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Verse John 1:12. _GAVE HE POWER_] εξουσιαν, _Privilege,
honour, dignity_, or _right_. He who is made a child of God enjoys the
greatest privilege which the Divine Being can confer on this side
eterni...
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TO AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM - The great mass; the people; the scribes
and Pharisees rejected him. A few in his lifetime received him, and
many more after his death. “To receive him,” here, means to
“be...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word;
His Glory and His Manifestation
-- Chapter 1:1-2:22
CHAPTER 1
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1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
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THE WORK OF THE LIGHT BEFORE THE INCARNATION. But in truth the light,
which lighteth every man, was always coming into the world. Possibly
John 1:9 means that when John was witnessing, the true light...
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To all those who did receive him, to those who believe in his name, he
gave the right to become the children of God. These were born not of
blood, nor of any human impulse, nor of any man's will, but...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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When the world had its beginning, the Word was already there; and the
Word was with God; and the Word was God. This Word was in the
beginning with God. He was the agent through whom all things were
ma...
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AS MANY AS: John 1:9 is collective; John 1:12 is individual.
RECEIVED. accepted (from. giver). Not the same word as in John 1:11.
POWER. authority. App-172.
THE SONS. children. Greek. Plural of _tek...
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John 1:1-18. The Prologue or Introduction
That the first eighteen verses are introductory is universally
admitted: commentators are not so unanimous as to the main divisions
of this introduction. A d...
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_received_ Not the same Greek word as before: this denotes the
spontaneous acceptance of the Messiah by _individuals_, whether Jews
or Gentiles. He was not specially offered to any individuals as He w...
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ἜΛΑΒΟΝ. As distinguished from παρέλαβον, denotes the
_spontaneous_ acceptance of _individuals_, Jews or Gentiles. The
Messiah was not specially _offered_ to any individuals as He was to
the Jewish nat...
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THE WORD REVEALED TO MEN AND REJECTED BY THEM...
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1–18. The Prologue or Introduction in three parts. 1–5: The Word
in His own nature. 6–13: His Revelation to men and rejection by
them. 14–18: His Revelation of the Father. The three great
characterist...
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VER 11. HE CAME TO HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT. 12. BUT AS
MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD,
EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME: 13. WHICH WERE BORN,...
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_THE ETERNAL "WORD" OF GOD IS JESUS-- JOHN 1:1-18:_ Jesus is pictured
as "the Word" who was in the beginning with God. "In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
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ΟΣΟΙ _пот. от_ ΌΣΟΣ (G3745) сколько бы ни,
кто бы ни. Это вводит casus pendens,
свободную конструкцию, итог которой
подводится последующим prop.
ΑΎΤΟΪ́Σ _dat. pl. от_ ΑΎΤΌΣ (G96)(GGBB, 51-52;
Bernar...
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DISCOURSE: 1596
BENEFIT OF RECEIVING CHRIST
John 1:10. _He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and
the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him
not. But as many...
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_JOHN 1:12 GAVE HE POWER,_ &C.— _Gave he the privilege to become
sons,_ &c. Doddridge, &c. See the 12th position in the argument. The
word _name_ is frequently used, as we have had occasion to observe...
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EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. 1
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST INTERPRETED
John 1:1-18
_Introduction_
I.
TELL BIRTH STORY BRIEFLY (Luke 2:1-52).
A.
John's Prologue gives the definition of Christmas.
B.
Especiall...
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THE WORD MANIFESTED TO OTHERS AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF HIM
_Text 1:12-18_
12
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become
children of God, even to them that believe on his name:...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:1-13
In the last chapter we stated, "Each book of the Bible has a prominent
and dominant theme which is peculiar to itself. Just as each member in
the human bo...
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But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name:
BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM as many individuals out of the mass of
that "disobe...
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As God always was, there is no absolute beginning brought before us in
the Scriptures. Both here and in Gen.11 the article _ the _ is lacking
in the originals, showing that it refers to the commenceme...
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1:12 right (h-12) _ Exousia_ . 'right to take that place.' see Matthew
10:1 . children (a-15) _ Teknon_ . see Note, Mark 7:27 . on (b-22) _
Eis_ . see Note. 2 Timothy 1:12 ....
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THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST
DISCIPLES
1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was
made man, (3) that He revealed the Father.
This subl...
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POWER] rather, 'the right,' or 'privilege.' Those who 'believed on His
name,' i.e. accepted Him as the divine Son of God, and the Saviour of
the world, received the privilege of becoming true sons of...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
THE AUTHOR
Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th
*Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
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Yet the light ever shineth, and the better things lie hidden.
AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM. — The words are less wide and yet more wide
than “His own.” The nation as such rejected Him; individuals in it
ac...
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CHAPTER 2
RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH.
John 1:1.
In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by
which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by
Him,” and “t...
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_The historic manifestation of the Logos and its results_....
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But not all rejected Him. ὅσοι δὲ ἕλαβον …
ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. ὅσοι, as many as, as if they were a
countable number (Holtzmann), or, rather, suggesting the individuality
of exceptional action on the part of...
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THE LIGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR'S PATH
John 1:1-13
The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech
reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen
God. God spake and...
