Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 3:34
God giveth not him the Spirit by measure — As he did to the prophets, but immeasurably. Hence he speaketh the words of God in the most perfect manner.
God giveth not him the Spirit by measure — As he did to the prophets, but immeasurably. Hence he speaketh the words of God in the most perfect manner.
JOHN 3:34 to. pneu/ma {B} By some oversight, the scribe of B had originally omitted the words to. pneu/ma, but they were subsequently added in the margin by the same hand. In order to make certain th...
Verse 34. _FOR GOD GIVETH NOT THE SPIRIT BY MEASURE_] He is the most perfect of all teachers, as having received the Holy Spirit as none before him ever did. _Without measure_-not for a particular _t...
WHOM GOD HATH SENT - The Messiah. SPEAKETH THE WORDS OF GOD - The truth, or commands of God. FOR GOD GIVETH NOT THE SPIRIT - The Spirit of God. Though Jesus was God as well as man, yet, as Mediator,...
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...
HE WHOM GOD HATH SENT SPEAKETH THE WORDS OF GOD. So Christ affirmed of himself. It was the Father who spoke in him. He had the fulness of the Spirit. It is the testimony of the whole world, believing...
THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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...
WORDS. Greek. Plural of _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. FOR GOD, &c. Greek."for the Spirit giveth not [the words of God] by measure [unto Him]". GOD. [L]. [Tr.]. WH R., not Syriac, omit "God" here....
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...
_whom God hath sent_ Better, _whom God_ SENT, viz. Christ -who cometh from above," John 3:31. _God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him_ -God" is of doubtful authority; -unto Him" is not in the G...
34. Omit ὁ θεός (GLOSS) AFTER ΔΊΔΩΣΙΝ, with אBC1L against Acts 2D. 34. ΤᾺ ῬΉΜΑΤΑ. S. John uses this word only in the plural (John 5:47; John 6:63; John 6:68;...
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...
ΔΝ (G3739) антецедент опущен; часто это указательное prop., здесь оно должно быть в именительном падеже: "тот, кого..." ΆΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ John 3:17. ΡΉΜΑ (G4487) слово; то, что произн...
HATH SET TO HIS SEAL, &C.— Hath made a most becoming and substantial acknowledgment of the veracity of God, who by his prophets in antient times foretold what the nature of the Messiah's kingdom would...
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...
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. FOR HE WHOM GOD HATH SENT SPEAKETH THE WORDS OF GOD: FOR GOD GIVETH NOT THE SPIRIT BY MEASURE...
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...
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...
FOR GOD (RV 'he') GIVETH] This may either mean 'for Christ giveth not the Spirit by measure (to believers),' or, 'for God giveth not the Spirit by measure (to Christ).'...
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...
FOR HE WHOM GOD HATH SENT. — Better, _he whom God sent._ The acceptance of the witness of things seen and heard is the attestation by the human spirit of the truthfulness of God, for Jesus is as one s...
The reason assigned for the truth and trustworthiness of Christ's words is scarcely the reason we expect: οὐ γὰρ … Πνεῦμα. John has told us that Christ is to be believed because He testifies of what H...
_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...
_Doth not give the Spirit by measure. Christ, even as man, has a plenitude of graces. See chapt. i. ver. 14. And all things, all creatures, both in heaven and earth, are given into his hands, and made...
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...
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...
“ _He that hath received his testimony hath set his seal that God is true;_ 34, _for he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God; for he giveth not the Spirit by measure._ ” There are, nevertheles...
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...
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...
34._For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God. _He confirms the preceding statement, for he shows that we have actually to do with God, when we receive the doctrine of Christ; because Christ...
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...
FOR HE WHOM GOD HATH SENT,.... Still meaning Christ, who was sent in human nature, in the likeness of sinful flesh, in the fulness of time; to be the Saviour of the world, of that which was lost, of t...
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure _unto him_. Ver. 34. _Speaketh the words of God_] This the true believer is convinced of; and therefore s...
_And what he hath seen and heard_ This is spoken in allusion to what was said in the preceding verse, of his being from above, where he enjoyed the most intimate communications of the divine counsels;...
BY MEASURE; John and the apostles received the Holy Spirit only in a certain measure, but Christ without measure....
The value of Christ's testimony:...
FOR HE WHOM GOD HATH SENT SPEAKETH THE WORDS OF GOD; FOR GOD GIVETH NOT THE SPIRIT BY MEASURE UNTO HIM....
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...
HE WHOM GOD HATH SENT out of heaven, out of his bosom, not merely authorizing him as a minister, as the prophets and as John were sent, SPEAKETH nothing but the WORDS OF GOD. The prophets and the apos...
Tertullian On Fasting Emaciation displeases not us; for it is not by weight that God bestows flesh, any more than He does "the Spirit by measure."[122] A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity...
John 3:34 For G1063 whom G3739 God G2316 sent G649 (G5656) speaks G2980 (G5719) words G4487 God...
‘He who comes from above is above all. He that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from Heaven is above all. What he has seen and heard, of that he bears witness,...
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 3:34. FOR HE WHOM GOD SENT SPEAKETH THE WORDS OF GOD. The last verse rests on the thought that the words of Jesus are the words of God. Here it is shown that this is involved in the very proposit...
THE WORDS OF GOD (τα ρηματα του θεου). God sent his Son (John 3:17) and he speaks God's words.BY MEASURE (εκ μετρου). That is God has put no limit to the Spirit's relation to the Son. God has giv...
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...
_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 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...
_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 3:34 See John 1:32. The Father gives Jesus the Spirit WITHOUT MEASURE. All true believers are empowered by the Spirit to some degree, but Jesus had an unlimited anointi
1-36 CHAPTER 3 _There was a man_, &c. Nicodemus means in Greek _the conqueror of the people._ Such was this man; who, overcoming the fear of the people, the Pharisees, and the priests, believed in Ch...
_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 heaven to...
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...
_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...
2 Kings 2:9; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9; Ephesians 3:8; Ephe