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JOHN 1:28 evn Bhqani,a| evge,neto {C}
The earliest and most widely attested reading is Bhqani,a|. Origen,
who in his travels was unable to locate a Bethany by the Jordan,
adopted the reading Bhqabara...
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Verse 28. _THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN BETHABARA_] It is very probable
that the word _Bethany_ should be inserted here, instead of
_Bethabara_. This reading, in the judgment of the best critics, is the...
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IN BETHABARA - Almost all the ancient manuscripts and versions,
instead of “Bethabara” here, have “Bethany,” and this is
doubtless the true reading. There was a Bethany about 2 miles east of
Jerusalem...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word;
His Glory and His Manifestation
-- Chapter 1:1-2:22
CHAPTER 1
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1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
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THE BAPTISTS WITNESS TO HIMSELF. The baptism of Jesus has apparently
taken place. John points to Him as the greater one of whom he had
spoken. His own work of baptism, which has not been described but...
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THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN BETHABARA, BEYOND JORDAN, WHERE JOHN WAS
BAPTIZING.
The Revision substitutes Bethany for Bethabara. Both terms are found
in the manuscripts, but Bethany has the better author...
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This is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites to
him from Jerusalem to ask him: "Who are you?" He quite definitely
affirmed and stated: "I am not the Messiah." So they asked him:...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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BETHABARA. All the texts read _Bethania_ (with the Syriac) Identified
by Conder and Wilson with _Makht-Ababarah,_ near Jericho. Not uncommon
then or now for two or more places to have the same name. S...
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_Bethabara_ The true reading is BETHANY, which was changed to
_Bethabara_owing to the powerful influence of Origen, who could find
no Bethany beyond Jordan known in his day. But in 200 years the very...
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The Testimony of the Baptist
19 28. His Testimony to the Deputation from Jerusalem
This section describes a crisis in the Baptist's ministry. He had
already attracted the attention of the Sanhedrin....
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THE TESTIMONY TO THE DEPUTATION FROM JERUSALEM
19–28. This section describes a crisis in the ministry of the
Baptist. He had already attracted the attention of the Sanhedrin. It
was a time of exciteme...
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19–37. _The Testimony of the Baptist_, (α) to the deputation from
Jerusalem, (β) to the people, (γ) to Andrew and John, John 1:31-51.
_The Testimony of the Disciples:_ John 2:1-11 _The Testimony of th...
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ΒΗΘΑΝΊΑΙ, with א1ABC1, for Βηθαβαρᾷ of T. R.,
supported (in spite of Origen’s defence of it) by only a small
minority.
28. ΒΗΘΑΝΊΑΙ. This, which is the true reading, was altered to
Βηθαβαρᾷ owing to t...
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VER 24. AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES. 25. AND THEY
ASKED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, WHY BAPTIZE YOU THEN, IF YOU BE NOT THAT
CHRIST, NOR ELIAS, NEITHER THAT PROPHET? 26. JOHN ANSWERED THE...
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_THE ETERNAL WORD WAS LIFTED UP BY JOHN -- (JOHN 1:19-34)_ John was a
witness who lifted up God's Eternal Word. (John 1:19-28) John the
Baptist was "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make str...
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ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ John 1:3.
ΒΗΘΑΝΊΣΙ _dat. sing._ Вифания за Иорданом.
Настоящее расположение неизвестно;
возможно, это было маленькое
поселение близ Иерихона (ABD, 1:703-705), или...
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JOHN ANSWERED THEM, SAYING, &C.— _"I baptize,_ to shew you the
nature and necessity of repentance; but it is _with water_ only, which
cannot cleanse you from your sins, as the washing predicted by
Zec...
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JOHN'S ANSWER
_Text 1:23-28_
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He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight
the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
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And they had been sent from the Pharisee...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:19-34
Following our usual custom, we begin by submitting an Analysis of the
passage which is to be before us. In it we have:—
1. The Jews’ inquiry of John, a...
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was
baptizing.
THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN BETHABARA, [ beeyt (H1004) `ªbaaraah
(H5679)] - 'ferry-house' or 'crossing-place.' But the tru...
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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...
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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...
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PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF THE BAPTIST TO JESUS IN REPLY TO A DEPUTATION FROM
THE SANHEDRIN. The independence and fulness of the account of the
Baptist in this Gospel renders it highly probable that the evan...
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BETHABARA] lit, 'house of passing over,' RV 'Bethany,' RM
'Bethabarah,' or 'Betharabah'; probably the same as the Bethbarah of
Judges 7:24. A ford on the Jordan, NE. of Bethshean, is still called
'Aba...
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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...
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BETHABARA BEYOND JORDAN should be, _Bethany beyond Jordan._ Origen
found “Bethany” in “almost all the copies,” but not being able
to find the place, he came to the conclusion that it must be Bethabara...
