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Verse John 1:6. _WHOSE NAME_ WAS _JOHN._] This was John the Baptist;
see his name and the nature of his office explained, Mark 1:4, and
Matthew 3:1....
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A MAN SENT FROM GOD - See Matthew 3. The evangelist proceeds now to
show that John the Baptist was not the Messiah and to state the true
nature of his office. Many had supposed that he was the Christ,...
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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 PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL MANIFESTATION. The way was prepared for
the final revelation by the work of John. The author takes the
opportunity of asserting John's true position as against the
extrav...
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THERE WAS. MAN SENT FROM GOD WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN.
Having declared the pre-existence of Christ, the apostle now begins
the history of the Word being made flesh and dwelling among men as the
Light of th...
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There emerged a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a
witness, in order to bear witness to the light, that through him all
might believe. He himself was not the light; his function was t...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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When the world had its beginning, the Word was already there; and the
Word was with God; and the Word was God. This Word was in the
beginning with God. He was the agent through whom all things were
ma...
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THERE WAS. There arose. Not the same word as in John 1:1.
SENT. Compare Malachi 3:1. Greek _apostello_ (App-174.), whence we
have our "Apostle". one sent. John not only came, but was "sent".
FROM. fr...
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John 1:1-18. The Prologue or Introduction
That the first eighteen verses are introductory is universally
admitted: commentators are not so unanimous as to the main divisions
of this introduction. A d...
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The Word revealed to Men and rejected by them
6. _There was a man_ Rather, _There_ AROSE _a man_, in contrast to the
-was" in John 1:1. The word _was_from all eternity; John _arose_, came
into existe...
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THE WORD REVEALED TO MEN AND REJECTED BY THEM...
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ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ἌΝ. The contrast between ἐγένετο and ἦν
is carefully maintained and should be preserved in translation: not
‘there _was_ a man’ but ‘there _arose_ a man;’
ἄνθρωπος, ‘a human being,’ in contras...
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1–18. The Prologue or Introduction in three parts. 1–5: The Word
in His own nature. 6–13: His Revelation to men and rejection by
them. 14–18: His Revelation of the Father. The three great
characterist...
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VER 6. THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD, WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN. 7. THE SAME
CAME FOR A WITNESS, TO BEAR WITNESS OF THE LIGHT, THAT ALL MEN THROUGH
HIM MIGHT BELIEVE. 8. HE WAS NOT THAT LIGHT, BUT WAS SENT...
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_THE ETERNAL "WORD" OF GOD IS JESUS-- JOHN 1:1-18:_ Jesus is pictured
as "the Word" who was in the beginning with God. "In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
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ΑΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΈΝΟΣ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ
(G89) посылать, отправлять, посылать с
поручением в качестве личного
представителя (TDNT; EDNT). _Perf._
подчеркивает существующий результат.
_Adj. part._...
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THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD,— The evangelist, in giving the
history of the Baptist's ministry, tells us, in the first place that
he was merely _a man,_ in opposition to article 10 in the argument
wh...
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EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. 1
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST INTERPRETED
John 1:1-18
_Introduction_
I.
TELL BIRTH STORY BRIEFLY (Luke 2:1-52).
A.
John's Prologue gives the definition of Christmas.
B.
Especiall...
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THE WORD MANIFESTED TO THE JEWSTHEIR REJECTION OF HIM
_Text 1:6-11_
6
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
7
The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light,
t...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:1-13
In the last chapter we stated, "Each book of the Bible has a prominent
and dominant theme which is peculiar to itself. Just as each member in
the human bo...
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There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD, WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN. In approaching
his grand thesis-the historical manifestation of the Word-our
Evangelist begin...
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As God always was, there is no absolute beginning brought before us in
the Scriptures. Both here and in Gen.11 the article _ the _ is lacking
in the originals, showing that it refers to the commenceme...
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1:6 from (e-6) _ Para_ , with genitive, 'from with,' see v. 14, Note
d....
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PARENTHESIS: THE MISSION OF CHRIST'S FORERUNNER, JOHN THE BAPTIST.
Perhaps this section is directed against those followers of the
Baptist who maintained that he was the Messiah. The evangelist makes...
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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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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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THERE WAS A MAN, OR, _THERE APPEARED A MAN._ The word is the same as
that which is used in John 1:3, “were made,” “was made,” and,
as contrasted with the verb “was” in John 1:1; John 1:4, signifies
th...
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CHAPTER 2
RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH.
John 1:1.
In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by
which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by
Him,” and “t...
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John 1:15
CHAPTER 3
THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY.
“There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came
for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might
believe throug...
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CHAPTER 1
THE INCARNATION.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by Him; and without Him was no...
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_The historic manifestation of the Logos and its results_....
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In this verse John passes to the historical; and like the other
evangelists begins with the Baptist. So Theodore Mops:
μετεληλυθὼς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν τοῦ
υἱοῦ, τίνα ἄν εὗρεν ἀρχὴν ἑτέραν ἤ
τὰ κατὰ τὸν...
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THE LIGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR'S PATH
John 1:1-13
The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech
reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen
God. God spake and...
