Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
John 8:16
True [α λ η θ η ς]. The best texts, however, read ajlhqinh, true to the perfect ideal of judgment.
True [α λ η θ η ς]. The best texts, however, read ajlhqinh, true to the perfect ideal of judgment.
JOHN 8:16 path,r {A} Although a minority of the Committee argued that path,r, which is absent from a* D itd syrc, s, has crept into all other witnesses by assimilation to ver....
AND YET, IF I JUDGE - If I should express my judgment of men or things. He was not limited, nor forbidden to do it, nor restrained by any fear that his judgment would be erroneous. MY JUDGMENT IS TRU...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
JOHN 8. FURTHER CONTROVERSY IN JERUSALEM. John 8:12. The Light of the World; Discourse in the Treasury. If we remove the _Pericope adulterai_ (John 7:53 to John 8:11, clearly a later addition, though...
IF. JUDGE, MY JUDGMENT IS TRUE. He came not into the world to judge the world, but to save it, but he does not refrain from judging because he could not pass. judgment that was infallibly true. His F...
So Jesus again continued to speak to them. "I am the Light of the World, he said. "He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life." So the Pharisees said to him: "You...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
IF. Assuming the condition. App-118. JUDGMENT. App-177. THE FATHER. See note on John 1:14. SENT. See App-174 and note on John 1:22....
_And yet if I judge_ Or, BUT EVEN _if I judge_, like -even if I bear witness" (John 8:14). -I judge no man; not because I have no authority, but because judging is not what I came to do. Even if I do...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
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...
ἈΛΗΘΙΝΉ (BDLTX) for ἀληθής (from John 8:13-14). 16. ΚΑῚ ἘᾺΝ ΚΡ. ΔῈ ἘΓΏ. BUT EVEN _if I should judge_, like ‘even if I should bear witness’ (John 8:14). ‘I judge no man; not because I have no authority...
13–59. A comparison of the discourses in Chapter s 5–8 shews how the conflict increases in intensity. In 5 and 6. Christ proceeds almost without interruption, and the Jews demur rather than contradict...
Ver 13. The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear record of yourself; your record is not true. 14. Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I kno...
_JESUS IS THE LIGHT FOR THE WORLD -- JOHN 8:12-20:_ Those who live in sin are walking in darkness. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall...
ΆΛΗΘΙΝΌΣ (G228) истинный, проверенный, здесь в _знач._ "точный" (Brown; TLNT). ΠΈΜΨΑΣ _aor. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать....
AND YET IF I JUDGE,— At the same time our Lord told them, that if he should condemn any person for unbelief, such condemnation would be just, because his divine mission was true; being confirmed, not...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD _Text 8:12-20_ 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of lif...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:12-32 The following is a Summary of the passage which is to be before us:— The first division of John 8 forms a most striking and suitable introduction to the...
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. AND YET IF I JUDGE, [ kai (G2532) ean (G1437) krinoo (G2919) de ...
12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
AND YET IF I JUDGE, MY JUDGMENT IS TRUE. — Though judgment was not the object of His mission, it was, as He had taught in John 3:19 (see Note there) the result of the manifestation of the Light. But i...
CHAPTER 18 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of...
_Jesus proclaims Himself the Light of the World_....
THE TWOFOLD WITNESS John 8:12-20 On either side of the Temple court stood a huge golden candelabrum. On the first and each succeeding night of the week of the Feast of Tabernacles these were lit, and...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
THE LIGHT OF LIFE John 8:12-16. _“Then, Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world; the one following Me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.”_ The subjuncti...
“ _You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one;_ 16 _and if I judge, my judgment is true_, _because I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me._ ” The objection of the Pharisees, John 8:13...
2. JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: 8:12-20. We find in this section: 1. A testimony (John 8:12); 2. An objection (John 8:13); 3. The answer of Jesus (John 8:14-19); 4. An historical notice ...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13) The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Th...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
16._And if I judge, _He adds this correction, that he may not appear entirely to surrender his right._If I judge, _says he,_my judgment is true, _that is, it is entitled to authority. Now the authorit...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
AND YET IF I JUDGE, MY JUDGMENT IS TRUE,.... Because he saw not as man did, nor looked unto, and judged according to the outward appearance of things; but looked into the heart, and knew what was in i...
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. Ver. 16. _For I am not alone_] But all one with the Father....
_Ye judge after the flesh_ As the flesh, that is, corrupt nature, dictates. The same carnal prejudices still prevail in the minds of the Jews, and prevent their reception of Christ; they laying it dow...
I AM NOT ALONE; in my judgment. The Father is always united with me in it. Compare chap John 5:30....
JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Christ's statement and the Jews' objection:...
AND YET IF I JUDGE, MY JUDGMENT IS TRUE; FOR I AM NOT ALONE, BUT I AND THE FATHER THAT SENT ME. After this incident of the woman and her accusers, Jesus was again at liberty to continue His teaching....
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
12-16 Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeo...
My testimony is not to be looked upon as a single testimony for myself; though I do judge, yet my judgment is true; for no act of mine is a single act: I and my Father are one; and what I do, my Fathe...
Tertullian Against Praxeas When, however, He declares that He is not alone, and uses these words, "but I and the Father that sent me,"[277]...
John 8:16 And G1161 yet G2532 if G1437 I G1473 judge G2919 (G5725) My G1699 judgment G2920 is...
“Yes, and even if I were to judge my judgment would be true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me” (v. 16). However, He also points out to them that actually He was in a p...
CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
John 8:16. BUT EVEN IF I JUDGE, MY JUDGMENT IS TRUE: BECAUSE I AM NOT ALONE, BUT I AND THE FATHER THAT SENT ME. Because in no action is He alone, even if He judges His judgment is true; it is a _real_...
The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
YEA AND IF I JUDGE (κα εαν κρινω δε εγω). "And even if I pass judgment." Condition of third class again.TRUE (althin). See John 1:9 for αληθινος, genuine, soundly based (cf. δικαια in John 5:30)...
John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees_ These wasps were a...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
BUT IF I WERE TO PASS JUDGMENT. He came to be the world's Savior (John 3:17). But he is qualified to "judge," since he uses the Father's rules to measure by....
_Then spake Jesus again unto them_ THE CONNECTION OF CHRIST’S DISCOURSE WITH THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND THE FEAST The feast of tabernacles was over. The water of Siloah was no more poured out by the...
_Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true_ THE SELF-EVIDENCING POWER OF THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS The sun pours forth his beams so that it becomes bright day, and we question not his bei...
1-59 CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives._ On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Pharisees, while they, after their wont, returned home t...
_And yet if I judge_ (i.e., bear witness of Myself) _My judgment_ (i.e., witness) _is true_, i.e., fit to be taken in court, _for I am not alone_, &c. S. Chrysostom explains, "If I judge, I should jus...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31). John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to let the Father witness of Him, still...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
1 Samuel 16:7; Acts 17:31; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 32:2;...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study-John 1:1, we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His command all thin...
I am not alone — No more in judging, than in testifying: but I and the Father that sent me — His Father is in him, and he is in the Father, John 14:10; and so the Father is no more alone without the S...