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John 8:12-16
Jesus the Light of the World.
Christ's statement and the Jews' objection:
Jesus the Light of the World.
Christ's statement and the Jews' objection:
Verse John 8:12. _THEN SPAKE JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM_] Allowing the story about the woman taken in adultery to be authentic, and to stand here in its proper place, we may consider that our Lord, having...
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - See the notes at John 1:4, John 1:9....
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
JOHN 8. FURTHER CONTROVERSY IN JERUSALEM. John 8:12. The Light of the World; Discourse in the Treasury. If we remove the _Pericope adulterai_ (John 7:53 to John 8:11, clearly a later addition, though...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (JOHN 8:12-30) After this, "seated in the Treasury--either some special building of the temple so-called, or that part of the court of the women which contained thirteen chests...
So Jesus again continued to speak to them. "I am the Light of the World, he said. "He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life." So the Pharisees said to him: "You...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
THEN. Therefore. AGAIN. This section has no necessary connection with Joh 7:62, but refers to. subsequent occasion in "the Treasury" (John 8:20). I AM. See note on John 6:35, LIGHT. Greek. _phos_ (A...
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...
_Then spake Jesus again unto them_ The paragraph John 7:53 to John 8:11 being omitted, these words must be connected with John 7:52. The officers have made their report to the Sanhedrin, leaving Jesus...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
ΠΆΛΙΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. The paragraph John 7:53 to John 8:11 being omitted, these words must be connected with John 7:52. The officers have made their report to the Sanhedrin, leaving Jesus unmolested. After an...
VER 12. THEN SPOKE JESUS AGAIN TO THEM, SAYING, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: HE THAT FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE. ALCUIN. Having absolved the woman from he...
_JESUS IS THE LIGHT FOR THE WORLD -- JOHN 8:12-20:_ Those who live in sin are walking in darkness. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall...
ΑΎΤΟΪ́Σ им. Это может относится к фарисеям и толпам народа в храме (RWP). ΈΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. ΦΏΣ (G5457) свет. По поводу значения этого места и описания иудейской...
DISCOURSE: 1650 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the li...
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD:— In the transaction above related, Jesus appears unspeakably great, having displayed on the occasion a degree of wisdom, knowledge,goodness,andpower,evidentlymorethanhuman...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD _Text 8:12-20_ 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of lif...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:12-32 The following is a Summary of the passage which is to be before us:— The first division of John 8 forms a most striking and suitable introduction to the...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. THEN SPAKE JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM, SAYING, I...
12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD] The idea of the Messiah as 'the Light' was familiar to the Jews (see Luke 1:78; Luke 2:32), and was especially appropriate at the Feast of Tabernacles, during which (or perhaps...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
[(2) JESUS IS TRUTH, LIGHT, AND LOVE (_cont_). (_b_) _Jesus is Light_ (John 8:12 to John 9:41). (_α_) He declares Himself to be the Light, and appeals to the witness of the Father and of Himself ...
CHAPTER 18 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of...
_Jesus proclaims Himself the Light of the World_....
Πάλιν οὖν. “Again therefore Jesus spake to them”; “again” refers us back to John 7:37. Lücke and others suppose that the conversation now reported took place on some day after the feast: but there is...
THE TWOFOLD WITNESS John 8:12-20 On either side of the Temple court stood a huge golden candelabrum. On the first and each succeeding night of the week of the Feast of Tabernacles these were lit, and...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
(4) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (4) The world, which is blind in itself,...
THE LIGHT OF LIFE John 8:12-16. _“Then, Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world; the one following Me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.”_ The subjuncti...
2. JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: 8:12-20. We find in this section: 1. A testimony (John 8:12); 2. An objection (John 8:13); 3. The answer of Jesus (John 8:14-19); 4. An historical notice ...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13) The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Th...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_WALKING IN THE LIGHT_ ‘He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.’ John 8:12 The way to ‘follow’ is to have the eye constantly on the pattern. I will lay do...
