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John 18:23 KJV
John · chapter 18 · verse 23
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?John 18:23 · King James Version
John 18:23 in context
21Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
24Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
25And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- witnessmartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- smitestderōto flay, skin, to beat, thrash, smiteG1194 →
- spokenlaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- evilkakōsmiserable, to be ill, improperly, wrongly, to speak ill of, revile, oneG2560 →
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We have here an account of Christ's arraignment before the high priest, and some circumstances that occurred therein which were omitted by the other evangelists; and Peter's denying him, which the other evangelists had given the story of entire by itself, is interwoven with the other passages.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-27