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John 18:1
- 19:42
 | Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
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| P52:
Papyrus Fragment of John 18 & 19: photo, translation, discussion, bibliography. |
| Comparative texts about Sin and Justice from the
Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud; primary comparative texts about Food & Fellowship (including
"one who serves"), at (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
|
"Jesus' Apocalyptic Return,"
"Crucifixion of
Jesus," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
| The Gospel According to Peter |
|
XLVIII.1-2, 22,
24, 28-32, 35-37, 44, 47-51, 53, 55;
XLIX.1-7, 11, 13,
43-46, 48-55;
L.23-24, 40,
42-51;
LI.1-3,
6, 15-16, 25, 28-29, 31-34,49-51;
LII.1-2, 4, 7,
14-20, 25, 31-34; Tatian's
Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
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IV.XVIII.3,
IV.XXI.3,
IV.XXXIII.2,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus
of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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Chapter VIII,
Chapter X,
Chapter XIII,
Adversus Judaeos,
Tertullian (c.
198) |
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Chapter
IX,
Chapter
XVI, On Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter XXII,
Chapter XXVI,
The Prescription of Heretics,
Tertullian (c.
200) |
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Chapter XVIII,
Chapter XIX,
On Idolatry,
Tertullian (c.
211) |
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Chapter
XXII,
Chapter
LI, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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V.4, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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Chapter
XXII, On Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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III.II.6, First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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V.XXI, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
|
I.6,
I.12,
I.23, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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X.13, Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St.
Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
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I.LXI,
II.X,
II.XVI,
II.LXIX,
VIII.XXXVI,
Against Celsus,
Origen
(c. 246) |
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X.22,
XII.24,
XIII.9,
XIV.17,
XIV.19, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Epistle LXIV
--
Cyprian of Carthage (c.
249) |
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On the
Unity of the Church,
Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 250) |
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On the
Lord's Prayer --
Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 252) |
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Epistle LXVIII
--
Cyprian of Carthage (c.
254) |
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II.6,
VII.25,
Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
| From Augustine's Tractates on John:
Tractate 112
(18:1-12);
Tractate 113
(18:13-27);
Tractate 114
(17:28-32);
Tractate 115
(17:33-40);
Tractate 116
(19:1-16);
Tractate 117
(19:17-22);
Tractate 118
(19:23-24);
Tractate 119
(19:24-30);
Tractate 120
(19:31-42; 20:1-9) . |
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Chapter XIV, Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Christ does not neglect the
office of a good pastor, not even in his greatest danger." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
Chapter 19.
| "Let us endeavour to make our
accusers ashamed as Christ did; and let us beware of crucifying
Christ afresh." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "It was strange, seeing he was
dead, that blood should come out; more strange, that water also; and
most strange of all, that both should come out immediately, at one
time, and yet distinctly. It was pure and true water, as well as
pure and true blood. The asseveration of the beholder and testifier
of it, shows both the truth and greatness of the miracle and
mystery." |
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| Exposition of
Luke 23:33-46; John 19:25-30, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1869.
| "How often, when men say,
"I forgive you," is there a kind of selfishness about it!
At any rate, self is asserted in the very act of forgiving. Jesus
take the place of a pleader, a pleader for those who were committing
murder upon himself." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "What is finished? The Law is
fulfilled as never before, nor since, in His "obedience unto
death, even the death of the cross"; Messianic prophecy is
accomplished; Redemption is completed; "He hath finished the
transgression, and made reconciliation for iniquity, and brought in
everlasting righteousness, and sealed up the vision and prophecy,
and anointed a holy of holies"; He has inaugurated the kingdom
of God and given birth to a new world." |
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| "The
Shortest of the Seven Cries," John 19:28, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1878.
| "Our Lord, however, endured
thirst to an extreme degree, for it was the thirst of death which
was upon him, and more, it was the thirst of one whose death was not
a common one, for "he tasted death for every man."" |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 19
| "It would be hard for Pilate
to form any conception of a kingdom not of this world, a kingdom of
which the subjects did not fight with carnal weapons to defend its
king, or to extend its borders. He was a soldier and the
representative of a monarch whose power rested on the sword. But
such a kingdom was Christ's." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments (commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Christ the King B,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Jesus spoke unashamedly of
the impending reign of God and embodied its reality in his ministry
through his behaviour. Visionaries, particularly those who let their
visions be the agenda for their lives here and now, inevitably
confront the forces which want to control the present and mostly
resist change." |
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|
Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks
Christian Resources.
