Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 8:15
Ye judge after the flesh — As the flesh, that is, corrupt nature dictates. I judge no man — Not thus; not now; not at my first coming.
Ye judge after the flesh — As the flesh, that is, corrupt nature dictates. I judge no man — Not thus; not now; not at my first coming.
Verse John 8:15. _YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH_] Because I appear in the form of _man_, judging from this appearance, ye think I am but a _mere_ _man_-pay attention to my _teaching_ and _miracles_, and y...
AFTER THE FLESH - According to appearance; according to your carnal and corrupt mode; not according to the spiritual nature of the doctrines. By your preconceived opinions and prejudices you are deter...
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. ...
JOHN 8. FURTHER CONTROVERSY IN JERUSALEM. John 8:12. The Light of the World; Discourse in the Treasury. If we remove the _Pericope adulterai_ (John 7:53 to John 8:11, clearly a later addition, though...
YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH. They looked upon outward appearances, material forms, and judged, like the world, from. superficial examination. They had not the spiritual discernment that was requisite to...
So Jesus again continued to speak to them. "I am the Light of the World, he said. "He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life." So the Pharisees said to him: "You...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
JUDGE. See App-122 and note on John 5:22. AFTER. according to. Greek. _kata._ App-104. FLESH. See note on John 1:13....
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...
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....
_Ye judge after the flesh_ According to His outward form, the form of a servant: comp. John 7:24. From the context -judge" here acquires an adverse sense, and virtually means -condemn:" comp. John 3:1...
ΚΑΤᾺ Τ. ΣΆΡΚΑ. According to His humanity, the form of a servant: comp. John 7:24; John 6:63. Treating Him as a mere man they had condemned His witness concerning Himself as invalid. Κρίνω acquires an...
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...
Ver 13. The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear record of yourself; your record is not true. 14. Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I kno...
_JESUS IS THE LIGHT FOR THE WORLD -- JOHN 8:12-20:_ Those who live in sin are walking in darkness. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall...
ΚΑΤΆ (G2596) с _асс._ согласно. Указывает на критерий суда: "по плоти" привлекая внимание к несовершенству их решения (Morris)....
THOUGH I BEAR RECORD OF MYSELF,— "Though I call myself _the Light of the world,_ ye are not to imagine that I do it from a spirit of pride and falsehood. I give myself the title for no other reason bu...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD _Text 8:12-20_ 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of lif...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:12-32 The following is a Summary of the passage which is to be before us:— The first division of John 8 forms a most striking and suitable introduction to the...
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH - with no spiritual apprehension; "I judge no man....
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...
'You judge only by outward appearance, and hence cannot discern the Divine in Me.'...
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...
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...
YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH; I JUDGE NO MAN. — The pronouns are placed in emphatic contrast. “You on your part... I for My part.” We must beware of the common mistake of finding the origin of this though...
CHAPTER 18 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of...
_Jesus proclaims Himself the Light of the World_....
THE TWOFOLD WITNESS John 8:12-20 On either side of the Temple court stood a huge golden candelabrum. On the first and each succeeding night of the week of the Feast of Tabernacles these were lit, and...
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...
Ye judge after the flesh; I (c) judge no man. (c) I am presently only teaching you, I condemn no man: but yet if I want to do it, I might lawfully do it, for I am not alone, but my Father is with me....
You judge, and also bear testimony concerning other men, according to the flesh, and according to outward shew and appearances only. I judge no one in this manner. And whatever judgment I pass, or if...
THE LIGHT OF LIFE John 8:12-16. _“Then, Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world; the one following Me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.”_ The subjuncti...
2. JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: 8:12-20. We find in this section: 1. A testimony (John 8:12); 2. An objection (John 8:13); 3. The answer of Jesus (John 8:14-19); 4. An historical notice ...
“ _You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one;_ 16 _and if I judge, my judgment is true_, _because I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me._ ” The objection of the Pharisees, John 8:13...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13) The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Th...
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...
15._You judge according to the flesh. _This may be explained in two ways; either that they_judge according to _the wicked views of _the flesh_, or that they _judge according _to the appearance of the...
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...
YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH,.... According to their carnal affections and prejudices; taking the Messiah to be a temporal prince, and his kingdom to be of this world, they judged that Jesus could not be...
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. Ver. 15. _I judge no man_] viz. after the flesh, as ye do. Christians are diametrically opposite to the world; yea, they have their feet there where other me...
John 8:15. See note on John 5:45. John 10:34-36...
_Ye judge after the flesh_ As the flesh, that is, corrupt nature, dictates. The same carnal prejudices still prevail in the minds of the Jews, and prevent their reception of Christ; they laying it dow...
AFTER THE FLESH; according to outward appearances, under the power of prejudice, with selfish motives and worldly ends. NO MAN; chap John 3:17; John 12:47....
YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH; I JUDGE NO MAN....
JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Christ's statement and the Jews' objection:...
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...
12-16 Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeo...
According to my outward appearance to you, so you judge of me; or, according to your own passions, and corrupt affections. I judge no man in that manner; or, I judge no man alone, as it followeth in t...
John 8:15 You G5210 judge G2919 (G5719) according G2596 flesh G4561 I G1473 judge G2919 (G5719) no...
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...
“But you do not know from where I come and where I am going. You judge after the flesh, I judge no man”.' Thus they should recognise that they were not in a position to judge His testimony for they ju...
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...
John 8:15. YE JUDGE AFTER THE FLESH. They had judged Him by mere outward appearance, and according to their own merely human thoughts and wishes. Having formed for themselves without patient study of...
AFTER THE FLESH (κατα την σαρκα). According to the standards of the flesh (2 Corinthians 5:16). The Baptist had said: "There stands one among you whom ye know not" (John 1:26). The Light of the Worl...
John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees_ These wasps were a...
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...
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...
YOU MAKE JUDGMENTS. They judged by purely human standards. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE. Jesus knows the complete truth about himself. Also, he allows the lives and consciences of men to show just what t...
_Then spake Jesus again unto them_ THE CONNECTION OF CHRIST’S DISCOURSE WITH THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND THE FEAST The feast of tabernacles was over. The water of Siloah was no more poured out by the...
_Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true_ THE SELF-EVIDENCING POWER OF THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS The sun pours forth his beams so that it becomes bright day, and we question not his bei...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 8:15 ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. According to the natural understanding and human standards of this world. “I JUDGE NO ONE.” During his earthly ministry, Jesus was primarily a Savior, no...
1-59 CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives._ On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Pharisees, while they, after their wont, returned home t...
_Ye judge after the flesh._ (1.) Ye judge of Me, not according to truth and equity, but from the carnal hatred ye have against Me; as living according to the flesh is to live ill, so judging according...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 4:3; 1 Samuel 16:7; Amos 5:7; Amo
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study-John 1:1, we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His command all thin...