A. D. 31. JOHN V. 25-27. hour is coming, and now is, when a the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live. a Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light, Eph. v. 14. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all your trespasses, Col. ii. 13. See also on Matt. viii. ver. 22. clause 2. VER. 26. “Ωσπες γὰρ ὁ πατὴς ἔχει ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυ‐ τῷ, οὕτως ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ υἱῷ ζωὴν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, For as the Father hath life in himself, b so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; a And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you, Exod. iii. 14. For with thee is the fountain of life in thy light shall we see light, Psal. xxxvi. 9. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God, Psal. xc. 2. But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation, Jer. x. 10. Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things, Acts xvii. 25. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen, 1 Tim. i. 17. Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen, vi. 15, 16. b In him was life; and the life was the light of men, John i. 4. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me, xiv. | 6. A. D. 31. When Christ who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory, Col. iii. 4. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with and our hands have handled, of the our eyes, which we have looked upon, Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us ;) 1 John i. 1, 2. And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, Rev. xxii. 1. a Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel, Psal. ii. 6-9. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth, cx. 1-3. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries, 6. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet, 1 Cor. xv. 25. Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in, the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church, Eph. i. 20-22. Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him, 1 Pet. iii. 22. See also on ver. 22. bI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, Dan. vii. 13, 14. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a seryant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father, Phil. ii. 6-11. VER. 28. Μὴ θαυμάζετε τοῦτο· ὅτι ἔρχεται ὥρα mávres of ev Toïs μmμsíos anoúσovтaι τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ· Marvel not at this: a for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, A. D. 31. οὐδέν· καθὼς ἀκούω, κρίνω· καὶ ἡ κρίσις ἡ Οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ ποιεῖν ἀπ ̓ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐμὴ δικαία ἐστίν· ὅτι οὐ ζητῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός. aI can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is but the will of the Father which hath just; because I seek not mine own will, sent me. a See on ver. 19. clause 1. fell on his face, and prayed, saying, b And he went a little farther, and O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt, Matt. xxvi. 39. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me, Rom. xv. 3. See also on chap. iv. ver. 34. clause 1. c See on chap. viii. ver. 42. clause 3. VER. 31. Ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῷ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρ τυρία μου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής. alf I bear witness of myself, my wit ness is not true. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day, John vi. 39. And I will raise him up at the last day, 40. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believ-ye say, that he is your God, John eth in me, though he were dead, yet shall be live, xi. 25. For our conversation is in heaven; from whence self, my honour is nothing: it is my a Jesus answered, If I honour myFather that honoureth me; of whom viii. 54... VER. 32. *Αλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ also we look for the Saviour, the Lord | οἶδα ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία ἣν μαςJesus Christ: Who shall change our |тupeï wepì iμov. A. D. 31. JOHN V. 32-36. a There is another that beareth witness of me and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. a See on ver. 37. clause 1. VER. 35. A. D. 31. a But I receive not testimony from man: bbut these things I say, that ye might be saved. a I receive not honour from men, ver. 41. But these are written, that ye Ὑμεῖς ἀπεστάλκατε πρὸς Ἰωάννην, καὶ might believe that Jesus is the Christ, μεμαρτύρηκε τῇ ἀληθείᾳ· the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name, John xx. 31. aYe sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. : VER. 35. ̓Εκεῖνος ἦν ὁ λύχνος ὁ καιόμενος καὶ φαίνων· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠθελήσατε ἀγαλλιασθῆ ναι πρὸς ὥραν ἐν τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ. a He was a burning and a shining light: band ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. sent to bear witness of that Light, a He was not that Light, but was John i. 8. Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist, Matt. xi. 11. and Luke vii. 28. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a children, and the disobedient to the people prepared for the Lord, Luke a And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who | art thou? And he confessed, and denied not but confessed, I am not the Christ, John i. 19, 20. John answered them saying, I baptize with water but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose, 26, 27. And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me. 17. witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is 'the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice, This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all ; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath' sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand, iii. 26-35. VER. 34. 'Eyà dé où πapà ȧvőpáπov rv μapruρίαν λαμβάνω, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λέγω ἵνα ὑμεῖς σωθῆτε. b Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins, Matt. iii. 5, 6. VER. 36. μοι 'Ιωάννου· τὰ γὰρ ἔργα ἃ ἔδωκέ με ἀπέσταλκε b a But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, c that the Father hath sent me. a If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son, 1 John v. 9. b There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him, John iii. 1, 2. The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing, ix. 30. 33. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me, x. 25. If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him, 37, 38. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake, xiv. 10, 11. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father, xv. 24. And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them, Matt. xi. 3-5. Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know, Acts ii. 22. c See on chap. viii. ver. 42. clause 3. VER. 57. Καὶ ὁ πέμψας με πατὴρ, αὐτὸς μεμαρτύρηκε περὶ ἐμοῦ. οὔτε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκηκόατε πώποτε, οὔτε εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἑωρά κατε. a And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. b Ye A. D. 31. same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God, John i. 33, 34. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that, meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed, vi. 27. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me, viii. 17, 18. See also on Matt. iii. ver. 17. I am b And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice, Deut. iv. 12. See on chap. i. ver. 18. clause 1. Καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε μένοντα ἐν ὑμῖν· ὅτι ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος, τούτῳ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε. a And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. a Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me for he wrote of me, ver. 45, 46. I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you, viii. 37. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God, 47. b I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive, ver. 43. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not, i. 10, 11. VER. 39. Ερευνᾶτε τὰς γραφὰς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε have neither heard his voice at any time, ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν· καὶ ἐκεῖναί cnor seen his shape. a And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the VOL. II. εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ. a Search the Scriptures; for in them S ye A. D. 31. think ye have eternal life: are they which testify of me. : JOHN V. 39, 40, and they a Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up... And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates, Deut. xi. 18-20. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success, Josh. i. 8. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night, Psal. i. 2. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee, cxix. 11. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation, 97-99. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life, Prov. vi. 23. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors, viii. 33, 34. To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them, Isa. viii. 20. Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them, xxxiv. 16. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Jer. viii. 9. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God, Matt. xxii. 29. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the pro A. D. 31. phets; let them hear them, Luke xvi. 29. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so, Acts xvii. 11. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God, Rom. iii. 1, 2. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord, Col. iii. 16. And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works, 2 Tim. iii. 15-17. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 19-21. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand, Rev. i. 3. b And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which 1 testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it, Deut. xxxii. 46, 47. c See on Matt. xi. ver. 3. VER. 40. Καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἵνα ζωὴν xnre. |
