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Chapter 6

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1 2 After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (of Tiberias).

2

A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.

3

Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.

4

The Jewish feast of Passover was near.

5

3 When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?”

6

4 He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.

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Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages 5 worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little (bit).”

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One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,

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“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves 6 and two fish; but what good are these for so many?”

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Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass 7 in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.

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Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted.

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When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

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So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets 8 with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat.

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When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet, 9 the one who is to come into the world.”

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Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

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10 When it was evening, his disciples went down to the sea,

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embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

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When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea 11 and coming near the boat, and they began to be afraid.

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But he said to them, “It is I. 12 Do not be afraid.”

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They wanted to take him into the boat, but the boat immediately arrived at the shore to which they were heading.

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13 The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but only his disciples had left.

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14 Other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks.

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When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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And when they found him across the sea they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

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Jesus answered them and said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

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Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, 15 which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

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So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?”

29

Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”

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So they said to him, “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do?

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16 Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'”

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So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

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17 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

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But I told you that although you have seen (me), you do not believe.

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Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,

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because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

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And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it (on) the last day.

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For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him (on) the last day.”

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The Jews murmured about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

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and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

43

Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop murmuring 18 among yourselves.

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No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day.

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It is written in the prophets: ‘They shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.

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Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

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Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

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I am the bread of life.

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Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;

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this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.

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I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

52

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?”

53

Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

54

Whoever eats 19 my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

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For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

56

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.

57

Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.

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This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

59

These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

60

20 Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”

61

Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you?

62

What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 21

63

It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh 22 is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

64

But there are some of you who do not believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would betray him.

65

And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father.”

66

As a result of this, many (of) his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him.

67

Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”

68

Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

69

We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

70

Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?”

71

He was referring to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot; it was he who would betray him, one of the Twelve.

1 [1] [Of Tiberias]: the awkward apposition represents a later name of the Sea of Galilee. It was probably originally a marginal gloss.
2 [1-15] This story of the multiplication of the loaves is the fourth sign (cf the note on ⇒ John 5:1-47). It is the only miracle story found in all four gospels (occurring twice in Mark and Matthew). See the notes on ⇒ Matthew 14:13-21; ⇒ 15:32-39. John differs on the roles of Philip and Andrew, the proximity of Passover (⇒ John 6:4), and the allusion to Elisha (see ⇒ John 6:9). The story here symbolizes the food that is really available through Jesus. It connotes a new exodus and has eucharistic overtones.
3 [5] Jesus takes the initiative (in the synoptics, the disciples do), possibly pictured as (cf ⇒ John 6:14) the new Moses (cf ⇒ Numbers 11:13).
4 [6] Probably the evangelist’s comment; in this gospel Jesus is never portrayed as ignorant of anything.
5 [7] Days’ wages: literally, “denarii”; a Roman denarius is a day’s wage in ⇒ Matthew 20:2.
6 [9] Barley loaves: the food of the poor. There seems an allusion to the story of Elisha multiplying the barley bread in ⇒ 2 Kings 4:42-44.
7 [10] Grass: implies springtime, and therefore Passover. Five thousand: so ⇒ Mark 6:39, ⇒ 44 and parallels.
8 [13] Baskets: the word describes the typically Palestinian wicker basket, as in ⇒ Mark 6:43 and parallels.
9 [14] The Prophet: probably the prophet like Moses (see the note on ⇒ John 1:21). The one who is to come into the world: probably Elijah; cf ⇒ Malachi 3:1, ⇒ 23.
10 [16-21] The fifth sign is a nature miracle, portraying Jesus sharing Yahweh’s power. Cf the parallel stories following the multiplication of the loaves in ⇒ Mark 6:45-52 and ⇒ Matthew 14:22-33.
11 [19] Walking on the sea: although the Greek (cf ⇒ John 6:16) could mean “on the seashore” or “by the sea” (cf ⇒ John 21:1), the parallels, especially ⇒ Matthew 14:25, make clear that Jesus walked upon the water. John may allude to ⇒ Job 9:8: God “treads upon the crests of the sea.”
12 [20] It is I: literally, “I am.” See also the notes on ⇒ John 4:26 and ⇒ Mark 6:50.
13 [22-71] Discourse on the bread of life; replacement of the manna. ⇒ John 6:22-34 serve as an introduction, ⇒ John 6:35-59 constitute the discourse proper, ⇒ John 6:60-71 portray the reaction of the disciples and Peter’s confession.
14 [23] Possibly a later interpolation, to explain how the crowd got to Capernaum.
15 [27] The food that endures for eternal life: cf ⇒ John 4:14, on water “springing up to eternal life.”
16 [31] Bread from heaven: cf ⇒ Exodus 16:4, ⇒ 15, ⇒ 32-34 and the notes there; ⇒ Psalm 78:24. The manna, thought to have been hidden by Jeremiah (⇒ 2 Macc 2:5-8), was expected to reappear miraculously at Passover, in the last days.
17 [35-59] Up to ⇒ John 6:50 “bread of life” is a figure for God’s revelation in Jesus; in ⇒ John 6:51-58, the eucharistic theme comes to the fore. There may thus be a break between ⇒ John 6:50-51.
18 [43] Murmuring: the word may reflect the Greek of ⇒ Exodus 16:2, ⇒ 7-8.
19 [54-58] Eats: the verb used in these verses is not the classical Greek verb used of human eating, but that of animal eating: “munch,” “gnaw.” This may be part of John’s emphasis on the reality of the flesh and blood of Jesus (cf ⇒ John 6:55), but the same verb eventually became the ordinary verb in Greek meaning “eat.”
20 [60-71] These verses refer more to themes of ⇒ John 6:35-50 than to those of ⇒ John 6:51-58 and seem to be addressed to members of the Johannine community who found it difficult to accept the high christology reflected in the bread of life discourse.
21 [62] This unfinished conditional sentence is obscure. Probably there is a reference to ⇒ John 6:49-51. Jesus claims to be the bread that comes down from heaven (⇒ John 6:50); this claim provokes incredulity (⇒ John 6:60); and so Jesus is pictured as asking what his disciples will say when he goes up to heaven.
22 [63] Spirit . . . flesh: probably not a reference to the eucharistic body of Jesus but to the supernatural and the natural, as in ⇒ John 3:6. Spirit and life: all Jesus said about the bread of life is the revelation of the Spirit.

