Godet's Commentary on Selected Books
John 5:24-27
First phase: the spiritual resurrection and moral judgment of humanity by the Son.
First phase: the spiritual resurrection and moral judgment of humanity by the Son.
Verse 24. _HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD_] My doctrine-_and believeth on_ _him that sent me_-he who credits my Divine mission, that I am come to give _light_ and _life_ to the world by my _doctrine_ and _d...
HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD - To “hear,” in this place, evidently denotes not the outward act of hearing, but to receive in a proper manner; to suffer it to make its proper impression on the mind; to obey...
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...
THE SON'S DEPENDENCE ON THE FATHER. JUDGMENT AND LIFEGIVING. To the charge of blasphemy He answers that a son can only do what he has learned to do by watching his father, who out of love shows him ho...
HATH EVERLASTING LIFE. The conditions of eternal life are (1) knowledge of the revelation of the Son; (2). belief of it such as to cause its acceptance....
This is the truth I tell you--the Son cannot do anything which proceeds from himself. He can only do what he sees the Father doing. In whatever way the Father acts, the Son likewise acts in the same w...
MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
WORD. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. BELIEVETH ON. See App-150. EVERLASTING. Greek _aionios._ App-161. LIFE. See note on John 1:4. CONDEMNATION. judgment, as in John 5:22. is
_The intimacy of the Son with the Father proved by the twofold power committed to the Son_(a) _of communicating spiritual life_, (b) _of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead_....
_He that heareth_ We see from this that -whom He will" (John 5:21) implies no arbitrary selection. It is each individual who decides for himself whether he will hear and believe. _believeth on him th...
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 Father imparts to the Son the power of raising the spiritually dead. It is very important to notice that -raising the dead" in this section is _figurative_; raising from moral and spiritual death:...
21–29. _The intimacy of the Son with the Father proved by the twofold power committed to the Son_ (a) _of communicating spiritual life_, (b) _of causing the bodily resurrection of the dead_....
21–27. The Father imparts to the Son the power of raising the spiritually dead. It is very important to notice that ‘raising the dead’ in this section is _figurative_; raising from moral and spiritual...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
Ὁ Τ. Λ. Μ. ἈΚΟΎΩΝ. This shews that οὓς θέλει (John 5:21) implies no arbitrary selection. Each decides for himself whether he will hear and believe and thus have life. ΠΙΣΤ. ΤΩ͂Ι ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΙ. BELIEVETH HI...
VER 24. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, HE THAT HEARS MY WORD, AND BELIEVES IN HIM THAT SENT ME, HAS EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION; BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE. GLOSS. Hav...
_THE AUTHORITY OF THE SON OF GOD -- JOHN 5:19-30:_ In a lengthy reply to the Jews Jesus gave proof of His deity and ministry. Jesus declared that the Son can do nothing on His own. As the Son of God,...
ΆΚΟΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. Subst. part. ("тот, кто"), здесь используется в _знач._ ответа на уеловие. ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить, ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΙ _aor....
DISCOURSE: 1627 THE BELIEVER’S HAPPY STATE John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent we, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into conde...
HATH EVERLASTING LIFE,— "He is already entitled to it; yea, it is already begun in his soul; and he, if he be faithful unto death, shall shortly possess it in its full perfection, and shall not come i...
POWERS INHERENT IN THAT DEITY _Text 5:24-29_ 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath pa...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 5:16-30 We present our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. It sets forth the absolute equality of the Son with the Father:— There is an...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. VERILY,...
10 The day on which the cure was effected indicates that its fulfillment will find place in that great sabbatism that remains for God's people of the Circumcision (Heb_4:9). As a pallet was a mere bun...
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...
HEARETH] and obeyeth....
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...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU. — (Comp. John 5:19; John 5:25, and Note on John 1:51.) For “shall not come into condemnation,” read _doth not come into judgment._ (Comp. Note on...
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...
ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων; it was through His word Jesus conveyed life to the impotent man, because that brought Him into spiritual connection with the man. And it is through His claims, His teaching, Hi...
