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John 3:35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand.
Verse John 3:35. _ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND._] Matthew 11:27. A principal design of John is, to show that Christ was infinitely above every teacher, prophet, and Divine messenger that had ever yet app...
LOVETH THE SON - Loves him eminently, above all the prophets and all the other messengers of God. HATH GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND - See the notes at Matthew 28:18....
II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED: What it is and What it Includes Chapter 2:23-17 The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
THE LAST APPEARANCE OF THE BAPTIST. Convinced that the nation is not ripe for Messianic teaching, Jesus falls back on preparatory work similar to that of John, who was continuing his work at Æ non nea...
THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON. Therefore he had the Spirit without measure, and in him dwelt the "fulness of the Godhead....
He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. It is to what he has seen and heard that he bears wit...
THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
THE FATHER. See note on John 1:14, INTO. Greek _en._ App-104....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
A question is raised with regard to this section similar to that raised about John 3:16. Some regard what follows not as a continuation of the Baptist's speech, but as the Evangelist's comment upon it...
_loveth the Son_ Comp. John 5:20. This is the reason for His giving all things into His hand. Christ is thus made -Head over all things" (Ephesians 1:22), and -Lord of all" (Acts 10:36)....
ἈΓΑΠΑ͂Ι. See on John 3:16 and comp. John 5:10. The words seem to be an echo of the voice from heaven which John had so lately heard; οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ�. The love explains the giving all into Hi...
31–36. A question is raised with regard to this section similar to that raised about John 3:16-21. Some regard what follows not as a continuation of the Baptist’s speech, but as the Evangelist’s comme...
THE BAPTISM AND FINAL TESTIMONY OF JOHN...
VER 32. - AND NO MAN RECEIVES HIS TESTIMONY. 33. HE THAT HAS RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY HAS SET TO HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE. 34. FOR HE WHOM GOD HAS SENT SPEAKS THE WORDS OF GOD: FOR GOD GIVES NOT THE SP...
_OBEY THE SON AND HAVE LIFE -- JOHN 3:32-36:_ John heralded the truth of Jesus' deity. He declared that Jesus came from above is above all. John said of himself that he was just an earthly man from th...
ΆΓΑΠΦ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΑΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. _Praes._ описывает, как складываются отношения между Отцом и Сыном, ΔΈΔΩΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, доверять, вручать во власть ко...
THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON,— The affection which the Father bears to his only-begotten Son, is altogether different from the regard which he shewed to his other messengers. They were _servants,_ and we...
JOHN'S WITNESS CONCERNING CHRIST _Text 3:31-36_ 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 3:22-36 We give first a brief Analysis of the passage which is to occupy our attention. Here we see: "After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the l...
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, [ agapa (G25), not filei (G5368) - diligit, not amai]. The word denotes the love of character, as dist...
25 Ceremonial cleansing is the true definition of baptism, Before this, baptisms were a common feature of the Jewish ceremonial system, but were usually connected with the temple and the laver and wer...
3:35 loves (c-3) _ Agapao_ , as chs. 10.17; 13.1,23; 14.21,23; 15.9; 17.23,24,26. see ch. 5.20 and Note at ch. 21.15....
THE NEW BIRTH. JOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS 1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had made an impression, n...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS 3:1-21 V1-2 A *Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to speak to Jesus. Nicodemus was a *Pharis...
THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON. — Comp. Note on Matthew 11:27, which is remarkable as an instance of what we call distinctly Johannine thought and diction in the earlier Gospels. We shall meet the words ag...
ὁ πατὴρ … αὐτοῦ. These absolute expressions, “the Father,” “the Son,” are more naturally referred to the evangelist than to the Baptist. This absolute use of “the Son” as a designation of Christ certa...
_The ministry of Jesus in Judaea after He left Jerusalem_. This falls into three parts: (1) a brief account of the movements and success of Jesus and the Baptist which provoked a comparison between th...
A WITNESS TO BE TRUSTED John 3:31-36 Let us all seek to live more habitually in heaven, that is, in contact with the spiritual world. To do our best work in the world it is not necessary to be great...
Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because h...
The Father loveth the Son, and hath (b) given all things into his hand. (b) Committed them to his power and will....
_The Father loveth the Son. The Father loveth John, loveth Paul, yet he hat not given all things into their hands. The Father loveth the Son, not as a lord does his servants, not as an adopted Son, bu...
TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST John 3:22-36. _“And they came to John, and said to him, Master, He who is with thee beyond Jordan, and to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and al...
III. JESUS IN THE COUNTRY OF JUDEA: 3:22-36. The previous testimonies of John the Baptist were appeals to faith. That which is to follow assumes the character of a threatening protest against the gen...
2. JOHN 3:27-36. John does not solve the difficulty raised by the Jew or the Jews. He goes directly to the foundation of things. After having characterized the relation between the two personages of w...
