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João 18:34
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Respondeu-lhe Jesus: Tu dizes isso de ti mesmo, ou disseram-to outros de mim?
Respondeu Jesus: Vem de ti mesmo esta pergunta ou to disseram outros a meu respeito?
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Sayest: John 18:36
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself,.... That he was the king of the Jews: Christ's meaning is, whether he asserted this from the sentiments of his own mind; or moved the question from anything he himself had observed, which might give him just ground to suspect that he had, or intended to set up himself as the king of that nation:
or did others tell it thee of me? Whether the Jews had not intimated some such thing to him, out of malice and ill will? not but that Christ full well knew where the truth of this lay; but he was desirous of convincing Pilate of his weakness, if he so judged of himself, and of his imprudence and hastiness, if he took up this from others; and also to expose the baseness and wickedness of the Jews, to charge him with this, when they themselves would have made him a temporal king, and he refused; and when he had not only paid tribute himself to Caesar, but had exhorted them to do the like.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Of thyself - From any conviction of your own mind, or any apprehension of danger. During all the time in which you have been praetor, have you seen anything in me that has led you to apprehend sedition or danger to the Roman power? This evidently was intended to remind Pilate that nothing was proved against him, and to caution him against being influenced by the malicious accusations of others. Jesus demanded a just trial, and claimed that Pilate should not be influenced by any reports that he might have heard of him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 34. Sayest thou this thing of thyself — That is, Is it because my enemies thus accuse me, or because thou hast any suspicion of me, that thou askest this question?
