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Verse 38. _YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU_] Though ye believe
the Scriptures to be of God, yet ye do not let them take hold of your
hearts-his word is in your mouth, but not in your mind. What a...
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HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU - His law does not abide in you - that is, you
do not regard or obey it. This was the “third” thing that he
charged them with.
* They had not obeyed the command of God.
* T...
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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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WITNESS. The subject is introduced abruptly, but rises naturally out
of the circumstances. The claims made, if less than the author
represents them, were such as to raise the question of authority. By...
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YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU.
The proof of it was that they did not believe the one whom God had
sent, though the word bore continual witness to him....
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And the Father who sent me has home witness about me. You have never
heard his voice, nor have you ever seen his form. You do not have his
word dwelling in you, because you do not believe in the One w...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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ABIDING. See note on John 1:32.
HATH SENT. sent....
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_The Father's testimony is evident_, (a) _in the works assigned to
Me_, (b) _in the revelation which ye do not receive_....
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The connexion of thought in the next few verses is very difficult to
catch, and cannot be affirmed with certainty. This is often the case
in S. John's writings. A number of simple sentences follow one...
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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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_And ye have not his word_ -And hence it is that ye have no inner
appropriation of the word" seeing that ye have never received it
either by hearing or vision. -His word" is not a fresh testimony
diff...
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THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
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38. ‘And hence it is that ye have no inner appropriation of the
word’—seeing that ye have never received it either by hearing or
vision. Ὁ λόγος is not a fresh testimony different from
φωνή and εἶδος:...
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37–40. The connexion of thought in the next few verses is very
difficult to catch, and cannot be affirmed with certainty. This is
often the case in S. John’s writings. A number of simple sentences
fol...
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36–40. _The Father’s testimony is evident_, (a) _in the works
assigned to Me_, (b) _in the revelation which ye do not receive_....
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THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS...
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Ver 31. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32. There
is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which
he witnesses of me is true. 33. You sent to John, and he b...
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_A WITNESS TO JESUS -- JOHN 5:31-47:_ Jesus called the attention of
the Jews to the fact that God the Father was His witness. John was a
great witness but the things that the Father had given Him to d...
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ΜΈΝΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306)
пребывать. "Слово, которое пребудет в
вас"
ΆΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649)
посылать. Совершенный _aor._,
подчеркивающий завершенност...
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YE HAVE NEITHER HEARD HIS VOICE AT ANY TIME, &C.— "Nor have you any
reason to dispute the testimony which the Father hath thus given me,
though _you have never heard his voice, nor seen his form;_ as...
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THE FATHER'S WITNESS
_Text 5:36-38_
36
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the
works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works
that I do, bear witness...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 5:31-47
We begin with our usual Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us:—
"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true" (John 5:31).
Every comm...
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And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him
ye believe not.
AND YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU - passing now from the
Witness-bearer to the testimony borne by the Fath...
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31 The usual rendering, "If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not
true", _ is not true_! The Lord Himself insisted, on another occasion,
that His testimony concerning Himself _ was _ true. "And i...
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HIS WORD] is not here the Scripture, but the Divine Voice speaking
through the conscience and spiritual nature of man....
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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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ABIDING IN YOU. — This striking thought of the word taking up its
abode in the mind, and forming the mind in which it dwells, meets us
only in St. John. (Comp. John 15:7; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 2:24;...
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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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καὶ τὸν λόγον … you have not heard His _voice_ as you
have heard mine (John 5:25) and His _word_ which you have heard, and
which has been coming to you through all these centuries, you do not
admit to...
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JESUS' WORKS HIS SUFFICIENT WITNESS
John 5:30-38
The one desire and purpose of our Lord was to do God's will. We cannot
penetrate the mystery of His ineffable being, but clearly, so far as
His human...
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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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You do not observe the commandment he gave you. (Deuteronomy xviii.
15. 19.) of listening to the prophet He would send you....
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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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II. THE TESTIMONY OF THE FATHER, IN SUPPORT OF THAT WHICH THE SON
RENDERS TO HIMSELF: JOHN 5:31-40.
Jesus had just ascribed to Himself marvelous works. Such declarations
might provoke an objection amo...
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“ _And his word ye have not abiding in you, for ye believe not him
whom he hath sent._ 39. _Ye search the Scriptures, because ye think
that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear...
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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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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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38._And you have not his word abiding in you. _This is the true way of
profiting, when the word of God takes root in us, so that, being
impressed on our hearts, it has its fixed abode there. Christ af...
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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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AND YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU,.... Which some understand of
Christ himself, the Logos, or word: who, though he was now with them,
being made flesh, and dwelling among them, yet would not lon...
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And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye
believe not.
Ver. 38. _And you have not his word abiding in you_] As an "engrafted
word," James 1:21 : ye have heard it, but wit...
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_But I have greater witness than that of John_ The testimony of one
who has infinitely greater authority and power than he; _for the works
which the Father hath given me to finish_ The miracles which...
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YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD; they did not receive the testimony of God, and
they showed this by rejecting that of his Son....
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The witness of the Father:...
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AND YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU; FOR WHOM HE HATH SENT, HIM YE
BELIEVE NOT.
The testimony of John was valuable for their sakes only; Jesus did not
need the witness of men. He could appeal to t...
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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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30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement
between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God.
He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witnes...
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Though they had heard the word of the Lord, their forefathers by the
prophets, and in that generation by John the Baptist, (the messenger
sent before Christ's face), and now by Christ himself, whom th...
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John 5:38 But G2532 do G2192 not G3756 have G2192 (G5719) His G846
word G3056 abiding G3306 ...
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“You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form,
and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe
him whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures, because you think...
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WITNESSES TO THE GENUINENESS OF HIS AUTHORITY (JOHN 5:31).
Jesus now goes on to describe the witnesses which support Him:
· He is the One to Whom the Father has borne witness (John 5:37)
· His very...
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John 5:38. AND YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU; BECAUSE WHOM HE
SENT, HIM YE BELIEVE NOT. ‘Word' here must not be understood as
directly signifying the Scriptures of the Old Testament: it is rathe...
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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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John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,_
If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent his
S...
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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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EVEN GREATER THAN. The miracles which Jesus did through the Father's
power [and his other works]; the Father's voice at his baptism; the
Father's testimony through the prophets. YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD H...
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_If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true._
There is another that beareth witness of Me
THE WITNESSES OF THE SON
I. A GREAT WITNESS, His forerunner. The Baptist as a witness for
Christ wa...
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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 5:31 Jesus speaks of several witnesses who bear
testimony concerning him (see chart).
⇐...
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VER. 36. _But I have greater witness_, &c.: _i.e._, than John's
witness; _greater_ in the sense of _surer, more efficacious_, that I
am Messiah, the Son of God. This greater testimony is My works, My...
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_Ye have not His word abiding_ (Arabic, _made strong_) _in you_, &c.
The connection and subsequent argument of these words is obscure,
which different writers explain in different ways.
1. You may exp...
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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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1 John 2:14; Colossians 3:16; Deuteronomy 6:6; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 5
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His word. Emphatic, commencing the sentence. Compare John 17:6 sqq.; 1
John 1:10; 1 John 2:14....
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Ye have not his word — All who believe have the word of the Father
(the same with the word of the Son) abiding in them, that is, deeply
ingrafted in their hearts....