| "It may be that the most
important aspect of declaring Christ as King, is not our
understanding of Jesus' lordship -- who he is and what he does; but
our life with each other under that lordship." |
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"Christ the King, Lord of the Land and the Sea"
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis. |
| "On Trial
Ourselves," analysis and reflections by Ed Schroeder, at Sabbatheology
by The Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri. |
|
"King of the World,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "Have your ever
day-dreamed about winning the Lotto? Or being king for a day? What would
you do?" |
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"Answering
Pilate: Truth and the Post-Liberal Church," William H. Willimon, at
Religion OnLine.
| "What can be our defense against tribalism if we permit discussion of the
truthfulness of our various claims? The answer is that the truthfulness of any set of
convictions is not in their alleged "universality" but in their practical force,
the sort of lives they produce." |
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|
"God Is an Ex-Convict? (John 18 - 19),"
John C. Purdy. Chapter 10 of God With a Human Face (1993),
republished at Religion
Online.
| "Is it, as popular
piety would have us believe, the story of an innocent man set upon by a
gang of corrupt officials and a mindless mob? Is it not rather one more
enactment of "our daily morality play," with each one
dutifully playing his or her assigned role?" |
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Good Friday,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia, 2003.
| "...the focus is Jesus’ faithfulness to
the Father’s commission in offering light and life and truth to people.
The work is complete." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Good Friday,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2002.
| "What will it be like this Good Friday
as we still cope with the aftermath of September 11?" |
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Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Mark's Gospel and Parallels Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis:
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"The Passion of Christ,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "In the determined purpose of God,
Jesus is lifted up to glory through suffering so that through Jesus we
too might be lifted up to glory, to eternal life. This kindness of God
in Jesus is for all who believe." |
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"The Perfect Mirror," Barbara Brown Taylor,
The Christian Century,
1998. At Religion Online.
| "One of the many things this
story tells us is that Jesus was not brought down by atheism and
anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion,
which is always a deadly mix." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Good Friday,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2001.
| "Love is revealed even in the
face of suffering (which despite the confidence is real as 12:27 and
18:11 show). The effect is to reveal love and expose hate and so
offer a new beginning." |
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|
"'It
Is Finished!'" Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "What
lens do I use to see this world? This whole study gives us the lenses of
multiple viewpoints: Soldiers, politicians, ideologues, and sinners… and
then it gives us John’s. He was there, he witnessed the event and heard
the final words. 'It is finished,'
'It is perfectly completed.'" |
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"Telling
the Truth," analysis and reflections by
Robin Morgan at Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community
of St Louis, Missouri.
| "Pilate is standing between
Caesar on one side and the people on the other with Jesus in front
of him. Not an enviable place to be." |
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|
"God
Undertook Death (John 19),"
John C. Purdy. Chapter 11 of God With a Human Face (1993),
republished at Religion
Online.
| "...death is the
experience that each of us must go through alone. Jesus’ crucifixion
on Golgotha is utterly unlike anyone else’s death. Each person’s
death is unique; no two people die the same way. And each of us is never
so alone as when we go to meet our death...And yet all die; no one is
exempt. Even Jesus died - he who had every reason to live. If Jesus
died, how can you and I hope to escape death? It is inevitable; it is
common; it is necessary. Each of us wears a different shape and face;
yet each is made of the same clay." |
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| Commentary by Donald Senior, C.P.:
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| "Witnesses
to the King," James T. Dennison, Jr., in Kerux: The Online
Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed).
| "John's gospel does not
feature the kingdom of God; nor does he focus upon Christ's claim to
be the coming king—until chapter 18." |
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| "Nicodemus,"
James T. Dennison Jr., in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical
Theology (Reformed).
| "Nicodemus, out of your
fervent devotion you have wrapped my body for the grave. You have
wrapped your soul in that birth from above—that new birth which
comes by the water flowing from my wounded side and the Spirit by
which I have been raised up." |
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|
Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation. |
| Commentary by Robert Deffinbaugh
at the Biblical Studies Foundation:
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| Articles & Background:
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"Crucifixion
as Parodic Exaltation," Joel Marcus, Journal of Biblical Literature,
2006. (Issue is one large .pdf file.) |
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"Raising the Johannine Temple (John 19:19-37)," Dr. Mary Coloe,
Australian Biblical Review, 2000. |
| "Mary
Magdalene and the Disciple Jesus Loved,"
Esther A. deBoer, Lectio Difficilior (The European Journal for
Feminist Exegesis), 2000.
| "Primarily on the basis of
John 19,25-17 and 20,1-18 , but also on the basis of John’s
caution concerning female discipleship, on the basis of the
repressive elements within and without the Johannine community when
the authority of women is at stake, and on the basis of
Charlesworth’s eight criteria, I conclude that Mary Magdalene
should be seen as a serious candidate for the identification of the
anonymous disciple Jesus loved in the Gospel of John." |
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"Note Sur La Triple
Mention Des Disciples En Jn 18,1-2," Hellen Mardaga,
Filologia Neotestamentaria, 2003.
