John 18 | The Upward Way | Bible Study with A. Z. Adams — Transcript

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1. 0:00So the previous four chapters describe
2. 0:02Jesus's ministry to the disciples
3. 0:06from the end of chapter 13 until now the
4. 0:11beginning of chapter 18. It describes
5. 0:14what he ministered after Judas left the
6. 0:16room and before they went to the Mount
7. 0:18of Olives where he would be arrested.
8. 0:22John chapter 18 verse1 When Jesus had
9. 0:26spoken these words he went forth with
10. 0:29his disciples over the ravine of the
11. 0:32kiddron where there was a garden in
12. 0:35which he entered with his disciples.
13. 0:38Now Judas also who was betraying him
14. 0:41knew the place for Jesus had often met
15. 0:45there with his disciples.
16. 0:47And that's the power of the betrayal
17. 0:49here is that Judas knew where he was
18. 0:53going to be meeting and Jesus's enemies
19. 0:57did not know. And so he betrayed him by
20. 1:01telling the chief priests where he was
21. 1:04staying in an hour when they would not
22. 1:06fear the crowd and therefore could go
23. 1:08and and capture him.
24. 1:11Now Judas also who was betraying him
25. 1:14knew the place for Jesus had often met
26. 1:17there with his disciples.
27. 1:19Judas then having received the Roman
28. 1:21cohort and officers from the chief
29. 1:23priests and the Pharisees came there
30. 1:26with lanterns and torches and weapons.
31. 1:30So Jesus knowing all the things that
32. 1:33were coming upon him went forth and said
33. 1:35to them, "Whom do you seek?"
34. 1:39They answered him, "Jesus the Nazarene."
35. 1:43He said to them, "I am he."
36. 1:48And Judas also, who was betraying him,
37. 1:51was standing with them. So when he said
38. 1:54to them, "I am," and the the Bible puts
39. 1:58the word he in there, but it's in
40. 2:00italics, so it's not actually in the
41. 2:04Greek. He just comes out and says, "I
42. 2:07am." declaring that phrase that refers
43. 2:11to Yahweh. So when he said to them, "I
44. 2:14am," they drew back and fell to the
45. 2:18ground.
46. 2:21When he utters that name of God, that I
47. 2:26am statement, the instant effect on them
48. 2:29was that they fell down before him.
49. 2:33Therefore, he again asked them, "Whom do
50. 2:36you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the
51. 2:39Nazarene." Jesus said, "I told you that
52. 2:41I am he." But again, all he says is, "I
53. 2:45told you that I am."
54. 2:48So if you seek me, let these go their
55. 2:51way
56. 2:53to fulfill the word which he spoke of
57. 2:56those whom you have given me. I lost no
58. 2:59one.
59. 3:01Simon Peter then having a sword drew it
60. 3:04and struck the high priest's slave and
61. 3:07cut off his ear. And the slave's name
62. 3:09was Malchus.
63. 3:12So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword
64. 3:16into the sheath,
65. 3:18the cup which the father has given me.
66. 3:21Shall I not drink it?"
67. 3:25So the Roman cohort and the commander
68. 3:28and the officers of the Jews arrested
69. 3:31Jesus and bound him and led him to Annis
70. 3:35first
71. 3:37for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas who
72. 3:40was high priest that year.
73. 3:44Now, Caiaphas was the one who had
74. 3:47advised the Jews that it was expedient
75. 3:50for one man to die on behalf of the
76. 3:53people.
77. 3:55Simon Peter was following Jesus and so
78. 3:58was another disciple.
79. 4:00Now, that disciple was known to the high
80. 4:02priests and entered with Jesus into the
81. 4:06court of the high priests. But Peter was
82. 4:09standing at the door outside.
83. 4:12So the other disciple who was known to
84. 4:14the high priest went out and spoke to
85. 4:17the doorkeeper and brought Peter in. So
86. 4:20John is likely speaking of himself here
87. 4:24because he's got details that nobody
88. 4:27else would know. And he doesn't refer to
89. 4:30himself by name, which is typically what
90. 4:32he does when he is referring to himself.
91. 4:35It's likely a a gesture of humility.
92. 4:40Then the slave girl who kept the door
93. 4:42said to Peter,
94. 4:44"You are not also one of this man's
95. 4:46disciples, are you?" He Peter said, "I
96. 4:50am not." Now the slaves and the officers
97. 4:54were standing there having made a
98. 4:56charcoal fire, for it was cold, and they
99. 4:59were warming themselves.
