John 3 - Introduction

PART II. (C.)
III. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE GLORY OF THE WORD IN HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY (CONTINUED)

1. To Nicodemus.—The revelation of the divine, heavenly, and true nature of the kingdom of God, and the conditions of admission into it (John 3:1); of the foundations of that kingdom (John 3:13); the danger of lack of faith in the One Foundation (John 3:18).

2. In rural Judœa.—

(1) All men flock to the ministry and baptism of Jesus, a circumstance which leads the disciples of John, who was baptising in Ænon, to ask him the meaning and bearing of this fact (John 3:22);

(2) the closing testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus in this Gospel (John 3:27).

First Year of our Lord’s Ministry

1. Chap. John 3:1.—See Chap. 2.

2. Chap. John 3:22.—Summer of A.U.C. 781, A.D. 28.