{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[],"15":[],"16":[],"17":[],"18":[],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.19.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 19:31","href":"/jhn/19/#v31-westcott","text":"Deut. xxi. 22","snippet":"But the narrative goes back to follow out the conduct of the chief actors in the tragedy (vv. 7, 20); they had wrought their will, and now they were eager to satisfy the letter of the Law : Deut. xxi. 22 f."}],"23":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.19.17.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 19:17","href":"/jhn/19/#v17-calvin","text":"Deuteronomy 21:23","snippet":"he who hangeth on a tree is accursed, (Deuteronomy 21:23."},{"id":"henry.JHN.19.31.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 19:31","href":"/jhn/19/#v31-henry","text":"Deut. xxi. 23","snippet":"Dead bodies were not to be left at any time (Deut. xxi. 23); yet, in this case, the Jews would have left the Roman custom to take place, had it not been an extraordinary day; and, many strangers from all parts being then at Jerusalem, it would have been an offence to them; nor …"},{"id":"bengel.JHN.19.31.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 19:31","href":"/jhn/19/#v31-bengel","text":"Deut. xxi. 23","snippet":"on the Sabbath) This special reason includes that general reason, of which Deut. xxi. 23 speaks: The criminal’s “body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him on that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God), that thy land be not defiled.” ... for) This assigns …"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.19.31.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 19:31","href":"/jhn/19/#v31-ryle","text":"Deut. xxi. 23","snippet":"The Jews saw clearly that, unless they took active measures to prevent it, the body of our Lord would remain all night hanging on the tree of the cross, the law would be broken (Deut. xxi. 23), and a dead body would hang throughout the sabbath in full view of the temple, and close by the city walls."}]}}