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Verse John 3:11. _WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW_] I and my disciples do
not profess to teach a religion which we do not understand, nor
exemplify in our conduct. A strong but delicate reproof to Nicodemus...
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WE SPEAK - Jesus here speaks in the plural number, including himself
and those engaged with him in preaching the gospel. Nicodemus had said
John 3:2, “we know that thou art,” etc., including himself a...
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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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VERILY, VERILY,. SAY UNTO THEE.
This is the third time these words have occurred. Each time they mark.
new stage of the discourse.
WE SPEAK THAT WHICH WE DO KNOW... YE RECEIVE NOT OUR WITNESS.
Why d...
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Do not be surprised that I said to you: "You must be reborn from
above. The wind blows where it will, and you hear the sound of it, but
you do not know whence it comes and whither it goes. So is every...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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TESTIFY. bear witness to. Greek. _martureo._ See notes on John 1:7 and
p. 1511.
SEEN. Greek _horao._ App-133. Compare John 1:18; John 14:7; John 14:9....
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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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_We speak that we do know_ The plural is no _proof_that any of the
disciples were present, though S. John at least may have been; nor
does it _necessarily_include more than Christ Himself. The plurals...
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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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ΟἼΔΑΜΕΝ. The plurals between singulars are to be noted. They
may be rhetorical, giving the saying the tone of a proverb; but the
next verse seems to shew that they are literal. Jesus and His
disciples...
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John 3:1-21. THE DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS
This is the first of the discourses of our Lord which form the main
portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel. They
have been used as a...
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VER 9. NICODEMUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE?
10. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, ARE YOU A MASTER OF ISRAEL, AND
KNOW NOT THESE THINGS? 11. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, WE SPEA...
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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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WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW,— Some have supposed, that, as Christ
speaks here in the plural number, he may refer not only to the
doctrine which was delivered by _himself,_ but to the testimony which
was...
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EARTHLY MYSTERIES COMPARED WITH HEAVENLY MYSTERIES
_Text 3:9-15_
9
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Isra...
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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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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and
testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW, AND
TESTIFY THAT...
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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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WE] Probably St. John and a few other disciples were present....
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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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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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Once again the “Verily, verily” of deeper truth. “We speak that
we do know” is in sharp contrast to their formal teaching of matters
external to the truth. The plural is not usual in the language of
C...
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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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ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν … οὐ λαμβάνετε. From this point
dialogue ceases, and we have now an unbroken utterance of Jesus. It
starts with a certification of the truth of what Nicodemus had
professed himself unable t...
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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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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify
that we have seen; and ye receive not our (i) witness.
(i) You handle doubtful things even though you have no solid basis for
be...
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_We speak what we know. It may perhaps be asked here, why Christ
speaks in the plural number? To this we must answer, that it is the
only Son of God, who is here speaking, showing us how the Father is...
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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.
XIII.
1. At John 3:11, Jesus makes a step in advance in the discourse, and
now assumes in a more formal way the position of the teacher of this
teacher. He de...
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In opposition to the doctorate of the letter, devoid of all spiritual
intuition, Jesus announces to him the coming of a teaching, which will
rest on the immediate knowledge of the truth (John 3:11). I...
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VER. 11. “ _Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do
know and bear testimony of that we have seen; and ye receive not our
testimony._ ”
The formula _amen, amen_ (“ _in truth_ ”), declares,...
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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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11._We speak what we know. _Some refer this to Christ and John the
Baptist; others say that the plural number is used instead of the
singular. For my own part, I have no doubt that Christ mentions
him...
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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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VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW,.... Meaning
either himself, and John the Baptist his forerunner, who preached the
same doctrine of regeneration, internal sanctification, and...
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify
that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Ver. 11. _Ye receive not our witness_] Our Saviour joins himself with
the pro...
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_We speak that we do know_ I, and all that truly believe in me. Or, he
may refer to the testimony that was given to the truth of his doctrine
by John the Baptist, and to the preaching also of his own...
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DO KNOW-HAVE SEEN; Christ's knowledge of truth was direct. He always
spoke what he had seen with his Father, chap John 5:20; John 8:38.
What his followers, therefore, had heard and learned of him, the...
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VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE, WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW, AND TESTIFY
THAT WE HAVE SEEN; AND YE RECEIVE NOT OUR WITNESS....
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The witness from above:...
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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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Christ speaketh only of himself, though he speaketh in the plural
number, for in the next verse he saith only, _If I have told you
earthly things; _ he lets Nicodemus know that he spake nothing but he...
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Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
was sent from the Father,[232]...
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John 3:11 Most G281 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G4671 speak
G2980 (G5719) what G3754...
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“In very truth I tell you, we speak what we know, and bear witness
of what we have seen, and you do not receive our testimony. If I have
told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you be...
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John 3:11. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO THEE. These words form the
solemn introduction to a new division, a higher stage, of the
discourse. The connecting link between John 3:10-11 is reproof. The
last...
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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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WE SPEAK THAT WE DO KNOW
(ο οιδαμεν λαλουμεν). Jesus simply claims knowledge of
what he has tried to make plain to the famous Rabbi without success.
John uses λαλεω some 60 times, half of them by J...
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If you were sent for to visit a dying man, and you wished to select a
chapter which would set the truth before him very briefly and very
clearly, you could not make a better choice than this 3 rd chap...
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If we were asked to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel,
we should probably select this chapter as the most suitable one for
such an occasion; and what is good for dying men is good for us...
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If you were called in to see a person who was dying, and wished to
read a chapter from the Word of God, and you were afraid that the sick
one did not know the way of salvation, you could not select a...
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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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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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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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WE SPEAK OF WHAT WE KNOW. Jesus came from God, and he knew
_first-hand_ the things he spoke about. The prophets told of the
coming Kingdom, and even though no one expected what God was doing (1
Corint...
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_We speak that we do know_
DIVINE CERTAINTIES
I. Consider THE PLACE THE BIBLE HOLDS as an evidence of Christianity.
1. The Bible is the history of the Jewish people, and their existence
to-day is a...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:11 EARTHLY THINGS probably refers to Jesus’
teaching about the new birth, which takes place in a person’s life
on earth. YOU is plural in the second instance in v....
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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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_Amen, Amen_, &c. "The Divine mysteries of God, of the Holy Ghost, and
His spiritual regeneration, which I declare unto thee, I know most
truly and most certainly, because I, as God, have seen them by...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 3:1. In John 2:23, we read of many who believed in Jesus because
of the miracles He wrought. But their belief was so imperfect that
Jesus had “no faith” in it. He...
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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 John 1:1; 1 John 5:6; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Acts 22:18; Acts 28:23;...
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We speak - we know - we have seen. After the use of the singular
number in vv. 3, 5, 7, 12, the plural here is noteworthy. It is not
merely rhetorical - "a plural of majesty" - but is explained by ver...
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THE NEW BIRTH
John 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The story of Nicodemus is common to us all, and yet there is, perhaps,
much in it which needs to be emphasized, and there may be some things
hidden away th...
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SALVATION MADE PLAIN
John 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are using the story of Nicodemus as the basis of our message for
today. However, we are planning to bring out some very vital
considerations whic...
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We speak what we know — I and all that believe in me....