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John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through Him might believe.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through Him might believe.
Verse John 1:7. _THAT ALL_ MEN _THROUGH HIM MIGHT BELIEVE._] He testified that Jesus was the _true light_-the true _teacher_ of the way to the kingdom of glory, and the _lamb_ or sacrifice of God, wh...
FOR A WITNESS - To give testimony. He came to prepare the minds of the people to receive him Matthew 3; Luke 3; to lead them by repentance to God; and to point out the Messiah to Israel when he came,...
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 PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL MANIFESTATION. The way was prepared for the final revelation by the work of John. The author takes the opportunity of asserting John's true position as against the extrav...
THE SAME CAME FOR. WITNESS TO BEAR WITNESS OF THE LIGHT. John came, not so much as. reformer, as. witness. His work, as declared by Malachi, was to be. messenger to go before the Lord. In all his prea...
When the world had its beginning, the Word was already there; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God. This Word was in the beginning with God. He was the agent through whom all things were ma...
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
There emerged a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness, in order to bear witness to the light, that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; his function was t...
FOR. WITNESS: i.e. with. view to bearing witness; not merely to be. witness. That would be _martur (mart us,_ as in Acts 1:8; Acts 1:22, &c.) This is _marturia. a_ bearing witness. Greek. _eis._ App-1...
_for a witness_ Better, FOR WITNESS, i.e. to bear witness, not to be a witness: what follows shews the meaning. The word -witness" and -to bear witness" are very frequent in S. John's writings, and th...
John 1:1-18. The Prologue or Introduction That the first eighteen verses are introductory is universally admitted: commentators are not so unanimous as to the main divisions of this introduction. A d...
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΩΣΙΝ. Following the uncial MSS., the best editors add ν ἐφελκυστικόν before consonants and vowels alike: πᾶσι and δυσί are occasional exceptions, and perhaps γιγνώσκουσι (John 10:14). Winer, 43...
THE WORD REVEALED TO MEN AND REJECTED BY THEM...
1–18. The Prologue or Introduction in three parts. 1–5: The Word in His own nature. 6–13: His Revelation to men and rejection by them. 14–18: His Revelation of the Father. The three great characterist...
VER 6. THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD, WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN. 7. THE SAME CAME FOR A WITNESS, TO BEAR WITNESS OF THE LIGHT, THAT ALL MEN THROUGH HIM MIGHT BELIEVE. 8. HE WAS NOT THAT LIGHT, BUT WAS SENT...
_THE ETERNAL "WORD" OF GOD IS JESUS-- JOHN 1:1-18:_ Jesus is pictured as "the Word" who was in the beginning with God. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΜΑΡΤΥΡΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) свидетельствовать, быть свидетелем. Обобщ. _aor._ рассматривает разные моменты его свидетельства к...
THE SAME CAME FOR A WITNESS,— _To bear testimony._ The next sentence may be understood as explanatory of that which goes before, _He came for a testimony,_ that is, _to bear testimony concerning_ that...
THE WORD MANIFESTED TO THE JEWSTHEIR REJECTION OF HIM _Text 1:6-11_ 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, t...
EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. 1 THE BIRTH OF CHRIST INTERPRETED John 1:1-18 _Introduction_ I. TELL BIRTH STORY BRIEFLY (Luke 2:1-52). A. John's Prologue gives the definition of Christmas. B. Especiall...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:1-13 In the last chapter we stated, "Each book of the Bible has a prominent and dominant theme which is peculiar to itself. Just as each member in the human bo...
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. THE SAME CAME FOR A WITNESS [ eis (G1519 ) marturian (G3141 ), rather, 'for witness,'] to bear wit...
As God always was, there is no absolute beginning brought before us in the Scriptures. Both here and in Gen.11 the article _ the _ is lacking in the originals, showing that it refers to the commenceme...
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...
PARENTHESIS: THE MISSION OF CHRIST'S FORERUNNER, JOHN THE BAPTIST. Perhaps this section is directed against those followers of the Baptist who maintained that he was the Messiah. The evangelist makes...
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...
FOR A WITNESS. — Stress is laid upon the work of John as “witness.” This was generally the object of his coming. It was specially to “bear witness of the Light.” The purpose of testimony is conviction...
CHAPTER 1 THE INCARNATION. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was no...
CHAPTER 2 RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH. John 1:1. In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by Him,” and “t...
John 1:15 CHAPTER 3 THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY. “There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe throug...
οὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν … δι αὐτοῦ. “The same (or, this man) came for witness,” etc. “John's mission is first set forth under its generic aspect: he came for witness; and then its specific object (ἵ...
