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JOHN 1:42 VIwa,nnou {B}
A majority of the Committee regarded VIwna/ (read by A B3 D ¦1 ¦13
and most of the later Greek witnesses) as a scribal assimilation to
Bar-Jona of...
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Verse 42. _CEPHAS, WHICH IS BY INTERPRETATION, A STONE._]
πετρος signifies a _stone_, or fragment of a rock. The reason
why this name was given to Simon, who was ever afterwards called
_Peter_, may b...
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CEPHAS - This is a Syriac word, meaning the same as the Greek word
Peter, a stone. See the notes at Matthew 16:17. The stone, or rock, is
a symbol of firmness and steadiness of character - a trait in...
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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 DISCIPLES AND JESUS. On the morrow to two of his
disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details
suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the
turn...
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THOU ART SIMON... THOU SHALT BE CALLED CEPHAS.
There was no hesitation on the part of Peter to go at once to see him
of whom Andrew spoke. He, also, as one of John's disciples, was
waiting for the Kin...
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Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who had heard John
speaking about Jesus, and who had followed him. First thing in the
morning, he went and found his own brother Simon. "We have found...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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BROUGHT. led. Greek. _apo_ to. Greek. _pros._ App-104.
JONA. Aramaic for John. App-94. Cephas. Aramaic. Occurs only in 1
Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:22. 1Co 9:5. 1 Corinthian
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_beheld_ Same word as in John 1:36, implying a fixed earnest look;
what follows shews that Christ's gaze penetrated to his heart and read
his character.
_Simon the son of Jona_ The true reading here a...
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ΟὟΤΟΣ. Comp. John 1:2; John 1:7; John 3:2; John 3:26.
ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ. The meaning of ‘first’ becomes almost certain when
we remember S. John’s characteristic reserve about himsel
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THE TESTIMONY OF DISCIPLES
This section falls into two divisions, each occupying a day; (1) the
call of Andrew, John, Peter, and perhaps James; (2) that of Philip and
Nathanael. Of these Peter and Ja...
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ANDREW, JOHN AND PETER...
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VER 41. HE FIRST FINDS HIS OWN BROTHER SIMON, AND SAID TO HIM, WE HAVE
FOUND THE MESSIAS, WHICH IS, BEING INTERPRETED, THE CHRIST. 42. AND HE
BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS. AND WHEN JESUS BEHELD HIM, HE SAID,...
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_THE ETERNAL WORD NEEDS FAITHFUL DISCIPLES -- JOHN 1:35-42:_ John
1:35-42 gives an account of Jesus calling His first disciples. The key
to discipleship is "following Jesus." (John 1:37) God can use a...
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ΉΓΑΓΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΓ (G71) вести.
ΈΜΒΛΈΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΜΒΛΈΠΩ (G1689)
смотреть на что-л. _Aor. part._ указывает,
что Он посмотрел, прежде чем говорить.
ΚΛΗΘΉΣΗ _fut. ind. pass. от_...
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THOU ART SIMON, &C.— Though Jesus had never seen Simon before,
immediately on his coming in, he saluted him, in full proof of his
omniscience, by his own and his Father's name; adding, in proof of his...
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ANDREW, PETER AND AN UNNAMED DISCIPLE
_Text 1:35-42_
35
Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;
36
and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold the Lamb of
Go...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:35-51
We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us. We would divide it as follows:—
1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John...
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And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou
art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by
interpretation, A stone.
AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS. Happ...
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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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1:42 at (b-9) i.e. 'looking carefully;' so ver. 36; Matthew 19:26 ;
Luke 22:61 . stone). (c-27) Or 'Peter.'...
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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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PRELIMINARY CALL OF FIVE APOSTLES, ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, PHILIP, AND
BARTHOLOMEW (peculiar to Jn). This account, so far from conflicting
with the (later) call described Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:15; (cp. Lu...
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JONA] RV 'John'; see Matthew 16:17. CEPHAS] At the very first
interview our Lord reads Peter's character: see on Matthew 16:18....