English Abstract.
| "This contribution deals with the
threefold reference to the disciples in Jn 18:1-2 and pays special
attention to the double mention of them in 18:1." |
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"Despising the Shame of the Cross: Honor and Shame in the Johannine
Passion Narrative," Jerome H. Neyrey, Semeia 68:
Honor and Shame in the World of the Bible, 1996. |
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"The
Biography of an Invented Man," Ann Wroe, Bible and Interpretation.
| "One of the most intolerant acts of
the state in history-the decision of the fifth Roman prefect of Judea to
crucify Christ-was itself in the end, perhaps, an act of faith." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| John 18:33-37
(Christ the King B):
| Anderson, Mary W.,
"Royal Treatment," The Christian Century, 2003. |
| Berg, Laurna L.,
"The Illegalities of Jesus' Religious and Civil Trials,"
Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2004. |
| Breshears, Gerry,
"The Body of Christ: Prophet, Priest or King?" Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1994. |
| DePuy, Norman R.,
"Turning Outside In," The Christian Century, 1991. |
| Glancy, Jennifer A.,
"Torture: Flesh, Truth, and the Fourth Gospel," Biblical
Interpretation, 2005. |
| Lincoln, Andrew T.,
"Trials, Plots and the Narrative of the Fourth Gospel," Journal for
the Study of the New Testament, 1994. |
| Matera, Frank J.,
"The Trial of Jesus: Problems and Proposals," Interpretation,
1991. |
| McGing, Brian C.,
"Pontius Pilate and the Sources," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1991. |
| Morris, John C.,
"Checkmate," The Christian Century, 2000. |
| Neyrey, Jerome H.,
"Despising the Shame of the Cross: Honor and Shame in the Johannine
Passion Narrative," Semeia, 1994. |
| Nickle, Keith F.,
"Ruling from the Rood: The Passion Narrative in the Fourth Gospel,"
Journal for Preachers, 1995. |
| O'Meara, Thomas F.,
"The Trial of Jesus in an Age of Trials," Theology Today, 1972. |
| Rensberger, David,
"The Politics of John: The Trial of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1984. |
| Sobosan, Jeffrey G.,
"The Trial of Jesus," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1973. |
| Willimon, William
H.,
"Answering Pilate: Truth and the Postliberal Church," Christian
Century, 1987. |
| Wilson, Gary D.,
"Pilate: A Monologue," Brethren Life and Thought, 1972. |
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| John 18 - 19
| Ashton, John,
"The Identity and Function of the
IOUDAIOI in the Fourth Gospel," Novum Testamentum, 1985. (See especially section beginning on page
63.) |
| Brown, Rebecca Pugh,
"Preaching Justice and Mercy: Reflections on the Lectionary Readings
for April," The
Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2,
2007.)
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| Grassi, Joseph A.,
"The Role of Jesus' Mother in John's Gospel: A Reappraisal,"
Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1986. (Section on John 19:25-37 begins on page 71.) |
| Green, Joel B.,
"The Death of Jesus and the Ways of God: Jesus and the Gospels on Messianic
Status and Shameful Suffering," Interpretation, 1998. |
| Köstenberger,
Andreas J.,
"'What is Truth?' Pilate's Question in Its Johannine and Larger Biblical
Context," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005. |
| Koester, Craig R.,
"The Passion and Resurrection according to John," Word & World,
1991. |
| Koskenniemi, Erkki,
Kirsi Nisula and Jorma Toppari,
"Wine Mixed with Myrrh (Mark 15.23) and Crurifragium (John
19.31-32): Two Details of the Passion Narratives," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2005. |
| Magness, Jodi,
"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James,"
Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2005. |
| Marcus, Joel,
"Crucifixion as Parodic Exaltation," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2006. |
| Meggitt, Justin J., "The Madness
of King Jesus: Why was Jesus Put to Death, but his Followers were
not?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2007.
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| Nickle, Keith F.,
"Ruling from the Rood: The Passion Narrative in the Fourth Gospel,"
Journal for Preachers, 1995. |
| Redditt, Paul L.,
"Between Text & Sermon: John 19:38-42," Interpretation, 2007. |
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| Reviews:
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Reviews:
Helen K. Bond, Caiaphas: Friend of Rome and Judge of Jesus?
Westminster John Knox, 2004. Reviews by Michael Tilly, John Byron and
Florence Gillman in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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