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Chapter 24

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1 But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.

2

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb;

3

but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

4

While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them.

5

They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead?

6

He is not here, but he has been raised. 2 Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee,

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that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day.”

8

And they remembered his words.

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3 Then they returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others.

10

The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles,

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but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them.

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4 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened.

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5 6 Now that very day two of them were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,

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and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.

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And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,

16

7 but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

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He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast.

18

One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?”

19

And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

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how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him.

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But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this took place.

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Some women from our group, however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning

23

and did not find his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who announced that he was alive.

24

Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things just as the women had described, but him they did not see.”

25

And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

26

Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer 8 these things and enter into his glory?”

27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.

28

As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther.

29

But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

30

And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them.

31

With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.

32

Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?”

33

So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them

34

who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”

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Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

36

9 While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

37

But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.

38

Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?

39

10 Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

40

And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

41

While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

42

They gave him a piece of baked fish;

43

he took it and ate it in front of them.

44

He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”

45

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

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11 And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day

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and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

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You are witnesses of these things.

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And (behold) I am sending the promise of my Father 12 upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

50

13 Then he led them (out) as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them.

51

As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.

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They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

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and they were continually in the temple praising God. 14

1 [1-53] The resurrection narrative in Luke consists of five sec tions: (1) the women at the empty tomb (⇒ Luke 23:56b-⇒ 24:12); (2) the appearance to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus (⇒ Luke 24:13-35); (3) the appearance to the disciples in Jerusalem (⇒ Luke 24:36-43); (4) Jesus’ final instructions (⇒ Luke 24:44-49); (5) the ascension (⇒ Luke 24:50-53). In Luke, all the resurrection appearances take place in and around Jerusalem; moreover, they are all recounted as having taken place on Easter Sunday. A consistent theme throughout the narrative is that the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus were accomplished in fulfillment of Old Testament promises and of Jewish hopes (⇒ Luke 24:19a, ⇒ 21, ⇒ 26-27, ⇒ 44, ⇒ 46). In his second volume, Acts, Luke will argue that Christianity is the fulfillment of the hopes of Pharisaic Judaism and its logical development (see ⇒ Acts 24:10-21).