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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...
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_The witness of John and its result_....
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The witness of John to the deputation from Jerusalem, entitled
αὕτη ἐστὶν … Λευείτας. The witness or testimony
of John is placed first, not only because it was that which influenced
the evangelist him...
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ταῦτα ἐν Βηθανίᾳ … βαπτίζων. The place is
mentioned on account of the importance of the testimony thus borne to
Jesus, and because the evangelist himself in all probability was
present and it was natu...
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THE VOICE OF PROMISE
John 1:14-28
Note that the Revised Version changes the words was _made_ to
_became,_ John 1:14. Evidently Jesus had existed before this becoming;
and evidently there was a proces...
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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...
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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...
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I. FIRST TESTIMONY: JOHN 1:19-28.
In unfolding in the Prologue the contents of faith, the apostle had
adduced two testimonies of John the Baptist (John 1:6-8 and John
1:15); the second contains, as _B...
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VER. 28. “ _These things were done at Bethany_, _beyond the Jordon_,
_where John was baptizing._ ”
The notice of John 1:28 is certainly not suggested to John by a
geographical interest; it is inspired...
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FIRST SECTION: 1:19-37. THE TESTIMONIES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.
These testimonies are three in number and were given on three
successive days (see John 1:29; John 1:35, “ _the next day_).”
These three da...
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II. SECOND TESTIMONY: VV. 29-34.
How can we comprehend the fact that the deputies of the Sanhedrim left
John without asking him who the person was of whom he intended to
speak? Either they did not car...
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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. (16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace...
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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...
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28._These things were done in Bethabara_. The place is mentioned, not
only to authenticate the narrative, but also to inform us that this
answer was given amidst a numerous assembly of people; for the...
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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...
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THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN BETHABARA,.... That is, this testimony was
bore by John; and this discourse passed between him and the Pharisees,
at the place here mentioned; which was a passage over Jordan...
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was
baptizing.
Ver. 28. _In Bethabara_] That is, by interpretation, the place of
passage, or _traiectum, _ where Israel passed over Jorda...
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_They which were sent were of the Pharisees_ Who were peculiarly
tenacious of old customs, and jealous of any innovations, (except
those brought in by their own scribes,) unless the innovator had
unqu...
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BEYOND JORDAN; on the east side....
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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 propri...
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The question concerning John's baptism:...
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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...
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19-28 John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and
waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not
the person of Elias. John was not that Prophet whom Moses sa...
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OLBGrk;
The evangelist had before told us what was done, these words tell us
where. Some ancient writers will have the place to have been Bethany;
but they seem not to have so well considered 1 THESSA...
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Origen Commentary on John Book VI "These things were done in
Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing."[115]...
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John 1:28 things G5023 done G1096 (G5633) in G1722 Bethabara G962
beyond G4008 Jordan G2446 where G3699 John...
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John 1:28. THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN BETHANY BEYOND JORDAN. There can
be no doubt that Bethabara is not the true reading in this verse.
Origen, writing in the third century, states that he found _Beth...
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We enter here upon the second great division of the Gospel, extending
from John 1:19 to John 2:11, and containing the presentation of Jesus,
as He takes His place in the field of human history and, al...
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IN BETHANY BEYOND JORDAN
(εν Βηθανια περαν του Ιορδανου). Undoubtedly
the correct text, not "in Bethabara" as Origen suggested instead of
"in Bethany" of all the known Greek manuscripts under the m...
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John 1:19
The Ministry of John the Baptist.
From the ministry of John the Baptist we may learn
I. That when Jesus is about to visit a community in His saving power,
His coming is generally preceded...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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John 1:15. _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._
He was not before John in the order of hum...
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John 1:19. And this in 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. And they...
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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,...
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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...
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ALL THIS HAPPENED IN BETHANY. On the east bank of the Jordan River....
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_The record of John_
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I._
AN INSTRUCTIVE EXAMPLE OF TRUE HUMILITY.
1. John was an eminent saint of God (Matthew 11:11; John 5:35),yet we
see him lowly and self-abased.
(1) He refuses the honour w...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:28 JOHN WAS BAPTIZING. Compare Luke 3:3.
John’s baptism was an outward sign reflecting inward repentance (see...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:19 Signs of the Messiah, with Teaching about
Life in Him. The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’
demonstration of his messianic identity through several selected
“signs” ...
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ACCORDING TO JOHN.
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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...
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_ 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...
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PART II. (A.)
Chapter S John 1:19 to John 4:54
I. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE WORD AS LIGHT AMONG THOSE PREPARED TO
RECEIVE HIM (John 1:19)
1. The testimony of John the Baptist:
(1) he is not the Chri...
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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...
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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,...
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John 10:40; John 12:5; John 3:23; Judges 7:24...
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Where John was baptizing — That is, used to baptize....