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The Darby Translation

John 19:1

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged [him].

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Punishment;   Scourging;   Slander;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nation, the;   Pilate, Pontius;   Pontius Pilate;   Punishments;   Scourging;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Scourge;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Humiliation of Christ;   Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Crucifixion;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cross;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Scourge;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crucifixion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Endurance;   Eschatology;   Punishment (2);   Scourge, Scourging;   Synagogue (2);   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Scourging;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Pilate;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronology of the New Testament;   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   Johannine Theology, the;   Pilate, Pontius;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
King James Version (1611)
Then Pilate therfore tooke Iesus, and scourged him.
King James Version
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
English Standard Version
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.
New American Standard Bible
So Pilate then took Jesus and had Him flogged.
New Century Version
Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped.
Amplified Bible
So then Pilate took Jesus and had Him scourged (flogged, whipped).
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Pilate then took Jesus and flogged Him.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
Contemporary English Version
Pilate gave orders for Jesus to be beaten with a whip.
Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate then took Yeshua and had him flogged.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Pilate tooke Iesus & scourged him.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN Pilate had Jesus scourged.
Good News Translation
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.
Lexham English Bible
So then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
Literal Translation
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged Him .
American Standard Version
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
Bible in Basic English
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Pilate therefore took Yeshua, and flogged him.
International Standard Version
Then Pilate had Jesus taken away and whipped.Matthew 20:19; 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 18:33;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Then Pilatos scourged Jeshu.
Murdock Translation
Then Pilate scourged Jesus.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Pilate toke Iesus therfore, and scourged hym.
English Revised Version
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
World English Bible
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and flogged him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him.
Weymouth's New Testament
Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Pilat took thanne Jhesu, and scourgide.
Update Bible Version
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged [him].
New English Translation
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely.
New King James Version
Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20">[xr] So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
New Living Translation
Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
New Life Bible
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him beaten.
New Revised Standard
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Pilate, therefore, took Jesus, and scourged him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then therefore Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
Revised Standard Version
Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then Pylate toke Iesus and scourged him.
Young's Literal Translation
Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge [him],
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Pilate toke Iesus, and scourged him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Then Pilate order'd Jesus to be scourged.
THE MESSAGE
So Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. The soldiers, having braided a crown from thorns, set it on his head, threw a purple robe over him, and approached him with, "Hail, King of the Jews!" Then they greeted him with slaps in the face.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Pilate had Jesus beaten with a whip.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged [him]. 2 And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head, and put a purple robe on him, 3 and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! and gave him blows on the face. 4 And Pilate went out again and says to them, Lo, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find in him no fault whatever. 5 (Jesus therefore went forth without, wearing the crown of thorn, and the purple robe.) And he says to them, Behold the man! 6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify [him]. Pilate says to them, Take him ye and crucify [him], for I find no fault in him. 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to [our] law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God. 8 When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid, 9 and went into the praetorium again and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate therefore says to him, Speakest thou not to *me*? Dost thou not know that I have authority to release thee and have authority to crucify thee?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pilate: Matthew 27:26-31, Mark 15:15-20, Luke 23:16, Luke 23:23

scourged: Psalms 129:3, Isaiah 50:6, Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 20:19, Matthew 23:34, Mark 10:33, Mark 10:34, Luke 18:33, Acts 16:22, Acts 16:23, Acts 22:24, Acts 22:25, 2 Corinthians 11:24, Hebrews 11:36, 1 Peter 2:24

Reciprocal: Luke 18:32 - mocked Luke 23:24 - Pilate John 19:31 - their Acts 4:27 - Pontius Pilate Acts 5:40 - beaten

Cross-References

Genesis 18:22
And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,
Genesis 19:5
And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.
Job 31:32
The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.
Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus,.... Finding that the Jews would not agree to his release, but that Barabbas was the person they chose, and being very desirous, if possible, to save his life, thought of this method: he ordered Jesus to be taken by the proper officers,

and scourged him; that is, commanded him to be scourged by them; which was done by having him to a certain place, where being stripped naked, and fastened to a pillar, he was severely whipped: and this he did, hoping the Jews would be satisfied therewith, and agree to his release; but though he did this with such a view, yet it was a very unjust action in him to scourge a man that he himself could find no fault in: however, it was what was foretold by Christ himself, and was an emblem of those strokes and scourges of divine justice he endured, as the surety of his people, in his soul, in their stead; and his being scourged, though innocent, shows, that it was not for his own, but the sins of others; and expresses the vile nature of sin, the strictness of justice, and the grace, condescension, and patience of Christ: and this may teach us not to think it strange that any of the saints should endure scourgings, in a literal sense; and to bear patiently the scourgings and chastisements of our heavenly Father, and not to fear the overflowing scourge or wrath of God, since Christ has bore this in our room.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:26-30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIX.

Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns, and mocked by the

soldiers, 1-3.

He to brought forth by Pilate, wearing the purple robe; and the

Jews clamour for his death, 4-8.

Conversation between our Lord and Pilate, 9-11.

Pilate expostulates with the Jews on their barbarous demands;

but they become more inveterate, and he delivers Christ into

their hands, 12-16.

He, bearing his cross, is led to Golgotha, and crucified, 17-22.

The soldiers cast lots for his raiment, 23, 24.

Jesus commends his mother to the care of John, 25-27.

Jesus thirsts, receives vinegar, and dies, 28-30.

The Jews request that the legs of those who were crucified might

be broken; the soldiers break those of the two thieves, and

pierce the side of Christ; the Scriptures fulfilled in these

acts, 31-37.

Joseph of Arimathea begs the body of Christ; and Nicodemus

brings spices to embalm it, 38-40.

He is laid in a new sepulchre, 41, 42.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX.

Verse John 19:1. Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him.] That is, caused him to be scourged: for we cannot with Bede suppose that he scourged him with his own hand.

As our Lord was scourged by order of Pilate, it is probable he was scourged in the Roman manner, which was much more severe than that of the Jews. The latter never gave more than thirty-nine blows; for the law had absolutely forbidden a man to be abused, or his flesh cut in this chastisement, Deuteronomy 25:3. The common method of whipping or flogging in some places, especially that of a military kind, is a disgrace to the nation where it is done, to the laws, and to humanity. See Matthew 27:26, and the note there. Though it was customary to scourge the person who was to be crucified, yet it appears that Pilate had another end in view by scourging our Lord. He hoped that this would have satisfied the Jews, and that he might then have dismissed Jesus. This appears from Luke 23:16.


 
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