2 [6] He is not here, but he has been raised: this part of the verse is omitted in important representatives of the Western text tradition, but its presence in other text types and the slight difference in wording from ⇒ Matthew 28:6 and ⇒ Mark 16:6 argue for its retention. 
3 [9] The women in this gospel do not flee from the tomb and tell no one, as in ⇒ Mark 16:8 but return and tell the disciples about their experience. The initial reaction to the testimony of the women is disbelief (⇒ Luke 24:11).
4 [12] This verse is missing from the Western textual tradition but is found in the best and oldest manuscripts of other text types.
5 [13-35] This episode focuses on the interpretation of scripture by the risen Jesus and the recognition of him in the breaking of the bread. The references to the quotations of scripture and explanation of it (⇒ Luke 24:25-27), the kerygmatic proclamation (⇒ Luke 24:34), and the liturgical gesture (⇒ Luke 24:30) suggest that the episode is primarily catechetical and liturgical rather than apologetic.
6 [13] Seven miles: literally, “sixty stades.” A stade was 607 feet. Some manuscripts read “160 stades” or more than eighteen miles. The exact location of Emmaus is disputed.
7 [16] A consistent feature of the resurrection stories is that the risen Jesus was different and initially unrecognizable (⇒ Luke 24:37; ⇒ Mark 16:12; ⇒ John 20:14; ⇒ 21:4).
8 [26] That the Messiah should suffer . . . : Luke is the only New Testament writer to speak explicitly of a suffering Messiah (⇒ Luke 24:26, ⇒ 46; ⇒ Acts 3:18; ⇒ 17:3; ⇒ 26:23). The idea of a suffering Messiah is not found in the Old Testament or in other Jewish literature prior to the New Testament period, although the idea is hinted at in ⇒ Mark 8:31-33. See the notes on ⇒ Matthew 26:63 and ⇒ 26:67-68.
9 [36-43,44-49] The Gospel of Luke, like each of the other gospels (⇒ Matthew 28:16-20; ⇒ Mark 16:14-15; ⇒ John 20:19-23), focuses on an important appearance of Jesus to the Twelve in which they are commissioned for their future ministry. As in ⇒ Luke 24:6, ⇒ 12, so in ⇒ Luke 24:36, ⇒ 40 there are omissions in the Western text.
10 [39-42] The apologetic purpose of this story is evident in the concern with the physical details and the report that Jesus ate food.
11 [46] See the note on ⇒ Luke 24:26.
12 [49] The promise of my Father: i.e., the gift of the holy Spirit.
13 [50-53] Luke brings his story about the time of Jesus to a close with the report of the ascension. He will also begin the story of the time of the church with a recounting of the ascension. In the gospel, Luke recounts the ascension of Jesus on Easter Sunday night, thereby closely associating it with the resurrection. In ⇒ Acts 1:3, ⇒ 9-11; ⇒ 13:31 he historicizes the ascension by speaking of a forty-day period between the resurrection and the ascension. The Western text omits some phrases in ⇒ Luke 24:51, ⇒ 52 perhaps to avoid any chronological conflict with Acts 1 about the time of the ascension.
14 [53] The Gospel of Luke ends as it began (⇒ Luke 1:9), in the Jerusalem temple.

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Chapter 18

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1 2 When he had said this, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.

2

Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.

3

So Judas got a band of soldiers 3 and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

4

Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, went out and said to them, “Whom are you looking for?”

5

They answered him, “Jesus the Nazorean.” 4 He said to them, “I AM.” Judas his betrayer was also with them.

6

When he said to them, “I AM,” they turned away and fell to the ground.

7

So he again asked them, “Whom are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus the Nazorean.”

8

Jesus answered, “I told you that I AM. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.”

9

5 This was to fulfill what he had said, “I have not lost any of those you gave me.”

10

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus. 6

11

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup 7 that the Father gave me?”

12

So the band of soldiers, the tribune, and the Jewish guards seized Jesus, bound him,

13

and brought him to Annas 8 first. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

14

It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was better that one man should die rather than the people.

15

Simon Peter and another disciple 9 followed Jesus. Now the other disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus.

16

But Peter stood at the gate outside. So the other disciple, the acquaintance of the high priest, went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter in.

17

Then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, “You are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”

18

Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire that they had made, because it was cold, and were warming themselves. Peter was also standing there keeping warm.

19

The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine.

