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WERE OF THE PHARISEES - For an account of this sect, see the notes at
Matthew 3:7. Why they are particularly mentioned is not certainly
known. Many of the “Sadducees” came to his baptism Matthew 3:7,...
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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 BAPTIST'S WITNESS ABOUT HIMSELF. Instead of recounting the work
and mission of the Baptist, as the other gospels, the writer selects
incidents which show him as the Witness. These incidents are ce...
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OF THE PHARISEES.
The messengers were not only of the religious tribe, but of the
strictest of Jewish sects. The Pharisees were far more attentive to
external rites than any other class, and as the n...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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This is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites to
him from Jerusalem to ask him: "Who are you?" He quite definitely
affirmed and stated: "I am not the Messiah." So they asked him:...
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WERE. had been.
PHARISEES. App-120....
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The Testimony of the Baptist
19 28. His Testimony to the Deputation from Jerusalem
This section describes a crisis in the Baptist's ministry. He had
already attracted the attention of the Sanhedrin....
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_And they which_, &c. Perhaps the better reading is, _and_ THERE HAD
BEEN SENT SOME OF THE PHARISEES. S. John mentions neither Sadducees
nor Herodians; only the Pharisees, the sect most opposed to Chr...
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24. ἈΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΈΝΟΙ ἮΣΑΝ. The οἱ before the
participle is of doubtful authority. Omitting it, we translate _And
they had been sent from the Pharisees_, or better (as we have ἘΚ
and not παρά), _and_ THERE...
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19–37. _The Testimony of the Baptist_, (α) to the deputation from
Jerusalem, (β) to the people, (γ) to Andrew and John, John 1:31-51.
_The Testimony of the Disciples:_ John 2:1-11 _The Testimony of th...
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THE TESTIMONY TO THE DEPUTATION FROM JERUSALEM
19–28. This section describes a crisis in the ministry of the
Baptist. He had already attracted the attention of the Sanhedrin. It
was a time of exciteme...
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VER 24. AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES. 25. AND THEY
ASKED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, WHY BAPTIZE YOU THEN, IF YOU BE NOT THAT
CHRIST, NOR ELIAS, NEITHER THAT PROPHET? 26. JOHN ANSWERED THE...
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_THE ETERNAL WORD WAS LIFTED UP BY JOHN -- (JOHN 1:19-34)_ John was a
witness who lifted up God's Eternal Word. (John 1:19-28) John the
Baptist was "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make str...
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ΑΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΈΝΟΙ _perf. pass. part., см._ John 1:6....
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JOHN'S ANSWER
_Text 1:23-28_
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He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight
the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
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And they had been sent from the Pharisee...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:19-34
Following our usual custom, we begin by submitting an Analysis of the
passage which is to be before us. In it we have:—
1. The Jews’ inquiry of John, a...
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And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES. Since the Sadducees
could hardly be expected to take much interest in such matters, this
explanation...
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Government and education are still the panaceas proposed by the
majority of priest-craft. But John wisely withdraws himself from their
notice, and as the Voice, heralds the coming of the Messiah Himse...
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AND THEY] RV 'and they had been sent from the Pharisees.'...
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PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF THE BAPTIST TO JESUS IN REPLY TO A DEPUTATION FROM
THE SANHEDRIN. The independence and fulness of the account of the
Baptist in this Gospel renders it highly probable that the evan...
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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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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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THEY WHICH WERE SENT. — The best MSS. omit the relative, and the
verse thus becomes, “And they had been sent from the Pharisees.”
(For account of the Pharisees, see Note on Matthew 3:7.) The statement...
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John 1:15
CHAPTER 3
THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY.
“There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came
for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might
believe throug...
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The witness of John to the deputation from Jerusalem, entitled
αὕτη ἐστὶν … Λευείτας. The witness or testimony
of John is placed first, not only because it was that which influenced
the evangelist him...
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_The witness of John and its result_....
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καὶ ἀπεσταλμένοι ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν
Φαρισαίων. This gives us the meaning “And they had been
sent from,” which is not so congruous with the context as “And
they who were sent were of the Pharisees”; because a...
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THE VOICE OF PROMISE
John 1:14-28
Note that the Revised Version changes the words was _made_ to
_became,_ John 1:14. Evidently Jesus had existed before this becoming;
and evidently there was a proces...
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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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(12) And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
(12) Christ is the author of baptism, and not John: and therefore the
authority of this does not come from John, who is the minister, but
wholly f...
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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: 1:19-37. THE TESTIMONIES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.
These testimonies are three in number and were given on three
successive days (see John 1:29; John 1:35, “ _the next day_).”
These three da...
