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John 18:38 is the 38th verse in chapter 18 of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of Christian Bible. It is often referred to as "jesting Pilate ". In it, Pontius Pilate questions Jesus ' claim that he is "witness to the truth" ( John 18:37 ).
The New American Standard Bible notes that the troops were the Roman cohort (Greek: σπεῖρα, speira in John 18:3 is the technical word for the Roman cohort) [9] whereas Richard Francis Weymouth identified them as a detachment of the Temple police. [12] This was the garrison band from Fort Antonia, at the north-east corner of the Temple.
John 18:5 ο παραδιδους αυτον (the one betraying him), the phrase is omitted in 𝔓 66 * syr s. John 18:11 παντες γαρ οι λαβοντες μαχαιραν εν μαχαιρα απολουνται – Θ. John 18:21 ερωτας – א* A B C L W Θ Ψ 054 0250 33 1424 al επερωτας – D s f 1 f 13 Byz
Reason: It is possible that this verse is a repetition of Matthew 24:40. Even the King James Version had doubts about this verse, as it provided (in the original 1611 edition and still in many high-quality editions) a sidenote that said, "This 36th verse is wanting in most of the Greek copies."
Citing Isaiah 40:3; also cited in Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, and John 1:23. [ 11 ] "Wilderness": or "desert"; the syntactic position of the phrase "in the wilderness" could be with "Prepare a way" ( Masoretic Text or "MT"), suggesting the place where the preparation should be done, while the Greek Septuagint (or "LXX") connects it to "a voice ...
The New King James Version (NKJV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published by Thomas Nelson, the complete NKJV was released in 1982.With regard to its textual basis, the NKJV relies on a modern critical edition (the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia) for the Old Testament, [1] while opting to use the Textus Receptus for the New Testament.
Chrysostom: "Or thus: throughout the whole foregoing passage he had been speaking of creation; then he mentions the spiritual benefits which the Word brought with it: and the life was the light of men. He saith not, the light of Jews, but of all men without exception; for not the Jews only, but the Gentiles also have come to this knowledge.
Since the mid-16th century, editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses – each consisting of a few short lines or of one or more sentences. Sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of Ephesians 2:8–9, and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of Genesis 1:2.