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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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BEHELD. — See Note on John 1:29.
A STONE. — Better, _Peter,_ as in margin. The word means a stone,
but the writer translated for Greek, not for English readers. The rule
of the previous verse, which...
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CHAPTER 4
THE FIRST DISCIPLES.
“Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;
and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of
God! And the two disciples heard...
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εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος. If with T. R. and
Tischendorf we read πρῶτος, the meaning is that Andrew, _before
John_, found his brother; if with W.H [32] we read πρῶτον the
meaning is that before Andrew did...
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_The witness of John and its result_....
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_Witness of John to two of his disciples and first self-manifestation
of Jesus as the Christ_. Bengel entitles the section, John 1:35-42,
“primae origines Ecclesiae Christianae”; but from the evangeli...
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HOW JESUS WINS FOLLOWERS
John 1:35-42
On this third day John again looked eagerly and wistfully on Jesus as
He walked. He spoke of Him again as God's Lamb, and there was a
significance in His words t...
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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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Thou art Simon, the son of Jona, or of John. Jesus, who knew all
things, knew his name, and at the first meeting told him he should
hereafter be called Cephas, or Petrus, a rock, designing to make him...
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DISCIPLES OF JESUS
John 1:35-43. “On the following day, John again stood, and two of
His disciples, and looking upon Jesus walking about, says, Behold the
Lamb of God. And the two disciples heard Him...
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I. FIRST GROUP: VV. 38-43.
We have just mentioned John. Almost all the adversaries of the
authenticity themselves acknowledge that the author, in relating his
story as he does here, wishes to pass hi...
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SECOND SECTION: 1:38-52. BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF JESUS. BIRTH OF
FAITH.
Testimony is the condition of faith. For faith is, at the outset, the
acceptance of a divine fact on the foundation of testimo...
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“ _Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard
John's words and followed Jesus._ 42. _As the first, he findeth his
own brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messiah_
(_whi...
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Again, the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples: (36)
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
(37) And the two disciples heard him speak. And they follow...
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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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42._Thou art Simon. _Christ gives a name to _Simon, _not as men
commonly do, from some past event, or from what is now perceived in
them, but because he was to make him Peter, (_a stone_.) First, he
s...
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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 HE BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS,.... That is, Andrew brought his brother
Simon to Jesus; he persuaded him to go along with him, and showed him
where he was; which discovered great zeal for Christ, being d...
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And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou
art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by
interpretation, A stone.
Ver. 42. _Cephas, which is by interp...
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_One of the two who heard John speak_ In the manner above related;
_was Andrew_ And probably this evangelist, John, was the other, it
being his custom to conceal his own name in his writings. _He_ And...
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CEPHAS; a Syriac word, meaning the same as the Greek word Peter, and
the English word stone, or rock. Matthew 16:18....
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Missionary efforts:...
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AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO' JESUS. AND WHEN JESUS BEHELD HIM. HE SAID, THOU
ART SIMON, THE SON OF JONA; THOU SHALT BE CALLED CEPHAS, WHICH IS, BY
INTERPRETATION, A STONE.
The name of one of the former disc...
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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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A STONE:
Or, Peter...
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37-42 The strongest and most prevailing argument with an awakened
soul to follow Christ, is, that it is he only who takes away sin.
Whatever communion there is between our souls and Christ, it is he...
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OLBGrk;
Andrew having found his brother Simon, conducts him to Jesus. Andrew,
and Simon, and Philip were citizens of Bethsaida, 1 THESSALONIANS
1:44, which was a city of Galilee; how near to the place...
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Origen Commentary on John Book I
But we hoped that it was He which should redeem Israel." Again, Andrew
the brother of Simon Peter found his own brother Simon and said to
him,[36]...
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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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DISCIPLES BEGIN TO GATHER TO JESUS (JOHN 1:35).