VV. 31-36. “HE.” The bridegroom, He must increase, while the friend decreases, for He is superior to him, first, through His origin (John 3:31), then, through the perfection of His teaching (John 3:32...
VER. 35. “ _The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into his hand._ ” The _asyndeton_ between this verse and the preceding may be rendered by this emphatic form: “Because also the Father l...
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. (23) And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salem; because there was much wa...
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...
35._The Father loveth the Son. _But what is the meaning of this reason? Does he regard all others with hatred? The answer is easy, that he does not speak of the common love with which God regards men...
But there was a man (chapter 3) and that a Pharisee who was not satisfied with this inoperative conviction. His conscience was reached. Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense of...
THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON,.... There is such a relation as that of Father and Son subsisting between the first and second persons in the Trinity; which is not by constitution and appointment: or arbit...
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. Ver. 35. _The Father loveth the Son_] Therefore faith may have firm footing. God hath laid help upon one that is mighty, Psalms 89:...
_The Father loveth the Son_ Incomparably, beyond the most faithful of his servants, and with an affection very different from the regard which he hath manifested, does, or ever will manifest to any of...
HATH GIVEN ALL THINGS; pertaining to the salvation of men. INTO HIS HAND; as Mediator, that he might give eternal life to all who should believe in him. Compare chap John 17:2. As all things pertaini...
NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH (vs.1-21) Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the Lord by night, evident...
22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and...
The eternal Father loved the world, 1 THESSALONIANS 3:16, but he loved the Son with a more singular and peculiar love; so that all things were by the Father delivered to him, MATTHEW 11:27, _all power...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book II even then, (that state of a) man which He was destined in the end to become.[371] Tertullian Against Praxeas But you must not suppose that only the works which re...
John 3:35 Father G3962 loves G25 (G5719) Son G5207 and G2532 given G1325 (G5758) things G3956 into...
‘The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.' Jesus receives the Spirit without measure because He is ‘the Son' and ‘the Father loves the Son and has given all things into His han...
JOHN THE BAPTISER DECREASES (JOHN 3:22). At this stage Jesus began His ministry alongside that of John the Baptist in a supporting role. It was not His intention at this stage to supersede him. Indeed...
John 3:35. THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON. There is a continual heightening of the thought and expression. We read of Him ‘that cometh from above,' Him ‘that cometh out of heaven,' Him ‘whom God sent,' ‘th...
HATH GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND (παντα δεδωκεν εν τη χειρ αυτου). John makes the same statement about Jesus in John 13:3 (using εις τας χειρας instead of εν τη χειρ). Jesus makes the same claim...
John 3:13. _And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven._ We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came dow...
John 3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea, and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was m...
CONTENTS: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the Baptist. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist, Moses, John's disciples. CONCLUSION: Since the natural...
John 3:1. _Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews._ This rabbi is named by John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Chris...
_He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God_ THE MEDIATOR I. CHRIST’S EXCELLENCY IN HIS PROPHETICAL OFFICE (John 3:34). 1. He is the sent of God. His mission is the measure of Divine love to th...
_After these things came Jesus and His disciples unto the land of Judaea (see also on _John 3:30_ for the whole paragraph)_ JESUS AND JOHN AND THEIR DISCIPLES I. A HUMBLING EXAMPLE OF THE PETTY JEAL...
_He that cometh from above is above all._ CHRIST “ABOVE ALL” AS A TEACHER I. IN THE SUBLIMITY OF HIS ORIGIN (John 3:1). All others, from Enoch to Malachi were “of the earth.” II. IN THE CHARACTER O...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:35 THE FATHER... HAS GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HAND indicates the supreme authority of the Father within the Trinity. He gives authority over the whole created universe to the Son...
VER. 34. _For whom God hath sent_, &c. He proves what he has said, that he who believes in Jesus Christ signs and testifies by the seal of his faith that God is true, because Jesus whom God sent from...
_The Father loveth_, &c. As God the Father loveth the Son without measure, so He giveth all things into His hand, that is, at His disposal and power without measure. _All things_, both corporeal and s...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 3:23. ÆNON NEAR TO SALIM (Αἰνών, from עַין, Arab. عين, a spring).—_Salim_ was long supposed to have been situated about eight miles from Beth-Shean, _i.e._ in the...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated, hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an unfriend...
Have we got a message for you tonight from the Word of God! John chapter 3 and 4, oh my, how rich! How blessed! There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews (John 3:1). We k...
1 Corinthians 15:27; 1 Peter 3:22; Ephesians 1:22; Genesis 41:44;...
The Father loved the Son from eternity, as he was his Son by eternal generation; and he loved by his Mediator by special constitution; he loves him as the brightness if his own glory, and the express...