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Verse 50. _I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY_] Another proof that I am not
influenced by any spirit but that which proceeds from God. But there
is _one that seeketh_-i.e. my glory-_and judgeth_-will punish yo...
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MINE OWN GLORY - My own praise or honor. In all his teaching this was
true. He did not seek to exalt or to vindicate himself. He was willing
to lie under reproach and to be despised. He regarded littl...
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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. ...
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CONTROVERSY WITH THE JEWS WHO BELIEVED. Many are convinced by this
appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus
tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish party...
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SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY.
He cared little therefore for their abuse, and sought not to defend
himself. The "one that seeketh and judgeth" would take care of his
reputation. God's children may disregar...
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"Who of you can convict me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you
not believe in me? He who is from God hears God's words. That is why
you do not hear, because you are not from God." The Jews answer...
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WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
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GLORY. See note on John 1:14....
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_And I seek not mine own glory_ Better, BUT _I seek not My glory_. -It
is not because I seek glory for Myself that I speak of your
dishonouring Me: My Father seeks that for Me and pronounces judgment...
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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....
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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...
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ἘΓῺ ΔῈ ΟΥ̓ Ζ. BUT IT IS NOT I WHO SEEK. ‘It is not
because I seek glory for Myself that I speak of your dishonouring Me:
the Father seeks that for Me and pronounces judgment on you.’ Comp.
John 8:54 a...
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13–59. A comparison of the discourses in Chapter s 5–8 shews how
the conflict increases in intensity. In 5 and 6. Christ proceeds
almost without interruption, and the Jews demur rather than
contradict...
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VER 48. THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS, AND SAID TO HIM, SAY WE NOT WELL THAT
YOU ARE A SAMARITAN, AND HAVE A DEVIL? 49. JESUS ANSWERED, I HAVE NOT
A DEVIL; BUT I HONOR MY FATHER, AND YOU DO DISHONOR ME. 50....
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_JESUS AND ABRAHAM -- JOHN 8:39-59:_ Jesus said these people wanted to
kill Him for telling them the truth that God had given Him. The Jews
claimed God as their father but they refused to obey Him. If...
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Part, в роли _subst._
ΚΑΊ (G2532) и, также,
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судить....
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CHRIST DEFAMED
_Text 8:48-59_
48
The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a
Samaritan, and hast a demon?
49
Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, an...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 8:33-59
The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the
portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the
Light reveal...
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And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
AND (OR, 'BUT') I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY: THERE IS ONE THAT SEEKETH
AND JUDGETH. There should be a supplement here: 'There is...
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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...
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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...
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AND (RV 'but') I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY: THERE IS ONE (i.e. God) THAT
SEEKETH it for Me, AND JUDGETH those who withhold it from Me, and so
dishonour Me....
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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...
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AND I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY. — The words are immediately connected
with those which have preceded. They dishonoured Him. This to one who
sought His own glory would have been matter of concern. For H...
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CHAPTER 19
JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM.
“He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me,
and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews
therefore said, Will He...
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_Discussion between Jesus and the Jews regarding their paternity_....
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THE ETERNAL CHRIST
John 8:48-59
It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as
the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of
its sting; He has destroyed Him...
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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...
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And I seek not mine own glory: there is one (q) that seeketh and
judgeth.
(q) That is, that will avenge both your despising of me and of him....
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SIMPLICITY AND CANDOR OF JESUS
John 8:48-52. _“The Jews responded, and said to Him, Do we not truly
say that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?”_ The Jews hated
the Samaritans so inveterately tha...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
Vv. 30-50.
1. Whether the words of Jesus contained in these verses were spoken on
the same day as those which precede (Meyer) or on the following day
(Godet)...
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4. “I AND YOU”: 8:30-59.
Jesus, in His second discourse (John 8:12-20) attributed to Himself
two modes of teaching: _testimony_, by which He reveals His origin,
His mission, His work, and _judgment_,...
