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Verse John 3:19. _THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION_] That is, this is the
reason why any shall be found finally to perish, not that they came
into the world with a perverted and corrupt nature, which is true;...
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THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION - This is the cause of condemnation; or this
is the reason why men are punished.
THAT LIGHT IS COME - Light often denotes instruction, teaching,
doctrine, as that by which we...
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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...
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THE CONVERSATION WITH NICODEMUS. Nicodemus is an example of those to
whom the Lord could not trust Himself. The story shows how He tried to
bring those whom His teaching had impressed to a truer conce...
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THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION.
The ground of condemnation. The light had come into the world, Christ,
the true Light, but men chose to walk in darkness because they loved
it rather than light. The evil do...
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For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but
that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is
not condemned, but he who does not believe already stands con...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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THIS IS. this is what it consists in; viz:
CONDEMNATION. judging: i.e. the process rather than the result. Greek.
_krisis._ App-177.
LIGHT. the light. App-130. See note on John 1:4.
MEN. the men. A...
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_And this is the condemnation_ Rather, BUT THE JUDGMENT IS THIS; this
is what it consists in: comp. John 15:12; John 17:3.
_and men loved darkness_, &c. The tragic tone again (see on John 1:5).
Both w...
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It is much disputed whether what follows is a continuation of Christ's
discourse, or the comment of the Evangelist upon it. The fact that
terms characteristic of S. John's theology are put into the mo...
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John 3:1-21. The discourse with Nicodemus
This is the first of the eleven discourses of our Lord which form the
main portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel.
They have been u...
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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...
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VER 19. AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT IS COME INTO THE
WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS
WERE EVIL. 20. FOR EVERY ONE THAT DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, NEIT...
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_JESUS AFFIRMS HIS DEITY -- JOHN 3:9-21:_ Nicodemus did not yet
understand that if it is true that Jesus is God in the flesh that
man's obligation was to obey him. Jesus proved His Divinity by saying,...
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ΚΡΊΣΙΣ (G2920) суд. Здесь имеется в виду
судебный процесс, а не состояние
осужденности (Morris). Дела и личность
Иисуса представляют собой суд для
людей (Barrett). Величайшая спасительная
акция Вога п...
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DISCOURSE: 1612
MEN’S HATRED OF THE LIGHT
John 3:19. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil. For every...
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AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION,— That is, the _cause_ of condemnation;
they will not receive the light of the _Logos,_ the God of Christians,
because they will not obey him....
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MORE HEAVENLY MYSTERIES
_Text 3:16-21_
16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17
For God sent...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 3:9-21
We begin with an Analysis of the passage which is before us:—
"Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?" (John
3:9). How this revea...
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION - emphatically so; revealing...
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1 We have found an unholy temple, an unspiritual priesthood, and now
we are introduced to an ignorant teacher! Intense application to a
single text book for a whole life had not taught him the element...
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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...
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THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION (RV 'judgment')] i.e. the condemnation is
based upon this, that the Light is come into the world, etc. It is
implied that men whose deeds are really good, are irresistibly
att...
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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...
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AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION. — For “condemnation” read
_judgment;_ for “light” and “darkness,” _the light_ and _the
darkness._ The object is salvation, not judgment (John 3:17); but the
separation of...
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CHAPTER 8
THE BRAZEN SERPENT.
“Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and
understandest not these things? Ver...
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This is further explained in the following, αὕτη … τὸ
φῶς. The ground of the condemnation lies precisely in this, that
since the coming of Christ and His exhibition of human life in the
light of the h...
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LOVE'S GREAT GIFT: RECEIVED OR REJECTED
John 3:9-21
Though physically on earth, our Lord was spiritually in touch with the
heavenly realities. He was living among them and bore witness to them.
Notic...
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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...
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(7) And this is the (r) condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil.
(7) The only reason why men refuse the light that is...
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_The judgment. That is, the cause of his condemnation. (Challoner)_...
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CHAPTER 8
REGENERATION THE GREAT SINE QUA NON
John 3:1-21. _“There was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and
said, Master, we know...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
XIV.
The passage from John 3:16 to John 3:21 is supposed by Westcott, and
by Milligan and Moulton, among the most recent writers on this Gospel,
as well as by...
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VER. 19. “ _Now this is the judgment, that the light is come into
the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their
works were evil._ ”
In rejecting Jesus, man judges himself. The...
