Jean 18:36

Darby's French Translation

Jésus répondit: Mon royaume n'est pas de ce monde. Si mon royaume était de ce monde, mes serviteurs auraient combattu, afin que je ne fusse pas livré aux Juifs; mais maintenant mon royaume n'est pas d'ici.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
J�sus r�pondit : mon R�gne n'est pas de ce monde; si mon R�gne �tait de ce monde, mes gens combattraient afin que je ne fusse point livr� aux Juifs; mais maintenant mon R�gne n'est point d'ici-bas.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
J�sus r�pondit: Mon royaume n'est pas de ce monde; si mon royaume �tait de ce monde, mes serviteurs combattraient, afin que je ne fusse pas livr� aux Juifs; mais maintenant mon royaume n'est pas d'ici-bas.

Louis Segond (1910)
Mon royaume n'est pas de ce monde, r�pondit J�sus. Si mon royaume �tait de ce monde, mes serviteurs auraient combattu pour moi afin que je ne fusse pas livr� aux Juifs; mais maintenant mon royaume n'est point d'ici-bas.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jesus: 1 Timothy 6:13

My kingdom is: John 6:15, John 8:15, Psalms 45:3-7, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 7:14, Zechariah 9:9, Luke 12:14, Luke 17:20, Luke 17:21, Romans 14:17, Colossians 1:12-14

then: John 18:11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:3 - fight for Jeremiah 30:21 - governor Daniel 7:17 - out Matthew 12:19 - General Matthew 20:26 - it Matthew 26:51 - General Mark 10:43 - so Luke 12:32 - the kingdom Luke 22:38 - It Luke 23:2 - that John 8:11 - Neither John 18:34 - Sayest Acts 2:30 - he Acts 7:27 - Who 1 Corinthians 5:12 - what

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world,.... By saying which, he tacitly owns he was a king: as such he was set up, and anointed by his Father from everlasting; was prophesied of in the Old Testament; declared by the angel, both when he brought the news of his conception, and of his birth; was owned by many, who knew him to be so in the days of his flesh; and since his resurrection, ascension, and session at God's right hand, more manifestly appears to be one: he also hereby declares, that he had a kingdom; by which he means, not his natural and universal kingdom, as God, and the Creator and Governor of all things; but his mediatorial kingdom, administered both in the days of his flesh, and after his resurrection; which includes the whole Gospel dispensation, Christ's visible church state on earth, and the whole election of grace; it takes in that which will be at the close of time, in the latter day, which will be more spiritual, and in which Christ will reign before his ancients gloriously; and also the kingdom of God, or of heaven, even the ultimate glory: the whole of which is not of this world; the subjects of Christ's kingdom are not of the world, they are chosen and called out of it; the kingdom itself does not appear in worldly pomp and splendour, nor is it supported by worldly force, nor administered by worldly laws; nor does it so much regard the outward, as the inward estates of men; it promises no worldly emoluments, or temporal rewards. Christ does not say it is not "in" this world, but it is not of it; and therefore will not fail, when this world does, and the kingdoms thereof. Every thing that is carnal, sensual, and worldly, must be removed from our conceptions of Christ's kingdom, here or hereafter: and to this agrees what some Jewish writers say of the Messiah, and his affairs;

"the Messiah (they say o) is separated from the world, because he is absolutely intellectual; but the world is corporeal; how then should the Messiah be in this world, when the world is corporeal, and המשיח הוא אלהי לא גשמי

ענין, "the business of the Messiah is divine, and not corporeal?"''

And since this was the case, Caesar, or any civil government, had no reason to be uneasy on account of his being a king, and having a kingdom; since his kingdom and interests did not in the least break in upon, or injure any others: and that this was the nature of his kingdom, he proves by the following reason;

if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews: if Christ's kingdom had been a worldly one, set up on worldly views, and governed with worldly policy, and was to answer some worldly ends, Christ would have had servants enough among the Jews, who would have declared for him, and took up arms in his favour against the Romans; his own disciples would not have suffered him to have been betrayed into the hands of the Jews by Judas; nor would he have hindered them from attempting his rescue, as he did Peter; nor would they suffer him now to be delivered by Pilate into their hands, to put him to death; since they had such a Prince at the head of them, who, was he to make use of his power, was able to drive all the Roman forces before them out of the nation, and oblige a general submission among the Jews, to the sceptre of his kingdom:

but now is my kingdom not from hence; it does not rise out of, nor proceed upon, nor is it supported by worldly principles, wherefore none of the above methods are made use of.

o R. Juda Bezaleel Nizeach Israel, fol. 48.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My kingdom ... - The charge on which Jesus was arraigned was that of laying claim to the office of a king. He here substantially admits that he did claim to be a king, but not in the sense in which the Jews understood it. They charged him with attempting to set up an earthly kingdom, and of exciting sedition against Caesar. In reply to this, Jesus says that his kingdom is not of this world - that is, it is not of the same nature as earthly kingdoms. It was not originated for the same purpose, or conducted on the same plan. He immediately adds a circumstance in which they differ. The kingdoms of the world are defended by arms; they maintain armies and engage in wars. If the kingdom of Jesus had been of this kind, he would have excited the multitudes that followed him to prepare for battle. He would have armed the hosts that attended him to Jerusalem. He would not have been alone and unarmed in the garden of Gethsemane. But though he was a king, yet his dominion was over the heart, subduing evil passions and corrupt desires, and bringing the soul to the love of peace and unity.

Not from hence - That is, not from this world.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. My kingdom is not of this world — It is purely spiritual and Divine. If it had been of a secular nature, then my servants would have contended-they would have opposed force with force, as the kingdoms of this world do in their wars; but as my kingdom as not of this world, therefore no resistance has been made. Eusebius relates, Hist. Eccles. lib. iii. c. 20, that "The relatives of our Lord were brought before Domitian, and interrogated whether they were of the family of David; and what sort the kingdom of Christ was, and where it would appear? They answered, that this kingdom was neither of this world, nor of an earthly nature; that it was altogether heavenly and angelical; and that it would not take place till the end of the world."