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Verse John 5:20. _GREATER WORKS THAN THESE_] Two of these he
immediately mentions: _Raising the dead_, John 5:21. And _judging the
world_, John 5:22.
_THAT YE MAY MARVEL._] Or, _So as to make you wo...
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THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON - This authority he traces to the love which
the Father has for him - that special, ineffable, infinite love which
God has for his only-begotten Son, feebly and dimly illustr...
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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...
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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...
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HE WILL SHOW HIM GREATER WORKS THAN THESE.
The miracle of healing that has just occurred shall be followed by
greater works which, on account of the love of the Father, the Son
will be permitted to d...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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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...
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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...
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LOVETH. Greek _phileo._ One of the characteristic words of this
Gospel. See page 1511, and App-135.
WORKS. See note on John 4:34.
THAT. in order that. Greek. _Nina._...
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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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_Intimacy of the Son with the Father further enforced_....
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_For the Father loveth the Son_ Moral necessity for the Son's doing
what the Father does. The Father's love for the Son compels Him to
make known all His works to Him; the Son's relation to the Father...
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THE PREROGATIVES AND POWERS OF THE SON OF GOD...
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THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
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19, 20. _Intimacy of the Son with the Father further enforced_....
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Ὁ ΓᾺΡ Π. Moral necessity for the Son’s doing what the Father
does. The Father’s love for the Son compels Him to make known all
His works to Him; the Son’s relation to the Father compels Him to do
what...
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VER 19. THEN ANSWERED JESUS AND SAID TO THEM, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO
YOU, THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF, BUT WHAT HE SEES THE FATHER
DO: FOR WHAT THINGS SOEVER HE DOES, THESE ALSO DOES THE SON L...
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_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,...
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ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо. Объясняет, как Сын может
выполнить волю Отца (Carson),
ΦΙΛΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΙΛΈΩ (G5368)
любить; из первоначального значения
"обращаться с кем-л. как с родным"
развилось зн...
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SHEWETH HIM— The word δεικνυσιν, rendered _sheweth,_ has a
reference here to the ample, comprehensive, and infinite knowledge
which the Son has of the whole plan of the Father's counsels in all
their...
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THE DEITY STATED
_Text 5:19-23_
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Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the
Father doing: for what thing...
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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...
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For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that
himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye
may marvel.
FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON. The word here for "lo...
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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...
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5:20 loves (a-4) _ Phileo_ , not as ch. 3.35. see Notes, chs. 11.3 and
21.15....
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LOVETH THE SON] Hence God is love (1 John 4:8) from eternity. GREATER
WORKS] something greater than miracles; the giving of new life to
those dead in sins (see John 5:21; John 5:24)....
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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...
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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...
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FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON. — Do men deny His divinity? God is
His Father. There is, therefore, oneness of essence. The unity of His
work with God’s work has for its basis the Eternal Love, which
s...
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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...
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And the Son is enabled to see what the Father does, because He loves
the Son and shows Him all that He Himself does. The Father is not
passive in the matter, merely allowing Jesus to discover what He...
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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...
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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...
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_Greater works than these will he (the Father) shew him, &c. These
words may also, with Maldonatus be expounded of Christ, as man; but
the ancient interpreters understand them of Christ, as God, in th...
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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.”...
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FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA.
1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The
discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John
5:17-47....
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SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50.
UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only
exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive
indiff...
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II. THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS: JOHN 5:17-47.
In this discourse which is designed to vindicate the act which He has
just performed, the three following thoughts are developed:
1. Jesus justifies His work...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
XXVIII.
Vv. 19-29.
1. The reference in John 5:19 ff., to the union between the Son and
the Father is to the complete union in working, which is founded upon...
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VER. 20. The relation of the Father to the Son: _For the Father loveth
the Son, and showeth him all things that he himself doeth, and he will
show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel._ ”...
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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...
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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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20._For the Father loveth the Son. _Every body sees how harsh and
far-fetched is the exposition of this passage which is given by the
Fathers. “God,” they say, “loves himself in the Son.” But this
sta...
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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...
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FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON,.... As being his Son, his image, the
brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person; as being
of the same nature, and having the same perfections, and so e...
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For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself
doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may
marvel.
Ver. 20. _For the Father loveth the Son_] This noteth...
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_Jesus answered_ “By _the Jews_, who in the preceding verses are
said to have persecuted Jesus, we are to understand the rulers, as
appears from John 5:33, where Jesus, speaking to the persons who
sou...
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SHOWETH HIM ALL THINGS; makes him partaker of all his counsels, as
well as acts with him in all his works.
GREATER WORKS THAN THESE; the works referred to in the following
verses....
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THE RELATION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE SON.
Jesus gives the Jews an answer:...
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FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, AND SHOWETH HIM ALL THINGS THAT HIMSELF
DOETH; AND HE WILL SHOW HIM GREATER WORKS THAN THESE, THAT YE MAY
MARVEL.
The hostile attitude of the Jews and their murderous th...
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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...
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17-23 The Divine power of the miracle proved Jesus to be the Son of
God, and he declared that he worked with, and like unto his Father, as
he saw good. These ancient enemies of Christ understood him,...
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FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON; both as his Son by eternal generation,
MATTHEW 3:17, and also as the Messiah sent by him into the world, to
finish the work the Father had given him to do: and look, as...
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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,...
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‘Jesus answered and said to them, “In very truth I tell you, the
Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For
whatever things he does the Son does in the same way. For the Fat...
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John 5:20. FOR THE FATHER LOVETH THE SON, AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THINGS
THAT HIMSELF DOETH. The relation of the Son's acts to those of the
Father has been connected with the figure of ‘seeing:' the conve...
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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...
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LOVETH
(φιλε). In John 3:35 we have αγαπα from αγαπαω,
evidently one verb expressing as noble a love as the other. Sometimes
a distinction (John 21:17) is made, but not here, unless φιλεω
presents t...
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John 5:1. _After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up
to Jerusalem._
For he had respect to the Law. As long as the Law lasted, Christ
observed it. Oh, that we were as careful to obey...
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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...
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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...
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19-21. SO JESUS ANSWERED THEM. He answers their charge of blasphemy by
showing there is the closest cooperation between the Father and the
Son. THE SON DOES NOTHING ON HIS OWN. This is said directly a...
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_The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do_
THE UNITY OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
The Jews sought to kill Jesus in obedience to the law
(1) because He wrought a miracle on th...
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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....
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:20 The Father shows Jesus ALL THAT HE HIMSELF IS
DOING. Jesus sees God’s hand and purpose in every event in this
world. The GREATER WORKS include the raising of the dead ...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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2 Peter 1:17; John 1:18; John 10:32; John 12:45; John 15:15;...
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Loveth [φ ι λ ε ι]. To love is expressed by two words in the New
Testament, filew and ajgapaw. Agapaw indicates a reasoning,
discriminating attachment, founded in the conviction that its object
is wor...
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The Father showeth him all things that himself doth — A proof of the
most intimate unity. And he will show him — By doing them. At the
same time (not at different times) the Father showeth and doth, a...
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The second argument which our Saviour produces to prove his unity in
nature, and equality in operation with the Father, is drawn from that
special love which the Father beareth to the Son: which incli...