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The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the
Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction
to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
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(6) But as many as received him, to them gave he (s) power to become
the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
(6) The Son being shut out by the majority of his people, and
acknowledg...
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_He gave to them power to be made the adoptive sons of God, and heirs
of the kingdom of heaven. They are made the children of God by
believing and by a new spiritual birth in the sacrament of baptism,...
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TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
John 1:6-51. _“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, that he may testify concerning the Light,
in order that all may believe th...
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FIRST SECTION: THE LOGOS. 1:1-14.
It would be difficult not to recognize in these first verses an
allusion to the beginning of Genesis. The first words of the two
writings manifestly correspond with e...
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PROLOGUE: 1:1-18.
EACH evangelist begins his book in a manner appropriate to the aim of
his narrative. Matthew proposes to prove the _right_ of Jesus to the
Messianic throne. He opens his story with H...
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THIRD SECTION: FAITH, 1:12-18.
[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments
of John 1:18.]
The appearance of the Word, therefore, did not succeed in scattering
the darkness...
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He was in the world, and the world was made by him; and the world knew
him not. (11) He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (12)
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to beco...
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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...
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12._But to as many as received him_. That none may be retarded by this
stumbling-block, that the Jews despised and rejected Christ, the
Evangelist exalts above heaven the godly who believe in him; for...
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The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the
different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made
flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that
subsis...
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BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM,.... This is explained, in the latter part
of the text, by believing in his name; for faith is a receiving him as
the word, and Son of God, as the Messiah, Saviour, and Red...
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But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, _even_ to them that believe on his name:
Ver. 12. _To them he gave power_] Or, privilege preferment,
prerogative royal, h...
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_But as many as received him_ As the true Messiah, and according to
the various offices and characters which he sustains: learning of him,
as a teacher, the infinitely important lessons of his grace;...
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POWER; right, privilege.
SONS OF GOD; spiritual children, adopted into his family, and
conformed to his image....
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BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS
OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME;...
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The relation of Jesus to the world:...
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CHRIST THE LIVING WORD
(vs.1-5)
Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is
called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning
He was there. In person He is...
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POWER:
Or, the right or privilege...
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6-14 John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing
more fully shows the darkness of men's minds, than that when the Light
had appeared, there needed a witness to call attention to i...
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BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM; though the generality of those amongst
whom Christ came received him not in the manner before expressed, yet
some did own him, believed in him and submitted to him; and to...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
It is not the poor simply, but those that have wished to become poor
for righteousness' sake, that He pronounces blessed-those who have
despised the honours of t...
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John 1:12 But G1161 as G3745 received G2983 (G5627) Him G846 them G846
gave G1325 (G5656) right...
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The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms
of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the
wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peop...
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THE WORD WAS GOD (JOHN 1:1).
John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One
through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and later he adds, ‘all
things were made by Him' (John 1:3) and...
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‘But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become
children of God, even to those who believe on His name.'
But even in the world in its darkness there would be those who
responded, and...
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John 1:12. BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE RIGHT TO
BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE IN HIS NAME. We have
beheld the light shining in the darkness (John 1:10-11); the tho...
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The Prologue of the Gospel of John stands in the most intimate
connection with the plan and purpose of the Gospel as a whole. It is
not to be regarded as a philosophical speculation to which the
histo...
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AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM
(οσο ελαβον αυτον). Effective aorist active indicative
of λαμβανω "as many as did receive him," in contrast with ο
ιδιο just before, exceptional action on the part of the di...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_
Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son
of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was
metaphorically, «having neithe...
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May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them
as we read them!
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._
The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the
beginn...
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John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the
piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God.
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the...
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CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus
announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah,
Pharisees,...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο
λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of
the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running
language of all th...
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SOME, HOWEVER, DID RECEIVE HIM. Many of the Jewish people did accept
him as Messiah (see Acts 21:20). SO HE GAVE THEM THE RIGHT. Compare
John 6:44-45. TO BECOME GOD'S CHILDREN. Everyone who believes i...
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_As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of
God_
ST.
John’s first view of Christ the key to his Gospel
I. These verses DESCRIBE THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF ST. JOHN. In th...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:12 RECEIVE HIM means welcoming and submitting to
Jesus in a personal relationship. “Believed in” means personal
trust. HIS NAME refers to all that is true about Jesus. Born,
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JOHN 1:1 Prologue: The Incarnate Word. John presents Jesus as the
eternal, preexistent, and now incarnate Word (vv. John 1:1, John
1:14). Jesus is the one-of-
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ACCORDING TO JOHN.
T
HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is
as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John),
_which...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 1:1. IN THE BEGINNING, etc.—ἐν�. The
בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of
that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the
vis...
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EXPOSITION
THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and
ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they
cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John.
The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It
was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
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1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 5:12; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 2 C
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SEEING CHRIST IN JOHN
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John.
We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth the
Deity...
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VISIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct
aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious
D...
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But as many as received him — Jews or Gentiles; that believe on his
name — That is, on him. The moment they believe, they are sons; and
because they are sons, God sendeth forth the Spirit of his Son i...
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That is, although multitudes reject him, yet some received and owned
him for the true Messias; and those that did so, he advanced to the
high dignity of adoption and sonship, giving them power, that i...