_The historic manifestation of the Logos and its results_....
THE LIGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR'S PATH John 1:1-13 The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen God. God spake and...
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...
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] (n) through him might believe. (n) Through John....
_That all men might believe through him; i.e. by John the Baptist's preaching, who was God's instrument to induce them to believe in Jesus the Christ, or the Messias, their only Redeemer. (Witham)_...
TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST John 1:6-51. _“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, that he may testify concerning the Light, in order that all may believe th...
FIRST SECTION: THE LOGOS. 1:1-14. It would be difficult not to recognize in these first verses an allusion to the beginning of Genesis. The first words of the two writings manifestly correspond with e...
PROLOGUE: 1:1-18. EACH evangelist begins his book in a manner appropriate to the aim of his narrative. Matthew proposes to prove the _right_ of Jesus to the Messianic throne. He opens his story with H...
SECOND SECTION: UNBELIEF. 1:5-11. This Logos, light of the world, appears in the world buried in the darkness of sin; He is not recognized and is rejected (John 1:5). And yet God had taken all precaut...
[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments of John 1:18.] VER. 7. “ _This one came as a witness, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him._ ” The p...
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John: (7) The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (8) He was not that Light, but was sent to be...
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...
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...
THE SAME CAME FOR A WITNESS,.... The end of his being sent, and the design of his coming were, TO BEAR WITNESS OF THE LIGHT: by which is meant, not the light of nature, or reason; nor the light of th...
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all _men_ through him might believe. Ver. 7. _The same came for a witness_] This he performed with a witness, _verbis non solum diserti...
_There was a man sent from God_ The introducer of a new dispensation, the morning star, preceding the rise of the Sun of righteousness; _whose name was_ JOHN That is, _grace;_ a name fitly given to th...
THE LIGHT; the Messiah. THROUGH HIM MIGHT BELIEVE; through the testimony of John, might believe in Christ....
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...
6-14 John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkness of men's minds, than that when the Light had appeared, there needed a witness to call attention to i...
THE SAME CAME FOR A WITNESS: John was called a _messenger_ to denote his authority; a _witness, _ to denote his work, which is the work of every true minister of the gospel. John was the first witness...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III These are they against whom the Lord has cautioned us beforehand; and His disciple, in his Epistle already mentioned, commands us to avoid them, when he says: "For...
John 1:7 man G3778 came G2064 (G5627) for G1519 witness G3141 to G2443 witness G3140 (G5661) of...
‘There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness that he might bear witness of the light that all may believe through him.' For the Word did not come unheralded. ‘A m...
THE WORD WAS GOD (JOHN 1:1). John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and later he adds, ‘all things were made by Him' (John 1:3) and...
The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peop...
John 1:7. THE SAME CAME FOR WITNESS, THAT HE MIGHT BEAR WITNESS CONCERNING THE LIGHT, THAT ALL MIGHT BELIEVE THROUGH HIM. The impression produced by the Baptist had been great, but he had come to bear...
The Prologue of the Gospel of John stands in the most intimate connection with the plan and purpose of the Gospel as a whole. It is not to be regarded as a philosophical speculation to which the histo...
FOR WITNESS (εις μαρτυριαν). Old word from μαρτυρεω (from μαρτυς), both more common in John's writings than the rest of the N.T. This the purpose of the Baptist's ministry.THAT HE MIGHT BEAR WITNES...
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_ Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, «having neithe...
May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them as we read them! John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the beginn...
John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God. John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the...
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...
WHO CAME TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE LIGHT. John came to lead a "spiritual renewal." But his chief purpose was to point people to Jesus. See John 1:30....
_The same came for a witness._ A witness is wanted in the period of ignorance and darkness. Such a witness is the moon, which reflects a borrowed portion of light from the sun, and so assures us of hi...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:6 WITNESS. John speaks of the first of several witnesses who bear testimony concerning Jesus (see John 5:31; and chart).
JOHN 1:1 Prologue: The Incarnate Word. John presents Jesus as the eternal, preexistent, and now incarnate Word (vv. John 1:1, John 1:14). Jesus is the one-of-
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...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:1. IN THE BEGINNING, etc.—ἐν�. The בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the vis...
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 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9; 2 Peter 3:26; 2 Peter 5:33; Acts 19:4;...
SEEING CHRIST IN JOHN John 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John. We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth the Deity...
VISIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST John 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious D...
The same came for (that is, in order to give) a testimony — The evangelist, with the most strong and tender affection, interweaves his own testimony with that of John, by noble digressions, wherein he...