THE FATHER WORKING THROUGH THE SON John 5:19-29 The relationship of our Lord to the Father was such that He felt Himself competent to fulfill all the functions of the Divine Being. Is it God's prerog...
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...
(5) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (5) Th...
_Hath everlasting life. That is, a title to an eternal inheritance of glory, by believing in the Father, and in the Son, and also in the Holy Ghost, as we are taught to believe at our baptism. (Witham...
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.”...
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...
24._He that heareth my word. _Here is described the way and manner of honoring God, that no one may think that it consists solely in any outward performance, or in frivolous ceremonies. For the doctri...
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...
VERILY VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... Who am the Amen, the true and faithful witness: HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD; by which is meant the Gospel, and is so called, both because it is spoken by Christ, and fi...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Ver. 24. _...
_Verily, he that heareth my word, &c., hath everlasting life_ Such a person is already entitled to it, yea, it is already begun in his soul, and he shall shortly possess it in its full perfection: _an...
HEARETH MY WORD; receiveth my instructions, and treateth them as true. HATH EVERLASTING LIFE; the beginning of that spiritual life which shall continue and increase for ever. FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE; f...
The greater miracles:...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD, AND BELIEVETH ON HIM THAT SENT ME, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO CONDEMNATION, BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE....
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...
24-29 Our Lord declared his authority and character, as the Messiah. The time was come when the dead should hear his voice, as the Son of God, and live. Our Lord first refers to his raising those who...
OLBGrk; He that so heareth my words, that they are not a mere sound in his ears, nor affect his heart with some mere sudden and vanishing passion, but so that he gives an assent to them upon my author...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into condemnation, but hath...
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JESUS CONFIRMS THEIR VIEW OF HIS EQUALITY WITH GOD AND POINTS TO THE RESURRECTION (JOHN 5:19). Jesus now expands on His claim to be co-equal with the Father. He does not want them to be in any doubt,...
“In very truth I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life'. He goes on to add that because He ha...
THE SON HAS THE POWER TO OFFER EVERLASTING LIFE NOW (JOHN 5:24). He now goes on to reveal His uniqueness by the fact that He can both give men eternal life now, and will be responsible both for man's...
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 5:24. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU. The second ‘Verily, verily,' introducing the second step in the argument. HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD, AND BELIEVETH HIM THAT SENT ME, HATH ETERNAL LIFE, AND CO...
HATH ETERNAL LIFE (εχε ζωην αιωνιον). Has now this spiritual life which is endless. See John 3:36. In verses John 5:24; John 5:25 Jesus speaks of spiritual life and spiritual death. In this passage...
John 5:24 There are two things here which at once stand out to the mind with equal prominence the smallness of the conditions and the magnificence of the offer. The salvation of a man's soul is simply...
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...
HAS ETERNAL LIFE. Hearing Jesus and believing in God through what he says, brings eternal life. Faith is "obediential." See note _on_ James 2:19....
(in conjunction with 6:47). VERILY, VERILY 1. These words indicate a subject of special importance. 2. They were used to denote a clear and certain revelation. 3. Notice when this certainty lies so...
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....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:24 HAS ETERNAL LIFE. See note on 3:36. ⇐...
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...
_Verily, verily_, &c. See what has been said on John 3:3. _Heareth_, so as to believe and obey My word. Thus He subjoins, _and believeth in Him that sent Me_, and by consequence believeth in Me as His...
_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...
1 John 3:14; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:11; 1 Peter 1:21; 1 Peter 1:5;...
Heareth. Closely connected with believeth. Hath eternal life. See on 3 36. Shall not come into condemnation (eijv krisin oujk ercetai). The present tense, cometh not. So Rev. Not condemnation, but j...
And cometh not into condemnation — Unless he make shipwreck of the faith....
Here we have fifth evidence of Christ's godhead, and equality with the Father: namely, that he is the author of spiritual and eternal life to all that believe on him. He that hath. fountain of life eq...