Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light — Inwardly burning with love and zeal, outwardly shining in all holiness. And even ye were willing for a season — A short time only.
He was a burning and a shining light — Inwardly burning with love and zeal, outwardly shining in all holiness. And even ye were willing for a season — A short time only.
Verse 35. _HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT_] Ην ὁ λυχνος ὁ καιομενος και φαινων, should be translated, _He was a burning and a_ _shining LAMP_. He was not το φως του κοσμου, _the light of the_...
HE WAS - It is probable that John had been cast into prison before this. Hence, his public ministry had ceased, and our Saviour says he was such a light. LIGHT - The word in the original properly mean...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_ 2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .) 3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .) 4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
WITNESS. The subject is introduced abruptly, but rises naturally out of the circumstances. The claims made, if less than the author represents them, were such as to raise the question of authority. By...
YE SENT UNTO JOHN AND HE BARE WITNESS. See John 1:19. John had borne positive testimony and the Jews, in great part, believed him to be. prophet of God. Jesus did not receive human testimony, but ref...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
If I bear witness about myself, my witness need not be accepted as true; but it is Another who is bearing witness about me, and I know that the witness which he bears about me is true. You sent your e...
A... LIGHT. the... lamp. Greek. _luchnos._ App-130. A common Rabbinic idiom for. famous man. In contrast with Christ (John 8:12). FOR. Greek. _pros._ App-104. SEASON. Greek. hour, put by Figure of s...
_He was a burning and a shining light_ A grievous mistranslation, ignoring the Greek article twice over, and also the meaning of the words; and thus obscuring the marked difference between the Baptist...
The unbelief of the Jews 31 35. _These claims rest not on My testimony alone, nor on that of John, but on that of the Father_....
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...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
31–35. _These claims rest not on My testimony alone, nor on that of John, but on that of the Father_....
ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. The A.V. is here grievously wrong, ignoring the Greek article twice over, and also the meaning of the words; and thus obscuring the marked difference between the Baptist and the Messia...
THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS...
Ver 31. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32. There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. 33. You sent to John, and he b...
_A WITNESS TO JESUS -- JOHN 5:31-47:_ Jesus called the attention of the Jews to the fact that God the Father was His witness. John was a great witness but the things that the Father had given Him to d...
ΛΎΧΝΟΣ (G3088) светильник (Matthew 5:15). Гипокатастасис относится к Иоанну Крестителю. Здесь сочетаются темы свидетельства и света. Он был не светом, а светальником, это значит, что свет его исходил...
DISCOURSE: 1629 JOHN BAPTIST’S CHARACTER John 5:35. _He was a burning and a shining light_. IT might well be expected that the advent of the Messiah should be marked by such concurrent circumstances,...
HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT:— This is the character given of Elias, Sir 48:1 and is properly applied by our Lord to John, who _came in the spirit and power of Elias,_ being both a _shining li...
JOHN THE BAPTIST'S WITNESS _Text 5:33-35_ 33 Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. 34 But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 5:31-47 We begin with our usual Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true" (John 5:31). Every comm...
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT, [ ho (G3588) luchnos (G3088) ho (G3588) kaiomenos...
31 The usual rendering, "If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true", _ is not true_! The Lord Himself insisted, on another occasion, that His testimony concerning Himself _ was _ true. "And i...
5:35 shining (d-6) Lit. 'appearing,' as ch. 1.5; 1 John 2:8 ....
BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly effe...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish *festival. V2 There was a p...
HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT. — Better, _He was the lamp that is lighted and_ (then) _giveth light._ The statement of the Prologue, “He was not the Light, but came to bear witness of the Light...
CHAPTER 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these things o...
ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ λύχνος ὁ καιόμενος καὶ φαίνων, “He was (suggesting that now the Baptist was dead) the lamp that burneth and shineth”. ὁ λύχνος; for the difference between λύχνος a lamp and λαμπάς a torch...
JESUS' WORKS HIS SUFFICIENT WITNESS John 5:30-38 The one desire and purpose of our Lord was to do God's will. We cannot penetrate the mystery of His ineffable being, but clearly, so far as His human...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for (q) a season to rejoice in his light. (q) A little while....
CHAPTER 13 THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
“ _Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth._ 34. _But the witness which I receive, is not from man; and what I say unto you here, is to the end that ye may be saved._ 35. _He...
FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA. 1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John 5:17-47....
II. THE TESTIMONY OF THE FATHER, IN SUPPORT OF THAT WHICH THE SON RENDERS TO HIMSELF: JOHN 5:31-40. Jesus had just ascribed to Himself marvelous works. Such declarations might provoke an objection amo...
II. THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS: JOHN 5:17-47. In this discourse which is designed to vindicate the act which He has just performed, the three following thoughts are developed: 1. Jesus justifies His work...
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath...
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...
35._He was a burning and shining lamp. _When he calls John _a burning lamp, _this proves their ingratitude; for it follows that they are only blind, because they choose to be so, since God kindled a _...
chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT,.... He was not that light, the famous light, the Messiah, the sun of righteousness; yet he was the "phosphorus", the forerunner of that light, and was himself a v...
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. Ver. 35. _He was a burning, &c._] Burning in himself, and shining to others; or as it was said of Basil...
_If I bear witness of myself my witness is not true_ Heylin and Wesley read, _is not valid;_ Doddridge, _is not_ [_ to be admitted as_] _true;_ and Campbell, _is not to be regarded;_ observing, “In ev...
HE WAS A BURNING AND A SHINING LIGHT, AND YE WERE WILLING FOR A SEASON TO REJOICE IN HIS LIGHT. The Jews might have raised the objection at this point that Jesus was speaking and testifying of Himself...
THE WITNESS OF JOHN, OF THE FATHER, AND OF SCRIPTURES. A reference to John:...
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of Jeh...
30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witnes...
OLBGrk; I do not speak this to lessen John in any of your thoughts; he was a famous light, burning in the knowledge and love of the truth; shining both in his doctrine, in publishing the truth, and al...
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus For he did not burden his father, when the voice issued forth from silence; but as when not believed it rendered him tongue-tied, so did the voice soundin...
John 5:35 He G1565 was G2258 (G5713) burning G2545 (G5746) and G2532 shining G5316 (G5723) lamp...
WITNESSES TO THE GENUINENESS OF HIS AUTHORITY (JOHN 5:31). Jesus now goes on to describe the witnesses which support Him: · He is the One to Whom the Father has borne witness (John 5:37) · His very...
“You have sent to John and he has born witness to the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you might be saved. He was a kindled and a shining lamp, an...
The performance of the miracle of healing on the sabbath had roused the active opposition of the Jews to Jesus, and that again had led to the great declaration contained in John 5:17, in which Jesus a...
John 5:35. HE WAS THE LAMP THAT BURNETH AND SHINETH. John's great work had been to bear witness of Jesus, to point to Him. By a sudden transition this is expressed very beautifully in a figure. As the...
HE (εκεινος). "That one" (John of John 5:33). Common demonstrative (that one) in John to point out the subject. Used in John 1:8 of the Baptist as here. John was now in prison and so Christ uses ην...
John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,_ If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent his S...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
JOHN WAS LIKE A LAMP. John the Baptist led a great spiritual renewal among the Jewish people, But like children, they listened for a while, but had not taken him seriously....
_If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true._ There is another that beareth witness of Me THE WITNESSES OF THE SON I. A GREAT WITNESS, His forerunner. The Baptist as a witness for Christ wa...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:35 Jesus’ description of John the Baptist as a BURNING AND SHINING LAMP echoes Psalms 132:17. The past tense may mean that John is now dead or at least in p
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:31 Jesus speaks of several witnesses who bear testimony concerning him (see chart). ⇐...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:1 Chapters John 5:1 tell of escalating conflict between Jesus and the Jewish authorities. As Jesus defends his ministry, he cites several major witnesses on his behalf....
1-47 CHAPTER 5 _After these things,_ &c. Observe, John here omits many things which Christ did in Galilee, but which Matthew records from the 4th to the 12th chapter of his Gospel. For what Matthew...
_He was a burning and shining lamp._ Greek, _ό λύχνος_, _the illustrious and famous lamb._ John was not the light itself, shining of itself (for this was what Christ Himself was), but he was the lamp...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 5:19. THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF.—This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17. He is still speaking of the eternal relation in which He s...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND JERUSALEM, TO THE
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of John. John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
2 Peter 1:19; Ezekiel 33:31; Galatians 4:15; Galatians 4:16; John 1:7;
A burning and shining light [ο λ υ χ ν ο ς ο κ α ι ο μ ε ν ο ς κ α ι φ α ι ν ω ν]. Rev., correctly, the lamp that burneth and shineth. Lucnov, lamp, as contrasted with the light [φ ω ς]. See John 1:5;...
SON OF GOD AND GOD THE SON John 5:31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The greatest of all questions is the one suggested in the twenty-second chapter of Matthew: "What think ye of Christ? whose Son is He?" On a p...
Observe here, John's character, and the people's carriage. 1. John's character; he was. LIGHT,. BURNING AND. SHINING LIGHT: he had in him. light of knowledge, to enlighten, direct, and comfort others...