_‘THE LIGHT OF LIFE’_ ‘The light of life.’ John 8:12 ‘Light’ and ‘life’ are words which have a strange connection everywhere. Even in the natural world, there must be ‘light’ if there would be ‘life...
_THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD_ ‘I am the Light of the world.’ John 8:12 This is one of the central and salient sayings of our Saviour. It is eminent even amongst the utterances of Him ‘who spake as never...
12._I am the light of the world. _Those who leave out the former narrative, which relates to the adulteress, (213) connect this discourse of Christ with the sermon which he delivered on the last day o...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
THEN SPAKE JESUS AGAIN UNTO THEM,.... Syriac fragment of Bishop Usher's, published by De Dieu, prefaces this verse thus, "when they were gathered together", Jesus said, c. that is, the Scribes and Pha...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Ver. 12. _I am the light of the world_] Αυτοφ...
_Then spake Jesus again_ Addressing himself to his disciples and the multitude; _I am the light of the world_ It was with singular propriety that our Lord spake thus, after the wonderful display which...
LIGHT OF LIFE; that knowledge of God which is life to the soul. Chap John 1:4-9....
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
12-16 Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeo...
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD; this is what John the Baptist had said of Christ before, 1 THESSALONIANS 1:4,5, and what Christ saith of himself afterward, 1 THESSALONIANS 9:5. It was prophesied of him,...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I are illuminated by the dawn of Light.[150] Cyprian Epistle LXII For if we are priests of God and of Christ, I do not know any one whom we ought rather to follo...
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‘Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world, he who follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life”.' Note that this next section commences with th...
CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
John 8:12. AGAIN THEREFORE JESUS SPAKE UNTO THEM, SAYING, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. The last thirteen verses (chap. John 7:49-52) have been occupied with an account of the impression made by our Lo...
AGAIN THEREFORE (παλιν ουν). This language fits in better with John 7:52 than with John 8:11. Just suppose Jesus is in the temple on the following day.UNTO THEM (αυτοις). The Pharisees and crowds...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
John 8:12 The Festival of Epiphany I. There is no figure more common in Scripture, and none more beautiful, than that by which Christ is likened unto light. Incomprehensible in its nature, itself the...
John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees_ These wasps were a...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. See notes on Matthew 5:14; John 1:7-10....
_Then spake Jesus again unto them_ THE CONNECTION OF CHRIST’S DISCOURSE WITH THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND THE FEAST The feast of tabernacles was over. The water of Siloah was no more poured out by the...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD I am the light of the world. John 8:12. I am going to ask you a question. Which do you like best light or darkness? I expect most of you will answer “light.” And do you know t...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 8:12 I AM. See note on 6:35. Jesus is THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (see John 1:4;...
1-59 CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives._ On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Pharisees, while they, after their wont, returned home t...
_Then said Jesus again unto them, I am the Light of the world._ The Gloss connects these words with what had immediately preceded, in this way: "He adds what His Divinity could effect, in order that n...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:1. For the general exposition of this section see Homiletic Notes, pp. 233–235. John 7:2. EARLY IN THE MORNING (ὄρθρου).—St. John’s usual word is πρωῒ (John 20...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
2 Peter 2:17; 2 Peter 2:4; Acts 13:47; Acts 26:23; Hosea 6:3;...
The light of the world [τ ο φ ω ς τ ο υ κ ο σ μ ο υ]. Not lucnov, a lamp, as John the Baptist (v. 35). Light is another of John's characteristic terms and ideas, playing a most important part in his w...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study-John 1:1, we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His command all thin...
He that followeth me shall in nowise walk in darkness — In ignorance, wickedness, misery: but shall have the light of life — He that closely, humbly, steadily follows me, shall have the Divine light c...
Our blessed Saviour having baffled the design which the Pharisees had upon him, and showed. spirit of divine wisdom, in delivering himself from that snare which they had laid for him, he returns to in...