John 1:1-5
THE PROLOGUE OF THE GOSPEL. The introduction:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROLOGUE OF THE GOSPEL. The introduction:... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT NOT. In the beginning, when time began, before anything was formed, when God made ready to create heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1, when God first called things into existence. It is necessary that the evangelist use some expression wh... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN.... [ Continue Reading ]
John the Baptist and the Logos:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME CAME FOR A WITNESS, TO BEAR WITNESS OF THE LIGHT, THAT ALL MEN THROUGH HIM MIGHT BELIEVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS NOT THAT LIGHT, BUT WAS SENT TO BEAR WITNESS OF THAT LIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WAS THE TRUE LIGHT, WHICH LIGHTETH EVERY MAN THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD. There was, there came, there arose, there came into being, as the result of a special plan and purpose of God, a man, not differing from other men in any respect but in this material point: he was sent out by God. He was e... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS IN THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD WAS MADE BY HIM, AND THE WORLD KNEW HIM NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
The relation of Jesus to the world:... [ Continue Reading ]
HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH WERE BORN, NOT OF BLOOD, NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH, NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN, BUT OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER,) FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH. At the time when John was bearing witness of Jesus, He was already in the world, He had become a part of the physical world as true man, He was subjec... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN BARE WITNESS OF HIM AND CRIED, SAYING, THIS WAS HE OF WHOM I SPAKE, HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS PREFERRED BEFORE ME; FOR HE WAS BEFORE ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
The closing testimony of the prologue:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OF HIS FULLNESS HAVE ALL WE RECEIVED, AND GRACE FOR GRACE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN HATH SEEN GOD AT ANY TIME; THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON, WHICH IS IN THE BOSOM OF THE FATHER, HE HATH DECLARED HIM. The glory of the Messiah, of the Word Incarnate, had been testified to even by John the Baptist, and the evangelist was not the first one to call attention to this feature. He had cal... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS IS THE RECORD OF JOHN, WHEN THE JEWS SENT PRIESTS AND LEVITES FROM JERUSALEM TO ASK HIM, WHO ART THOU?... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. The embassy of the Jews:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE CONFESSED, AND DENIED NOT; BUT CONFESSED, I AM NOT THE CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ASKED HIM, WHAT THEN? ART THOU ELIAS? AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT. ART THOU THAT PROPHET? AND HE ANSWERED, NO.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, WHO ART THOU? THAT WE MAY GIVE AN ANSWER TO THEM THAT SENT US. WHAT SAYEST THOU OF THYSELF?... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAID, I AM THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD, AS SAID THE PROPHET ESAIAS. The gospel-history begins with the testimony of John the Baptist, since his preaching concerned Him whose herald he was. See Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1; Luke 3:1. The evangelist does no... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES.... [ Continue Reading ]
The question concerning John's baptism:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ASKED HIM AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY BAPTIZEST THOU THEN, IF THOU BE NOT THAT CHRIST, NOR ELIAS, NEITHER THAT PROPHET?... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN ANSWERED THEM, SAYING, I BAPTIZE WITH WATER; BUT THERE STANDETH ONE AMONG YOU WHOM YE KNOW NOT;... [ Continue Reading ]
HE IT IS, WHO, COMING AFTER ME, IS PREFERRED BEFORE ME, WHOSE SHOE'S LATCHET I AM NOT WORTHY TO UNLOOSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN BETHABARA, BEYOND JORDAN, WHERE JOHN WAS BAPTIZING. The sect of the Pharisees was very strict in the observance of all rules and regulations concerning worship and the proprieties of service. The testimony of John relating to his specific work did not interest them, but the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NEXT DAY JOHN SEETH JESUS COMING UNTO HIM AND SAITH, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.... [ Continue Reading ]
