had sent the Lord to Caiaphas (so Calvin, De Wette, Hase, and others), who thus commenced his interrogatory. But the text of Ver. 24, now recovered, will not admit of this rendering. We find it far more satisfactory to accept this less formal examination, under the presidency of Annas, at which an attempt is made to put the Lord, if possible, to a test which will incriminate him. Keim says, "If Caiaphas were the acting high priest, and at the same time the soul of the movement against Jesus, it was for him and not for his father-in-law to take knowledge of the matter and report to the Sanhedrin." We must choose between two difficulties:

(1) Caiaphas is first spoken of as "high priest," who, as we know from the synoptists, conducted the examination-in-chief, and then that Annas, as conducting a preliminary examination, is also styled "high priest" without any explanation;

(2) or we must admit the supposition that after Caiaphas had asked these incriminating questions, Annas (who was not ἀρχιερεὺς), sent Jesus bound to Caiaphas the high priest. The former hypothesis is the easier. The high priest then asked Jesus concerning his disciples, the extent of his following, the number of his accomplices, the ramifications of the society or kingdom he professed to have founded, and concerning his doctrine, the secret teachings that held his followers together. He evidently knows the claims of Jesus well enough; his spies and officers have continually been dogging the steps of Jesus, and hitherto he has failed to gain evidence positively incriminating him. And as his representatives a few days ago were utterly foiled, notwithstanding their clever design, he hopes by his own ingenuity to entrap the Lord in his talk. Our Lord, anxious not to endanger his disciples, points to the publicity of his ministry, and appeals to all and sundry who have heard him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Meanwhile,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

the
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

high priest
ἀρχιερεὺς (archiereus)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

questioned
ἠρώτησεν (ērōtēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

disciples
μαθητῶν (mathētōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

teaching.
διδαχῆς (didachēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1322: Teaching, doctrine, what is taught. From didasko; instruction.


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