The great teachers of Israel would often have bands of ‘disciples'
who gathered round them to learn from them, and then to pass on their
teaching. Here...
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‘He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked on him and said, “You are
Simon, the son of John, you will be called Cephas (which is by
interpretation, Peter)”.'
‘He brought him to Jesus.' What a multitude o...
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John 1:42. HE BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS. There can be little doubt that
Peter had shared the expectations and longings of his brother Andrew,
as well as of all those more earnest spirits of the time who we...
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The same general subject is continued in this section Jesus taking His
place on the stage of history. We pass now, however, from the witness
of the Baptist, given on two successive days, to the manife...
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LOOKED UPON HIM
(εμβλεψας αυτω). See verse John 1:36 for same word and
form of John's eager gaze at Jesus. Luke uses this word of Jesus when
Peter denied him (Luke 22:61).HE BROUGHT HIM
(ηγαγεν αυ...
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John 1:42
Those words, strange perhaps as they might have sounded for the text
of a sermon, must have sounded still stranger when Christ first spoke
them to this man. It was a strange thing, indeed, t...
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John 1:41
The First Home Mission.
I. We have here the spring of all true home mission work. Andrew had
himself made acquaintance with the Lord Jesus Christ.
II. Note the object of the mission, "And...
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John 1:40
The First Disciples Simon Peter.
In this incident we have two things mainly to consider (1) the witness
of the disciple; (2) the self-revelation of the Master.
I. The witness of the discip...
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John 1:35
The First Disciples.
I. We see here the very first beginnings of the Christian Church. With
what reverent interest may we meetly regard this simple record of the
beginning of that great kin...
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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 1:29. _The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of the world._
John lost no time. He had no sooner discovered the Saviour than...
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John 1:29. _The next day_
This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different
days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one
extraordinary day may have more in it than a hun...
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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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YOUR NAME WILL BE CEPHAS. A Hebrew word meaning "rock." Peter is the
Greek form....
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_The next day_
THE FIRST UTTERANCES OF THE WORD
1.
A searching question.
2. A gracious invitation.
3. An encouraging promise.
4. A Divine command.
5. A heart revelation.
6. An assurance of a p...
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_And he brought him to Jesus _
EVERYDAY USEFULNESS
We are intensely desirous of a revival of religion, and we look for it
through some extraordinary agency.
God works in this way sometimes; but whi...
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ROCK PEOPLE
Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone. John
1:42 (AV).
Today we are going to have a talk about rocks and rock people.
Did you know that there was a man in the...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:42 CEPHAS is an Aramaic word meaning “rock”
(see Matthew 16:16). In the Bible, God frequently changes people’s
names to indicate their special calling; see...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:19 Signs of the Messiah, with Teaching about
Life in Him. The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’
demonstration of his messianic identity through several selected
“signs” ...
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ACCORDING TO JOHN.
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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 he brought him to Jesus._ "It is probable," says S. Chrysostom,
"that Andrew related many other things calculated to persuade. The
other disciple was also present to confirm what he said. But And...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 1:38. JESUS TURNED, ETC.—Jesus saw these two young men modestly
following Him, too diffident to accost Him. He, therefore, with
friendly invitation encouraged the...
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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 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 15:5; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1
Corinthians 9:5;...
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PETER THE FISHER OF MEN
John 1:35
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We come to the study of one of the outstanding Apostles of the Cross.
Whatever you may think of Peter, and his failures, you must grant that
he...
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FOLLOWING CHRIST
John 1:36
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We delight in the study of John the Baptist. Christ said that he was
the greatest man born of woman, yet he was not self-centered or proud.
Had he been...
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Jesus said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonah — As none had told our
Lord these names, this could not but strike Peter. Cephas, which is
Peter — Moaning the same in Syriacts which Peter does in Greek,...
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Were the apostles called at this time or later?
PROBLEM: John records that Jesus called Andrew, Peter, Philip,
Nathanael, and another disciple at this time. However, the other
Gospels record their cal...