John 18:22-24

18:22 When Jesus ¹  had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, ²  “Is that the way you answer the high priest?” 18:23 Jesus replied, ³  “If I have said something wrong, ⁴  confirm ⁵  what is wrong. ⁶  But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?” 18:24 Then Annas sent him, still tied up, ⁷  to Caiaphas the high priest. ⁸ 

[18:22]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:22]  ² tn Grk “one of the high priest’s servants standing by gave Jesus a strike, saying.” For the translation of ῥάπισμα (rJapisma), see L&N 19.4.

[18:23]  ³ tn Grk “Jesus answered him.”

[18:23]  ⁴ tn Or “something incorrect.”

[18:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “testify.”

[18:23]  ⁶ tn Or “incorrect.”

[18:24]  ⁵ tn Or “still bound.”

[18:24]  ⁶ sn Where was Caiaphas the high priest located? Did he have a separate palace, or was he somewhere else with the Sanhedrin? Since Augustine (4th century) a number of scholars have proposed that Annas and Caiaphas resided in different wings of the same palace, which were bound together by a common courtyard through which Jesus would have been led as he was taken from Annas to Caiaphas. This seems a reasonable explanation, although there is no conclusive evidence.