Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
John 18:28-40
For notes on the trial before Pilate, see Matthew 27:1-25. Compare
Mark 15:1-15 Lu 23:1-25. The first examination was at the house of
Annas (John 18:13), where an officer had smitten Jesus
(John 18:22). Then Annas sent him to Caiaphas (John 18:24).
Still later he was tried before the Sanhedrin (Matthew 27:1) and
condemned. Then he was led from Caiaphas to Pilate's judgment hall
(John 18:28).
The judgment hall. The praetorium, or official hall of the Roman
governor.
Lest they should be defiled. These Jewish leaders, filled with
the hate of Christ, and ready to secure his judicial murder by the
foulest means, were yet so scrupulous that they would not enter the
house of a Gentile lest "they should be defiled" (see Deuteronomy 16:4), so
that they would not be able to eat the passover. The Pharisees held
that contact with a Gentile, or to enter his house was a source of
defilement. Hence, this deputation of the Sanhedrin waited without, and
Pilate "went out unto them" to ascertain their business. Men can be
very religious and yet great sinners.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Luke 23:1-25
Luke 23:4
John 18:28-40
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