George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
John 1:51
You shall see the heaven open, &c. It is not certain when this was to be fulfilled: St. John Chrysostom thinks at Christ's ascension; others refer it to the day of judgment. (Witham)
You shall see the heaven open, &c. It is not certain when this was to be fulfilled: St. John Chrysostom thinks at Christ's ascension; others refer it to the day of judgment. (Witham)
Verse John 1:51. _VERILY, VERILY_] _Amen, amen_. The doubling of this word probably came from this circumstance: that it was written both in Hebrew אמן and in Greek αμην, signifying, _it is true_. _H...
VERILY, VERILY - In the Greek, “Amen, amen.” The word “amen” means “truly, certainly, so be it” - from the Hebrew verb to confirm, to establish, to be true. It is often used in this gospel. When repea...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word; His Glory and His Manifestation -- Chapter 1:1-2:22 CHAPTER 1 __ 1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
THE BAPTIST'S DISCIPLES AND JESUS. On the morrow to two of his disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the turn...
YE SHALL SEE THE HEAVENS OPEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING. Jacob, old Israel, in his dream at Bethel, saw the ladder that reached to heaven with the angels upon it (Genesis 28:12). Christ is that...
On the next day Jesus determined to go away to Galilee; and there he found Philip. Jesus said to him: "Follow me!" Now Philip came from Bethsaida, which was the town from which Andrew and Peter came....
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
VERILY, VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. In John always double. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis, twenty-five times (here, John 3:3; John 3:5; John 3:11
_Verily, verily_ The double -verily" occurs 25 times in this Gospel, and nowhere else, always in the mouth of Christ. It introduces a truth of special solemnity and importance. The single -verily" occ...
PHILIP AND NATHANAEL...
51. Before ὌΨΕΣΘΕ omit ἀπ' ἄρτι (Matthew 26:64). 51. ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΙΣ. As in John 16:31; John 20:29, the sentence is half a question, half an exclamation. He, who marvelled at the unbelief of the people of N...
THE TESTIMONY OF DISCIPLES This section falls into two divisions, each occupying a day; (1) the call of Andrew, John, Peter, and perhaps James; (2) that of Philip and Nathanael. Of these Peter and Ja...
Ver 47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48. Nathanael said to him, Whence know you me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that...
_THE ETERNAL WORD KNOWS THE HEARTS OF MEN -- JOHN 1:43-51:_ The Lord knows both a Philip and a Nathanael. (John 1:43-51) With the simple words "follow me" Philip was called to Jesus. Nathanael was mov...
ΌΨΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ видеть, ΆΝΕΦΓΌΤΑ _perf. act. part. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать. _Perf._ указывает на завершенное состояние ("быть открытым"). Ссылка на видение Иакова в Genesis...
HEREAFTER YE SHALL SEE, &C.— Instead of _hereafter,_ many commentators translate the Greek απ αρτι,— _from this time—henceforth,—"_From this time you shall see the whole frame of nature subject to my...
THE CALL OF PHILIP AND NATHANAEL _Text 1:43-51_ 43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was from Bethsai...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:35-51 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. We would divide it as follows:— 1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John...
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, VERILY, VERILY,...
Government and education are still the panaceas proposed by the majority of priest-craft. But John wisely withdraws himself from their notice, and as the Voice, heralds the coming of the Messiah Himse...
THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST DISCIPLES 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was made man, (3) that He revealed the Father. This subl...
PRELIMINARY CALL OF FIVE APOSTLES, ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, PHILIP, AND BARTHOLOMEW (peculiar to Jn). This account, so far from conflicting with the (later) call described Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:15; (cp. Lu...
See Genesis 28:12. As Jacob saw in his dream a vision of angels ascending and descending the ladder, so the disciples would see in Christ the link and connexion between heaven and earth. Through Chris...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ THE AUTHOR Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th *Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
VERILY, VERILY. — This is the first use of this formula of doubled words, which is not found in the New Testament outside St. John’s Gospel. They are always spoken by our Lord, and connected with some...
CHAPTER 4 THE FIRST DISCIPLES. “Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard...
_Further manifestations of Jesus as Messiah_....
ἀπεκρίθη … ὄψῃ. In accordance with the habit of this evangelist, who calls attention to the moving cause of faith in this or that individual, the source of Nathanael's faith is indicated with some sur...
THE DOUBTER BECOMES A DISCIPLE John 1:43-51 The Apostles were attracted to the Master in different ways. Some came to Him through preaching, as when John proclaimed His rank and sacrifice. Others wer...
The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God (x) ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (x) These words signify the power of...
SECOND SECTION: 1:38-52. BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF JESUS. BIRTH OF FAITH. Testimony is the condition of faith. For faith is, at the outset, the acceptance of a divine fact on the foundation of testimo...
II. SECOND GROUP: JOHN 1:44-51. The following narrative seems to be contrived for the purpose of driving to despair, by its conciseness, the one who attempts to account for the facts from an external...
