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A Futile Dialogue
Commentators explain that Jesus' statement reveals the trial as a sham. He knew his accusers were not interested in a genuine discussion about His identity. As one scholar notes, they were "resolved, right or wrong" to condemn him, making any defense or questioning pointless. Their goal was condemnation, not truth.
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Luke
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Charles Ellicott
On Luke 22:68
19th Century
Bishop
You will not answer me, nor let me go.—The last clause is omitted by the best manuscripts. The first clearly refers to th…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 22:68
Luke has already indicated that Jesus was arrested during the night (v.47) and has implied that he was confronted by the authorities while in the h…
John Gill
On Luke 22:68
17th Century
Pastor
And if I also ask you
Or enter into a discourse on this subject, and require an answer to the arguments, proving me …
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Matthew Henry
On Luke 22:63–71
17th Century
Minister
Those who condemned Jesus as a blasphemer were the vilest blasphemers. He referred them to His second coming for the full proof of His being the Ch…