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“ _The Jews therefore answered and said to him, Say we not rightly
that thou art a Samaritan and art possessed by a demon?_ 49. _Jesus
answered: I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father, a...
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Why do ye not understand my speech; even because ye cannot hear my
word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode...
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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...
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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...
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I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY,.... In his doctrine, or in his miracles;
which showed that he was no impostor, but a true, faithful, and
upright person; and though he was so very much reproached and abused...
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And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
Ver. 50. _There is one that seeketh and judgeth_] The less a man
strives for himself, the more is God his champion; those that ho...
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_Then answered the Jews, Say we not well_ Have we not just cause to
say; _Thou art a Samaritan_ An enemy to our church and nation; _and
hast a devil?_ Art possessed by a proud and lying spirit? The Je...
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ONE THAT SEEKETH AND JUDGETH; the Father would honor him, and condemn
them....
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The Jews take refuge in abuse:...
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AND I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY; THERE IS ONE THAT SEEKETH AND JUDGETH....
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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...
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48-53 Observe Christ's disregard of the applause of men. those who
are dead to the praises of men can bear their contempt. God will seek
the honour of all who do not seek their own. In these verses w...
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John 8:50 And G1161 I G1473 not G3756 seek G2212 (G5719) My G3450
glory G1391 is G2076 (G
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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...
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THE CHALLENGE COMES TO ITS CLIMAX BY JESUS REVEALING THAT HE IS THE
‘I AM' (JOHN 8:48).
In this final section Jesus deals with their insults by facing them up
with the issues of life and death, and t...
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‘Jesus answered, ‘I am not demon-possessed, but I honour my Father
and you dishonour me. Yet I do not seek my own glory, for there is one
who seeks it, and he is the judge'.
Jesus denied their charge....
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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...
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John 8:50. BUT I SEEK NOT MY GLORY: THERE IS ONE THAT SEEKETH AND
JUDGETH. He will not protest against the dishonour they offer Him: His
cause is in the Father's hand. That glory which He seeks not fo...
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BUT I SEEK NOT MINE OWN GLORY
(εγω δε ου ζητω την δοξαν μου). As they did not
seek the glory of God (John 5:44; John 8:4).AND JUDGETH
(κα κρινων). The Father judges between you and me, though the...
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We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record
attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see,
from the sermon, why we read them. (See Luke 4:16)
John 8:37....
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John 8:31. _Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye
continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;_
For there were many, in Christ's day, coming to him for a while, and
then...
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Christ thus spake to his adversaries.
John 8:29. _And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left
me alone: for I do always those things that please him._
Brethren, what Christ could say, I...
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John 8:28. _Then said Jesus unto them;_
That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,-
John 8:28. _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know
that I am he, and that I do...
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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...
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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...
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I AM NOT SEEKING HONOR FOR MYSELF. He was not sent to honor himself,
but to do what God wanted him to do. He does not need to defend
himself (John 5:32)....
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_Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him._
A GLORIOUS LIBERATOR
I. FREEDOM PROFFERED.
1. Sin makes bondage (John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13;...
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_Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil_
THE ANTI-DIABOLISM OF CHRIST
I. CHRIST HONOURS THE FATHER; THE DEVIL DOES NOT (John 8:49).
1. How does Christ honour the Father?
(1) By...
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VER. 37.. _know_, &c. By nature ye are Abraham's children, but in your
deeds ye are degenerate. Your descent from Abraham will not therefore
profit you. It will increase your damnation, for he will sa...
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_I seek not,_ &c. It is God the Father who will most sharply punish
those who seek not My glory, but in every way dishonour and discredit
Me. S. Chrysostom.
It may be said, "This is contrary to what C...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31).
John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to
let the Father witness of Him, still...
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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...
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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...
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John 12:47; John 12:48; John 5:20; John 5:41; John 5:45;...
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There is one that seeketh. That seeks my honor and judges between me
and my opposers....
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I seek not my own glory — That is, as I am the Messiah, I consult
not my own glory. I need not. For my Father consulteth it, and will
pass sentence on you accordingly....