20

Jesus answered him, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area 10 where all the Jews gather, and in secret I have said nothing.

21

Why ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. They know what I said.”

22

When he had said this, one of the temple guards standing there struck Jesus and said, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

23

Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”

24

Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas 11 the high priest.

25

Now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warm. And they said to him, “You are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

26

One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”

27

Again Peter denied it. And immediately the cock crowed. 12

28

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. 13 It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover.

29

So Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring (against) this man?”

30

They answered and said to him, “If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

31

At this, Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews answered him, “We do not have the right to execute anyone,” 14

32

15 in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die.

33

So Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

34

Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?”

35

Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

36

Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants (would) be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.”

37

So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say I am a king. 16 For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

38

Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in him.

39

But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover. 17 Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

40

They cried out again, “Not this one but Barabbas!” 18 Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.

1 [1-14] John does not mention the agony in the garden and the kiss of Judas, nor does he identify the place as Gethsemane or the Mount of Olives.
2 [1] Jesus went out: see ⇒ John 14:31 where it seems he is leaving the supper room. Kidron valley: literally, “the winter-flowing Kidron”; this wadi has water only during the winter rains.
3 [3] Band of soldiers: seems to refer to Roman troops, either the full cohort of 600 men (1/10 of a legion), or more likely the maniple of 200 under their tribune (⇒ John 18:12). In this case, John is hinting at Roman collusion in the action against Jesus before he was brought to Pilate. The lanterns and torches may be symbolic of the hour of darkness.
4 [5] Nazorean: the form found in ⇒ Matthew 26:71 (see the note on ⇒ Matthew 2:23) is here used, not Nazarene of Mark. I AM: or “I am he,” but probably intended by the evangelist as an expression of divinity (cf their appropriate response in ⇒ John 18:6); see the note on ⇒ John 8:24. John sets the confusion of the arresting party against the background of Jesus’ divine majesty.
5 [9] The citation may refer to ⇒ John 6:39; ⇒ 10:28; or ⇒ John 17:12.
6 [10] Only John gives the names of the two antagonists; both John and Luke mention the right ear.
7 [11] The theme of the cup is found in the synoptic account of the agony (⇒ Mark 14:36 and parallels).
8 [13] Annas: only John mentions an inquiry before Annas; cf ⇒ John 18:16, ⇒ 19-24; see the note on ⇒ Luke 3:2. It is unlikely that this nighttime interrogation before Annas is the same as the trial before Caiaphas placed by Matthew and Mark at night and by Luke in the morning.
9 [15-16] Another disciple . . . the other disciple: see the note on ⇒ John 13:23.
10 [20] I have always taught . . . in the temple area: cf ⇒ Mark 14:49 for a similar statement.
11 [24] Caiaphas: see ⇒ Matthew 26:3, ⇒ 57; ⇒ Luke 3:2; and the notes there. John may leave room here for the trial before Caiaphas described in the synoptic gospels.
12 [27] Cockcrow was the third Roman division of the night, lasting from midnight to 3 A.M.
13 [28] Praetorium: see the note on ⇒ Matthew 27:27. Morning: literally, “the early hour,” or fourth Roman division of the night, 3 to 6 A.M. The Passover: the synoptic gospels give the impression that the Thursday night supper was the Passover meal (⇒ Mark 14:12); for John that meal is still to be eaten Friday night.
14 [31] We do not have the right to execute anyone: only John gives this reason for their bringing Jesus to Pilate. Jewish sources are not clear on the competence of the Sanhedrin at this period to sentence and to execute for political crimes.
15 [32] The Jewish punishment for blasphemy was stoning (⇒ Lev 24:16). In coming to the Romans to ensure that Jesus would be crucified, the Jewish authorities fulfilled his prophecy that he would be exalted (⇒ John 3:14; ⇒ 12:32-33). There is some historical evidence, however, for Jews crucifying Jews.
16 [37] You say I am a king: see ⇒ Matthew 26:64 for a similar response to the high priest. It is at best a reluctant affirmative.
17 [39] See the note on ⇒ Matthew 27:15.
18 [40] Barabbas: see the note on ⇒ Matthew 27:16-17. Revolutionary: a guerrilla warrior fighting for nationalistic aims, though the term can also denote a robber. See the note on ⇒ Matthew 27:38.

The Bible – New Testament

Saint John

Index 

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9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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