100. 5:02And Peter was also with them, standing
101. 5:04and warming himself. The high priest
102. 5:07then questioned Jesus about his
103. 5:10disciples and about his teaching.
104. 5:13Jesus answered him, "I have spoken
105. 5:16openly to the world. I always taught in
106. 5:20synagogues and in the temple where all
107. 5:23the Jews came together, and I spoke
108. 5:26nothing in secret." Why do you question
109. 5:29me? Question those who have heard what I
110. 5:33spoke to them. They know what I said.
111. 5:37The setup here is you're staging some
112. 5:40kind of insurrection. You're starting
113. 5:42some kind of rebellion. And we know that
114. 5:44that's the only way we can get the
115. 5:46Romans to kill you. When the truth is
116. 5:48the Jews are just envious of him.
117. 5:51They're envious of the effect that he
118. 5:53has, of the popularity,
119. 5:56of the devotion that the people render
120. 5:58to him when they wave palm branches and
121. 6:00say, "Blessed is the King of Israel."
122. 6:03But they're going to pretend that he's
123. 6:04doing something dangerous, that he is a
124. 6:07an insurrectionist or that he's starting
125. 6:09a cult.
126. 6:12When he had said this, one of the
127. 6:14officers standing nearby struck Jesus,
128. 6:16saying, "Is that the way you answer the
129. 6:19high priest?" Jesus answered him, "If I
130. 6:22have spoken wrongfully, testify of the
131. 6:25wrong. But if rightly, why do you strike
132. 6:28me?" So Ann has sent him bound to
133. 6:31Caiaphas the high priest.
134. 6:34Jesus is calling their bluff. He's
135. 6:36saying, "Don't pretend like you don't
136. 6:39know what I said to my disciples. You
137. 6:41heard all my preaching. It was available
138. 6:44for you to listen to. Don't pretend like
139. 6:47there's some secret thing going on
140. 6:49between me and the disciples. All the
141. 6:51Jews heard it because I preached
142. 6:52publicly." So he's calling his bluff. He
143. 6:55doesn't say anything disrespectful, but
144. 6:58the soldier understands that the lie of
145. 7:00Annis is being exposed. What do y'all
146. 7:03really say in secret? What's really
147. 7:05going on behind closed doors? Jesus's
148. 7:08answer suggests that Annis is lying. He
149. 7:12says, "You know full well what I said.
150. 7:15Ask people who were there because I
151. 7:16always did it in the public."
152. 7:19Now, Simon Peter was standing and
153. 7:21warming himself. So they said to him,
154. 7:24"You are not also one of his disciples,
155. 7:26are you?" He denied it and said, "I am
156. 7:29not."
157. 7:32One of the slaves of the high priest,
158. 7:33being a relative of the one whose ear
159. 7:36Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you
160. 7:40in the garden with him?" Peter then
161. 7:43denied it again, and immediately a
162. 7:47rooster crowed.
163. 7:49Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into
164. 7:53the priatorium
165. 7:55and it was early and they themselves did
166. 7:58not enter into the priatorium so that
167. 8:00they would not be defiled but might eat
168. 8:03the Passover. So the Jews brought him to
169. 8:06the court of Pilate the pritorium.
170. 8:09But they don't want to enter themselves
171. 8:10into the court of the Gentile
172. 8:13so that they are not defiled.
173. 8:16Therefore, Pilate went out to them and
174. 8:18said, "What accusation do you bring
175. 8:21against this man?" So, he goes outside
176. 8:23his court and he asks the chief priests,
177. 8:28"What what exactly are you accusing this
178. 8:30guy of?" They answered and said to him,
179. 8:34"If this man were not an evildoer,
180. 8:37we would not have delivered him to you."
181. 8:40Notice that he they do not answer his
182. 8:42question.
183. 8:44So Pilate said to them, "Take him
184. 8:46yourselves and judge him according to
185. 8:48your law." The Jews said to him, "We are
186. 8:52not permitted to put anyone to death.
187. 8:57We don't want to judge him. We don't
188. 8:58want to excommunicate him. We want to
189. 9:01kill him. And we want to use you to do
190. 9:05so." Is what they're basically saying.
191. 9:09to fulfill the word of Jesus which he
192. 9:11spoke signifying by what kind of death
193. 9:14he was about to die.
194. 9:16Therefore Pilate entered again into the
195. 9:18pritorium and summoned Jesus and said to
196. 9:21him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
197. 9:25Jesus answered,
198. 9:27"Are you saying this on your own
199. 9:29initiative or did others tell you about
200. 9:31me?"