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Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (10)
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I say unto thee, W...
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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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_OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT_
‘And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil.’
John 3:19
Is any one liable...
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19._And this is the condemnation _He meets the murmurs and complaints,
by which wicked men are wont to censure — what they imagine to be
the excessive rigour of God, when he acts towards them with gre...
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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...
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AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION,.... Of him that believes not in Christ;
that is, this is the matter and cause of his condemnation, and by
which it is aggravated, and appears to be just:
THAT LIGHT IS C...
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Ver. 19. _This is the condemnation_] This is hell above groun...
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_For God so loved the world_, &c. Here our Lord proceeds to inform
Nicodemus, that men owed the blessings above mentioned to the free and
immense love of God the Father, who desired their salvation wi...
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THE CONDEMNATION; cause of condemnation.
LIGHT IS COME; divine truth is revealed.
DARKNESS; error and sin....
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AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND
MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL....
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The contrast between light and darkness:...
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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...
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1-8 Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ,
therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there
are many Nicodemites. But though he came by night, Jesus bid him
welco...
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This is the reason, the evidence and great cause of condemnation, THAT
LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD. Christ is the Light, foretold by the
prophet, ISAIAH 9:2, ISAIAH 42:6 49:6. He is styled, in the be...
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Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Third
How then can I live, since I have acted thus? "And he said to me,
"Your feelings are indeed right and sound, for you ought as a servant
of God to have walked in t...
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John 3:19 And G1161 this G3778 is G2076 (G5748) condemnation G2920
that G3754 light G5457 come G2064 ...
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‘And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world,
but men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were
evil'.
God bases His condemnation on the fact that Jesus has come a...
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It is of much importance to keep the closing verses of chap. 2 in
close connection with the opening verses of chap. 3 (see the
commentary on John 3:1). Rejected by the theocracy of Israel Jesus
turns...
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John 3:19. AND THIS IS THE JUDGMENT, the judgment is of this kind,
takes place thus, BECAUSE THE LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND MEN
LOVED THE DARKNESS RATHER THAN THE LIGHT, FOR THEIR WORKS WERE WI...
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AND THIS IS THE JUDGMENT
(αυτη δε εστιν η κρισις). A thoroughly Johannine
phrase for sequence of thought (John 15:12; John 17:3; 1 John 1:5; 1
John 5:11;...
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WORLD
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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John 3:19
God's Condemnation of Men.
Note:
I. The principles of Divine condemnation. If we accept these words in
honest simplicity we must believe that it is not for being dark, but
for being conte...
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This is a very wonderful chapter, because, while it teaches the
doctrine of regeneration, and the necessity of a great moral and
spiritual change, it yet also reveals the doctrine of salvation by
fait...
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John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man...
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We can scarcely find a chapter in which the gospel lies so compact and
so plainly stated.
John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews:_
Christ's door is open at...
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Let us once more read together part of this blessed soul-saving
chapter. I suppose that more souls have been saved through the reading
of this chapter than through almost any other portion of Holy Wri...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THIS IS HOW THE JUDGMENT WORKS. God's judgment is not despotic or
senseless. Men _believe_ on the basis of their hidden motives and
goals. Usually it is not _evidence,_ but honesty and love for truth...
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_For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world_
SALVATION
I. WHAT IT IS THAT GOD HAS ACTUALLY DONE FOR US AS FALLEN SINNERS.
1. What is done? He hath redeemed us. Fallen by sin we are...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:19 LOVED THE DARKNESS. See John 1:5, John 1:10....
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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...
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_This is the judgment_, &c. (Vulg.) _Judgment_, i.e., _cause of
judgment_, or _condemnation._ This is the cause why those are already
condemned who believe not on Me, because they have preferred darkn...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 3:16. These verses are confidently held by many to contain the
reflections of the Evangelist, and not to be a continuation of our
Lord’s discourse. But
(1) there...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 2:8; 2 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Peter 3:3;...
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This. That is, herein consists the judgment. The prefacing a statement
with this is, and then defining the statement by oti or ina, that, is
characteristic of John. See John 14:12; John 17:3; 1 John 1...
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This is the condemnation — That is, the cause of it. So God is
clear....
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Observe here, 1. The worth and dignity of. choice and invaluable
privilege declared, LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD.. personal light,
CHRIST;. doctrinal light, THE GOSPEL.
Observe, 2. The unworthiness,...