John points to the Lamb of God:... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS HE OF WHOM I SAID, AFTER ME COMETH A MAN WHICH IS PREFERRED BEFORE ME; FOR HE WAS BEFORE ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I KNEW HIM NOT; BUT THAT HE SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST TO ISRAEL, THEREFORE AM I COME BAPTIZING WITH WATER.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOHN BARE RECORD, SAYING, I SAW THE SPIRIT DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN LIKE A DOVE, AND IT ABODE UPON HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I KNEW HIM NOT; BUT HE THAT SENT ME TO BAPTIZE WITH WATER, THE 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAW, AND BARE RECORD THAT THIS IS THE SON OF GOD. The very next day after the embassy of the Sanhedrin had been with John, he saw Jesus coming toward him. This incident probably took place after the temptation in the wilderness. John said, in the hearing of his disciples and such other people... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN, THE NEXT DAY AFTER, JOHN STOOD, AND TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST DISCIPLES OF JESUS. Some of John's disciples heed his testimony:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LOOKING UPON JESUS AS HE WALKED, HE SAITH, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE TWO DISCIPLES HEARD HIM SPEAK, AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SAW THEM FOLLOWING, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, WHAT SEEK YE? THEY SAID UNTO HIM, RABBI, (WHICH IS TO SAY, BEING INTERPRETED, MASTER,) WHERE DWELLEST THOU?... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAITH UNTO THEM, COME AND SEE. THEY CAME AND SAW WHERE HE DWELT, AND ABODE WITH HIM THAT DAY; FOR IT WAS ABOUT THE TENTH HOUR. The Evangelist John, as an eyewitness of all these happenings, relates them in chronological order, with an attention to detail which would not have been possible for one... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF THE TWO WHICH HEARD JOHN SPEAK AND FOLLOWED HIM WAS ANDREW, SIMON PETER'S BROTHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
Missionary efforts:... [ Continue Reading ]
HE FIRST FINDETH HIS OWN BROTHER SIMON, AND SAITH UNTO HIM, WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAS, WHICH IS, BEING INTERPRETED, THE CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO' JESUS. AND WHEN JESUS BEHELD HIM. HE SAID, THOU ART SIMON, THE SON OF JONA; THOU SHALT BE CALLED CEPHAS, WHICH IS, BY INTERPRETATION, A STONE. The name of one of the former disciples is given. It was Andrew of Bethsaida, the brother of Peter. The name of the other man is not g... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY FOLLOWING JESUS WOULD GO FORTH INTO GALILEE, AND FINDETH PHILIP, AND SAITH UNTO HIM, FOLLOW ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
Happenings of the fourth day:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW PHILIP WAS OF BETHSAIDA, THE CITY OF ANDREW AND PETER.... [ Continue Reading ]
PHILIP FINDETH NATHANAEL, AND SAITH UNTO HIM, WE HAVE FOUND HIM OF WHOM MOSES IN THE LAW, AND THE PROPHETS, DID WRITE, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE SON OF JOSEPH.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NATHANAEL SAID UNTO HIM, CAN THERE ANY GOOD THING COME OUT OF NAZARETH? PHILIP SAITH UNTO HIM, COME AND SEE. On the fourth day of the events which are here so carefully chronicled, Jesus had planned to begin His journey up to Galilee. But as He was about to leave, He finds, by design and intenti... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING TO HIM, AND SAITH OF HIM, BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE INDEED IN WHOM IS NO GUILE!... [ Continue Reading ]
The winning of Nathanael:... [ Continue Reading ]
NATHANAEL SAITH UNTO HIM. WHENCE KNOWEST THOU ME? JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, BEFORE THAT PHILIP CALLED THEE, WHEN THOU WAST UNDER THE FIG-TREE, I SAW THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
NATHANAEL ANSWERED AND SAITH UNTO HIM, RABBI, THOU ART THE SON OF GOD; THOU ART THE KING OF ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, BECAUSE I SAID UNTO THEE, I SAW THEE UNDER THE FIG-TREE, BELIEVEST THOU? THOU SHALT SEE GREATER THINGS THAN THESE.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 practical demonstration of the truth of Philip's words. As he was approaching, the Lord said to those that w... [ Continue Reading ]