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VER. 24. “ _And those who were sent were of the Pharisees._ ”
We translate according to the T. R., which is in conformity with the
majority of the Mjj., with the Mnn., and with the greater part of the...
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I. FIRST TESTIMONY: JOHN 1:19-28.
In unfolding in the Prologue the contents of faith, the apostle had
adduced two testimonies of John the Baptist (John 1:6-8 and John
1:15); the second contains, as _B...
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II. SECOND TESTIMONY: VV. 29-34.
How can we comprehend the fact that the deputies of the Sanhedrim left
John without asking him who the person was of whom he intended to
speak? Either they did not car...
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John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I
spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was
before me. (16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace...
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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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24._Were of the Pharisees_. He says that they were _Pharisees_, who at
that time held the highest rank in the Church; and he says so in order
to inform us, that they were not some contemptible persons...
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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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AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES. Who were the straitest
sect of religion among the Jews; were very zealous of the traditions
of the elders, and professed an expectation of the Messiah;...
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And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
Ver. 24. _Were of the Pharisees_] Men of renown in the congregation,
for more authority' sake: and such as by their office were to inquire
into new doc...
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_They which were sent were of the Pharisees_ Who were peculiarly
tenacious of old customs, and jealous of any innovations, (except
those brought in by their own scribes,) unless the innovator had
unqu...
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The question concerning John's baptism:...
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AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES....
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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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19-28 John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and
waited for. He came in the spirit and power of Elias, but he was not
the person of Elias. John was not that Prophet whom Moses sa...
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Who these Pharisees were hath been before explained in our notes on
MATTHEW 3:7. They were of the strictest sect of the Jewish religion,
ACTS 26:5. The greatest part of their councils was made up of t...
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Origen Commentary on John Book VI
And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and
said unto him,[83]
Origen Commentary on John Book VI " And John practises a similar
abbreviat...
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John 1:24 Now G2532 who G3588 sent G649 (G5772) were G2258 (G5713)
from G1537 Pharisees G5330
were of -...
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‘And they had been sent from the Pharisees'.
The Pharisees were probably the most influential religious group in
the eyes of the common people. They had originated from the Hasidim,
the ‘separated one...
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JOHN THE BAPTISER'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS AND THE CALLING OF DISCIPLES
(JOHN 1:19).
The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in interesting
contrast to the John the Baptiser portrayed in the o...
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We enter here upon the second great division of the Gospel, extending
from John 1:19 to John 2:11, and containing the presentation of Jesus,
as He takes His place in the field of human history and, al...
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John 1:24. AND SOME FROM AMONG THE PHARISEES HAD BEEN SENT. We cannot
doubt that these words are introduced to lead on to the following
statement, rather than to give completeness to the account of th...
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THEY HAD BEEN SENT
(απεσταλμενο ησαν). Periphrastic past perfect passive
of αποστελλω.FROM THE PHARISEES
(εκ των Φαρισαιων). As the source (εκ) of the
committee of Sadducees (verse John 1:19)....
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John 1:19
The Ministry of John the Baptist.
From the ministry of John the Baptist we may learn
I. That when Jesus is about to visit a community in His saving power,
His coming is generally preceded...
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John 1:19. _And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests
and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he
confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ._
«I...
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John 1:19. And this in the record of John, when the Jews sent priests
and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed
and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they...
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John 1:15. _John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he
of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for
he was before me._
He was not before John in the order of hum...
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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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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 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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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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THE MESSENGERS HAD BEEN SENT BY THE PHARISEES. See notes On Matthew
3:7....
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_They which were sent were of the Pharisees_
THE QUESTION OF THE PHARISEES
1.
It is an evidence of a sick and corrupt Church when corrupt men are
entrusted with most grave and weighty employments i...
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_The record of John_
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I._
AN INSTRUCTIVE EXAMPLE OF TRUE HUMILITY.
1. John was an eminent saint of God (Matthew 11:11; John 5:35),yet we
see him lowly and self-abased.
(1) He refuses the honour w...
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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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_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into
the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature
is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
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_And they that were sent_, &c. John adds this, to suggest the occasion
why they examined John the Baptist concerning baptism. These
messengers who were sent to John were Pharisees, and therefore were...
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PART II. (A.)
Chapter S John 1:19 to John 4:54
I. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE WORD AS LIGHT AMONG THOSE PREPARED TO
RECEIVE HIM (John 1:19)
1. The testimony of John the Baptist:
(1) he is not the Chri...
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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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Acts 23:8; Acts 26:5; John 3:1; John 3:2; John 7:47;...
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They who were sent were of the Pharisees — Who were peculiarly
tenacious of old customs, and jealous of any innovation (except those
brought in by their own scribes) unless the innovator had
unquestio...