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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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(4) There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
(4) There is another more full manifestation of the Son of God, by the
consideration of which men are in good time stirred up, even to John's...
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TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
John 1:6-51. _“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, that he may testify concerning the Light,
in order that all may believe th...
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FIRST SECTION: THE LOGOS. 1:1-14.
It would be difficult not to recognize in these first verses an
allusion to the beginning of Genesis. The first words of the two
writings manifestly correspond with e...
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PROLOGUE: 1:1-18.
EACH evangelist begins his book in a manner appropriate to the aim of
his narrative. Matthew proposes to prove the _right_ of Jesus to the
Messianic throne. He opens his story with H...
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SECOND SECTION: UNBELIEF. 1:5-11.
This Logos, light of the world, appears in the world buried in the
darkness of sin; He is not recognized and is rejected (John 1:5). And
yet God had taken all precaut...
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[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments
of John 1:18.]
VER. 6. “ _There appeared a man sent from God; his name was John._
”
The forerunner is not mentioned here as repr...
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There was a man sent from God, whose name was John: (7) The same came
for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him
might believe. (8) He was not that Light, but was sent to be...
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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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_CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAPTIST_
‘There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.’
John 1:6
There are two things about John which we have to remember:—
I. HE WAS A FEARLESS MAN.—In those days,...
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6._There was a man_. The Evangelist now begins to discourse about the
manner in which the Son of God was manifested in flesh; and that none
may doubt that Christ is the eternal Son of God, he relates...
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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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THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD,.... John the Baptist: he was not the
Logos, or word; nor was he an angel, but a man; yet an extraordinary
one, in his conception of a barren woman, and in being born whe...
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There was a man sent from God, whose name _was_ John.
Ver. 6. _There was a man sent from God_] As he ran not, till
sent,Jeremiah 23:32. St Paul holds it not only for incredible, but for
impossible, t...
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_There was a man sent from God_ The introducer of a new dispensation,
the morning star, preceding the rise of the Sun of righteousness;
_whose name was_ JOHN That is, _grace;_ a name fitly given to th...
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JOHN; John the Baptist. Matthew 3:1....
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THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN....
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John the Baptist and the Logos:...
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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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6-14 John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing
more fully shows the darkness of men's minds, than that when the Light
had appeared, there needed a witness to call attention to i...
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THERE WAS A MAN SENT FROM GOD; not the Christ, not an angel, but _a
man; _ yet one, than whom (as our Saviour saith) there had not risen a
greater amongst those that were born of women. He did not com...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
The same came as a witness, that he might bear witness of that Light.
He was not that Light, but [came] that he might testify of the
Light."[128]
Clement of Alexan...
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John 1:6 was G1096 (G5633) man G444 sent G649 (G5772) from G3844 God
G2316 whose G846 name G368
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The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms
of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the
wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peop...
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THE WORD WAS GOD (JOHN 1:1).
John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One
through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and later he adds, ‘all
things were made by Him' (John 1:3) and...
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‘There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came
for a witness that he might bear witness of the light that all may
believe through him.'
For the Word did not come unheralded. ‘A m...
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John 1:6. THERE AROSE A MAN, SENT FROM GOD, whose name was John. With
this verse we pass forward into the times of the Incarnate Word. The
section upon which we first enter is, as compared with the se...
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The Prologue of the Gospel of John stands in the most intimate
connection with the plan and purpose of the Gospel as a whole. It is
not to be regarded as a philosophical speculation to which the
histo...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_
Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son
of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was
metaphorically, «having neithe...
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John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the
piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God.
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the...
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May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them
as we read them!
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._
The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the
beginn...
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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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GOD SENT HIS MESSENGER. The "advance man" is now introduced. This is
John the Baptist. He was appointed to this mission, even before his
birth....
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_There was a man sent from God whose name was John_
THE FORERUNNER
I. THE MISSION OF THE BAPTIST.
1. It was immediately connected with the appearance of the Word in the
flesh.
2. It was of God. An...
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A TRUE HERO
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. John 1:6.
The house into which this great man of the Bible was born reminds one
of the homes of some of the great men of Scotland. T...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:6 WITNESS. John speaks of the first of several
witnesses who bear testimony concerning Jesus (see John 5:31; and
chart).
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JOHN 1:1 Prologue: The Incarnate Word. John presents Jesus as the
eternal, preexistent, and now incarnate Word (vv. John 1:1, John
1:14). Jesus is the one-of-
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ACCORDING TO JOHN.
T
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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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 1:1. IN THE BEGINNING, etc.—ἐν�. The
בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of
that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the
vis...
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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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Acts 13:24; Isaiah 40:3; John 1:33; John 3:28; Luke 1:13;...
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SEEING CHRIST IN JOHN
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John.
We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth the
Deity...
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VISIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct
aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious
D...
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There was a man — The evangelist now proceeds to him who testified
of the light, which he had spoken of in John 1:1....
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Here the evangelist proceeds in declaring Christ to be really God,
because he was that original, that essential light, which had no
beginning, suffers no decay, but is so diffusive, and in some kind a...