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John 18:20
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18 Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.

Jesus Questioned by the High Priest

19 The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him, a“I spoke openly to the world. I always taught bin synagogues and cin the temple, where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.  
21 Why do you ask Me? Ask athose who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.”  
22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by astruck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?”  
23 Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?”
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John 18:20

Openly (parrhsiai). As already shown (John 7:4; John 8:26; John 10:24, John 10:39; John 16:25, John 16:29. See John 7:4 for same contrast between en parrhsiai and en kruptw.

I ever taught (egw pantote edidaca). Constative aorist active indicative. For the temple teaching see John 2:19; John 7:14, John 7:28; John 8:20, John 19:23; Mark 14:49 and John 6:59 for the synagogue teaching (often in the Synoptics). Examples of private teaching are Nicodemus (John 3) and the woman of Samaria (John 4). Jesus ignores the sneer at his disciples, but challenges the inquiry about his teaching as needless.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 18:20:

John 6:59
John 7:4
John 7:10
John 7:26
John 18:25

 

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