VER. 51. “ _Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said unto thee that I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou believest; thou shalt see greater things than these._ ” Since Chrysostom, most interpreter...
REFLECTIONS Reader let you and I, in the review of this blessed Chapter, do as Moses and Israel did, at the borders of the Red Sea; stand still, and contemplate what is here revealed of the salvation...
The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me, (44) Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (45) Philip findeth Nathanael,...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
51._You shall see heaven opened. _They are greatly mistaken, in my opinion, who anxiously inquire into the place where, and the time when, Nathanael and others _saw heaven opened_; for he rather point...
The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that subsis...
AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... Not only to Nathanael, but to the rest of the disciples that were then with him; and to show himself to be the "Amen", and faithful witness,...
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. Ver. 52. _Upon the Son of man_] The Jaco...
_Jesus saw Nathanael coming_ “Nathanael, being a man of a candid disposition, resolved to go and converse with Jesus, that he might judge with the more certainty concerning his pretensions. He was com...
VERILY, VERILY; truly, truly. When thus repeated, it denotes the great importance and absolute certainty of what was declared. HEREAFTER; rather, henceforward. HEAVEN OPEN-THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING...
AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HEREAFTER YE SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING UPON THE SON OF MAN. Jesus wished to give Nathanael a practica...
The winning of Nathanael:...
CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person He is...
43-51 See the nature of true Christianity, it is following Jesus; devoting ourselves to him, and treading in his steps. Observe the objection Nathanael made. All who desire to profit by the word of G...
These things he ushers in with a _Verily, verily, _ and declareth them spoken not to Nathanael alone, but _unto you; _ viz. all you that are my disciples indeed, who are (like Nathanael) true Israelit...
Origen Against Celsus Book I But with respect to this opening of the heavens, the Saviour, foretelling to His disciples that it would happen, and that they would see it, says, "Verily, verily, I say...
John 1:51 And G2532 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 assuredly G281 G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5
JOHN THE BAPTISER'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS AND THE CALLING OF DISCIPLES (JOHN 1:19). The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in interesting contrast to the John the Baptiser portrayed in the o...
DISCIPLES BEGIN TO GATHER TO JESUS (JOHN 1:35). The great teachers of Israel would often have bands of ‘disciples' who gathered round them to learn from them, and then to pass on their teaching. Here...
The same general subject is continued in this section Jesus taking His place on the stage of history. We pass now, however, from the witness of the Baptist, given on two successive days, to the manife...
John 1:51. AND HE SAITH UNTO HIM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU. This is the first occasion on which we find the repeated ‘Verily,' so characteristic of the discourses related in this Gospel. The for...
VERILY, VERILY (Αμην, αμην). Hebrew word transliterated into Greek and then into English, our "amen." John always repeats it, not singly as in the Synoptics, and only in the words of Jesus, an illu...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
John 1:50 We have here I. The dawn of faith. "Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?" II. The fact of experience from which faith begins is the dawning of a faith...
John 1:29. _The next day_ This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hun...
John 1:19. _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._ «I...
CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah, Pharisees,...
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all th...
YOU WILL SEE HEAVEN OPEN. This language is based on _"Jacob's ladder,"_ (Genesis 28:12). Here Jesus makes himself that ladder, and communication between earth and heaven takes place through him. Son o...
_The next day_ THE FIRST UTTERANCES OF THE WORD 1. A searching question. 2. A gracious invitation. 3. An encouraging promise. 4. A Divine command. 5. A heart revelation. 6. An assurance of a p...
_Philip findeth Nathanael._ The equivalent of Theodore. He is probably to be identified with Bartholomew, for 1. The mention of him here and in John 21:2, shows that he occupied a prominent position...
_Greater things than these_ I. THIS FAVOURED MAN. 1. He was a man who honestly made inquiries which fairly suggested themselves. He did not invent doubts and raise questions. When Philip said Nazar...
_Hereafter ye shall see the heaven open_ THE VERILIES OF CHRIST 1_._ Nothing is more characteristic of our age than its questioning and doubt. (1) Science has opened many fields in all of which mu...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:51 TRULY, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU is a way of emphasizing the authoritative nature of what Jesus says. The expression is found 25 times in John’s Gospel. see heaven opened, and the ang...
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO JOHN. T HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John), _which...
_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:45. NATHANAEL = Theodorus. The gift of God (נְתַנְאֵל). Probably this is the disciple mentioned afterward as Bartholomew (Matthew 10:3). How quickly did those e...
EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Acts 1:10; Acts 1:11; Acts 10:11;
FOLLOWING CHRIST John 1:36 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in the study of John the Baptist. Christ said that he was the greatest man born of woman, yet he was not self-centered or proud. Had he been...
Hereafter ye shall see — All of these, as well as thou, who believe on me now in my state of humiliation, shall hereafter see me come in my glory, and all the angels of God with me. This seems the mos...
The heavens were open to Christ, and the angels attended upon him, first at his baptism, Matthew 3:13-17 then at his ascension, Acts 1:9 Whether Christ alludes to the one or the other, or to both,. sh...