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JOHN 3:15 evn auvtw|/ {B}
Exegetical as well as textual problems are involved in deciding among
the variant readings. Except for this passage, the fourth evangelist
always uses eivj after pisteu,ein...
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Verse John 3:15. _THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH_] Bp. Pearce supposes that
this verse is only the conclusion of the 16th, and that it has been
inserted in this place by mistake. The words contain the _rea...
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THAT WHOSOEVER - This shows the fulness and freeness of the gospel.
All may come and be saved.BELIEVETH IN HIM - Whosoever puts confidence
in him as able and willing to save. All who feel that they ar...
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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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AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, SO MUST THE SON OF
MAN BE LIFTED UP.
The reference is to Numbers 21:4-9. The Israelites sinned through
unbelief and were bitten by fiery serpents and...
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of
Man must be lifted up, that every one who believes in him may have
eternal life.
John goes back to a strange Old Testament story wh...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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WHOSOEVER. every one who. As here defined. believeth in. See App-150.
(See note on John 1:7.). reads _epi;_ Lm. Tr.. WI and. read _en._ but
have. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6), for emph. The phr...
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_That_ The eternal life of believers is the purpose of the - MUST " in
John 3:14. For -should" read MAY both here and in John 3:16.
_not perish, but_ These words are not genuine here, but have been
ta...
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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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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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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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ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι for εἰς αὐτόν (a correction to S.
John’s usual construction): μὴ�' before ἔχῃ is an
insertion (A) from John 3:16; אBL omit.
15. ἽΝΑ. see on John 1:8. The eternal life of _all_ believers,
wh...
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VER 14. AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO
MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP: 15. THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
CHRYS. Having made...
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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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DISCOURSE: 1609
THE BRAZEN SERPENT A TYPE OF CHRIST
John 3:14. _As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him
should not...
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AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP— Our Lord, by telling Nicodemus that the
death of the Messiah was prefigured by types in the law, shewed him,
that it was agreeable both to the doctrine of Moses, and to the
cou...
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EARTHLY MYSTERIES COMPARED WITH HEAVENLY MYSTERIES
_Text 3:9-15_
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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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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal
life.
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE. Since this most heavenly thing, for the reason ju...
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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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3:15 on (a-6) _ Eis_ , as in ver. 36; chs. 4.39; 6.29,35,40....
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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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RV 'that whosoever believeth may in Him have eternal life.'
ETERNAL LIFE] This expression, though found in the other Gospels
(Matthew 19:16, etc.) and in the Pauline Epistles (Romans 2:7, etc.),
is sp...
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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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NOT PERISH, BUT... — These words have been added here from the
following verse. Omitting them, the sentence should be rendered, _that
every one who believeth may have in Him eternal life._ This
constr...
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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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The words μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλʼ of the T.R. are omitted by
Tisch [41], W.H [42], and R.V [43] Further, the same editors replace
the words εἰς αὐτὸν by ἐν αὐτῷ, and the R.V [44]
translates “that whosoever b...
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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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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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“ _And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the
Son of man be lifted up_, 15, _that whosoever believeth on him_, _may
have eternal life._ ”
The commentators give more or less forc...
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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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VV. 15 finishes the application of the type. To the look of the dying
Israelite the faith of the sinner in the crucified one corresponds; to
the life restored to the wounded one, the salvation granted...
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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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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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THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM,.... Whether Jew or Gentile, a
greater, or a lesser sinner, and of whatsoever state and condition,
age or sex; and though ever so weak a believer, provided his faith, i...
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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal
life.
Ver. 15. _That whosoever believeth_] Faith is the soul's hand (_fidei
mendica manus, _ saith Luther); foot, whereby we come t...
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_As Moses lifted up the serpent_ As if he had said, And even this
single witness, bearing testimony of heavenly things, will soon be
taken from you; yea, and in a most ignominious manner. Or, as Dr.
D...
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The purpose of Christ's coming:...
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THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE....
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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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OLBGrk;
Here our Lord openeth the instrumental cause of justification and
salvation, that is, believing eiv auton, IN HIM. It is one thing to
believe in him as a teacher, another thing to believe in h...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V
And again: "He that believeth hath everlasting life."[158]
Tertullian On Idolatry
even in a word of curse or of reproach, and in every impulse of anger,
and in...
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John 3:15 that G3363 whoever G3956 believes G4100 (G5723) in G1519 Him
G846 not G3363 perish G622 ...
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‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever believes in him may have
eternal life.'
The fourth mystery is the greatest of all. That thi...
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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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John 3:14-15. AND AS MOSES LIFTED ON HIGH THE SERPENT IN THE
WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED ON HIGH, THAT EVERY
ONE THAT BELIEVETH MAY IN HIM HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. These verses continu...
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THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH MAY IN HIM HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
(ινα πας ο πιστευων εν αυτω εχη ζωην
αιωνιον). Final use of ινα with present active subjunctive
of εχω, that he may keep on having eternal life...
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John 3:14
Consider some of the lessons of Gospel truth which seem to be
foreshadowed in the story of the brazen serpent.
I. There was contained in it a significant intimation that Christ
would die. I...
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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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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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John 3:13. _And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven._
We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came
dow...
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John 3:14. _And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal life._
«Whosoever.» Not...
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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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IN THE SAME WAY THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP. Numbers 21:4-9 tells
about Moses and the bronze snake. The bitten Israelites had to:
_believe_ that God would heal those who looked; _turn from sin_ a...
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_As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness_
THE BRAZEN SERPENT
Nicodemus’s confession of faith was substantially that of many
amongst us, only he went a bit further.
Because he was honest he...
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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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_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 Corinthians 1:18; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:13
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Believeth in Him [π ι σ τ ε υ ω ν ε ι ς α υ τ ο ν].
The best texts read ejn aujtw, construing with have eternal life, and
rendering may in Him have eternal life. So Rev..
Should not perish, but. The...
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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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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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That whosoever — He must be lifted up, that hereby he may purchase
salvation for all believers: all those who look to him by faith
recover spiritual health, even as all that looked at that serpent
rec...