201. 9:33So he's asking Pilate, "Are you a tool?
202. 9:36Are you being used?"
203. 9:38He's getting Pilate to own
204. 9:42the the conspiracy that he's entering
205. 9:45into.
206. 9:48Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I?
207. 9:51Your own nation and the chief priests
208. 9:53delivered you to me.
209. 9:56What have you done?"
210. 9:58Jesus answered.
211. 10:00He's going to answer what he's done. Why
212. 10:04they hate him. What have you done? Jesus
213. 10:07answered, "My kingdom is not of this
214. 10:10world.
215. 10:13If my kingdom were of this world, then
216. 10:15my servants would be fighting so that I
217. 10:17would not be handed over to the Jews.
218. 10:20But as it is, my kingdom is not of this
219. 10:23realm."
220. 10:25In this statement, Jesus has answered
221. 10:27what he's done that makes them hate him,
222. 10:30and he's answered why he's not guilty of
223. 10:33treason.
224. 10:35He's shown Pilate that the real reason
225. 10:37they hate him is because he's not of
226. 10:40this world. If he spoke as from the
227. 10:42viewpoint of the world, the Jews were
228. 10:44willing to support him. They were
229. 10:47willing to get behind him. So he he is
230. 10:51hated because he comes in the power of
231. 10:52the spirit instead of the kingdoms and
232. 10:55the power of this world. And also he's
233. 10:59telling Pilate,
234. 11:01if my kingdom were of this world that my
235. 11:04servants would be fighting you because I
236. 11:06am in opposition to you.
237. 11:09But the fact that they're not fighting
238. 11:11proves that I'm not an insurrectionist.
239. 11:14I'm not doing what they're accusing me
240. 11:16of.
241. 11:18Therefore, Pilate said to him, "So you
242. 11:20are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say
243. 11:24correctly that I am a king.
244. 11:27For this I have been born and for this I
245. 11:31have come into the world to testify to
246. 11:35the truth.
247. 11:38Everyone who is of the truth hears my
248. 11:42voice."
249. 11:44So in this he defines what his kingdom
250. 11:46is.
251. 11:48He tells him in the first thing that my
252. 11:50kingdom is not of this world and that's
253. 11:51why my servants are not fighting and
254. 11:54that's why they are hating me. And he
255. 11:57tells him in the second one that he is a
256. 11:59king
257. 12:01but his kingship amounts to a testimony.
258. 12:07He's here to prove something,
259. 12:10not to kill someone.
260. 12:12I'm here to testify to the truth.
261. 12:16Everyone who is of the truth hears my
262. 12:20voice. Pilate said to him, "What is
263. 12:24truth?"
264. 12:27So he's from a school of thought that
265. 12:30makes truth relative.
266. 12:33Truth is what you make it. Might makes
267. 12:35right. What is truth?
268. 12:40And when he had said this, he went out
269. 12:42again to the Jews and said to them, "I
270. 12:45find no fault in him.
271. 12:48But you have a custom that I release
272. 12:51someone for you at the Passover.
273. 12:54Do you wish that I release for you the
274. 12:57king of the Jews?"
275. 12:59So they cried out again, saying, "Not
276. 13:03this man,
277. 13:05but Barabbus."
278. 13:08Now, Barabbus was a robber.
279. 13:12The other gospels tell us Barabbus was
280. 13:14not only a robber. He was an
281. 13:17insurrectionist. He was a murderer.
282. 13:21The name Barabus means son of the
283. 13:25father.
284. 13:27Bar Abba.
285. 13:29So, he's the counterfeit son of the
286. 13:31father. They're going to kill the true
287. 13:34son of the father, the one who speaks
288. 13:37with the voice of God. And they're going
289. 13:39to release the murdering son of the
290. 13:42father, the phony son of the father who
291. 13:46acts according to the power they know
292. 13:48and understand. Robbery, death,
293. 13:53insurrection.
294. 13:54So there is a very rich irony here that
295. 13:58Pilate is supposed to kill Jesus and the
296. 14:02ruse is that he's an insurrectionist.
297. 14:05He's a troublemaker. That's the whole
298. 14:08tenor of the inquiry into the Lord here.
299. 14:12And the irony is they're going to kill
300. 14:14the son of God who only loved people,
301. 14:17who only healed people, cleansed the
302. 14:19lepers, gave sight to the blind, raised
303. 14:22the dead, forgave the sinners. But the
304. 14:26one who actually murdered, who was
305. 14:28actually an insurrectionist, whose name
306. 14:30is ludicrously called son of the father,
307. 14:34him they want to release.