THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. On the first (day) of the Sabbaths (plural) Greek. _Te mia ton sabbaton._ The word "day" is rightly supplied, as _mia is_ feminine, and so must agree with. feminine noun understood, while _sabbaton is_ neuter. Luke 24:1 has the same. Matthew reads, "towards dawn on the fir... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore. TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. OTHER. Greek. _altos._ App-124. JESUS. App-98. LOVED. used to love (imperf.) Greek. _phileo._ App-135. UNTO. to. HAVE TAKEN. took. THE LORD. Greek. _kurios._ App-98. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. NOT. Greek. _ou_. A... [ Continue Reading ]
COMES. were coming. TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAN. were running, DID OUTRUN. ran ahead, more quickly than. This affords no ground for the assumption by so many commentators, even Alford, that John was younger than Peter.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOPING DOWN. Greek. _parakupto._ The word implies bending down to see more clearly. Compare the other occurance: John 20:11.Luke 24:12. Jam 1:25. 1 Peter 1:12. SAW. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. LINEN CLOTHES. See John 19:40. YET WENT HE. however he went.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. SEETH. intently beholdeth. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133., LIE. lying.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAPKIN. See John 11:44. ABOUT. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. WRAPPED TOGETHER. rolled, or coiled round and round. Greek. _entuliseo._ Used elsewhere, only in Matthew 27:59; Luke 23:53, of the linen cloth. Here it implies that the cloth had been folded round the head as... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO, &c.. that other disciple also. which who. SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. BELIEVED (App-150.): i, e. believed that He was risen. All that He had said about rising again the third day had fallen upon dull ears. The chief priests had taken note of His words (Matthew 27:63), but the disciples had... [ Continue Reading ]
AS YET... NOT. not yet. Greek. oudepo, as in John 19:41. THE SCRIPTURE. Compare Psalms 16:10; Psalms 16:11, &c. MUST. Compare John 3:14; John 12:34, rise again. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. FROM THE DEAD. Greek. _ek nekron._ App-139.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. THEIR OWN HOME. their lodging. Not the same words as in John 19:27. Galilean fishermen, constantly moving about with their Rabbi since the Feast of Tabernacles, six months before, could have had no settled home, as we understand it, in Jerusalem. They had not been ther... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. Greek. _pros._ App-104. WEEPING. Greek. _klaio._ See on John 11:33. AND. therefore.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO ANGELS. Probably Michael and Gabriel. Compare Daniel 9:21; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1.Luke 1:19; Luke 1:26. The supreme importance of the Lord's resurrection in the Divine counsels demanded the presence of the highest angels. no hold on Me. ye did not (Greek. _ou_. App-105) seize me.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOMAN. See on John 2:4. HAVE TAKEN. took. Lord. App-98. A. HAVE LAID. laid.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &a.. having said these things. TURNED... BACK: i.e. turned half round. BACK. Greek. _eis_ (App-104.) _ta opiso._... [ Continue Reading ]
GARDENER. Greek. _kepouros._ Occurs only here. Sir. Greek. _kurios._ App-98. B. b. IF. App-118. HAVE BORNE. didst bear. HAST LAID. didst lay.... [ Continue Reading ]
RABBONI. App-98. Most of the texts add, before Rabboni, "in Hebrew". MASTER. Greek. _didaskalos._ App-98. John 20:1. Compare John 13:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOUCH ME NOT. Do not be holding Me. Greek. _hapto._ Only here in John; elsewhere, thirty-nine times. See Matthew 8:3; Matthew 8:18; Matthew 9:20; Matthew 9:21; Matthew 9:29. NOT. Greek _me.App-105._ FOR. This gives the reason for the prohibition. He afterwards allowed the women to hold Him by the f... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME. cometh. AND TOLD. telling. Greek. _apangello._ See John 4:51.Matthew 2:8. Compare App-121.:6. SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE. Probably the upper room. See Mark 14:15.Luke 22:12.Acts 1:13. ASSEMBLED. All the texts omit. FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia._ App-104.John 20:2. PEACE. Compare John 14:27; John 16:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
HANDS... SIDE. Luke says hands and feet. All three were pierced. See on John 19:37. SIDE. See John 19:34. WERE... GLAD. rejoiced.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY FATHER. The Father. See John 1:14. SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174. EVEN SO. I also. SEND. Greek. _pempo._ App-174. Note the distinction. The Father sent the Son alone, but the Son sends His disciples with an "escort" or guard, i.e. the Holy Spirit. This is to emphasize the fact that the Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
BREATHED ON. Greek. _emphusao._ Only here in N.T., but used in the Septuagint in Genesis 2:7 for the Hebrew word _naphah,_ to breathe, or blow with force. The same Lord who, as Jehovah Elohim, breathed into Adam's nostrils the breath of life so that he became. living soul, here breathes upon the apo... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS. App-128. REMIT. Greek. _aphiemi._ Always translated elsewhere "forgive", when sins or debts are referred to. This authority bestowed upon the apostles and others continued in force with other "gifts" till Acts 28, which records the final rejection of the Kingdom. To suppose that the "Church... [ Continue Reading ]
THOMAS. The third mention of him in John. See John 11:16; John 14:5. OF. out of. Greek _ek._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
EXCEPT. If... not. Greek _ean me._ App-118 and App-105 PRINT. Greek. _tupos,_ type. Elsewhere translated figure, fashion, example, &c. PUT. Greek _ballo,_ generally translated "cast". See John 15:6; John 19:24. THRUST. Greek. _ballo,_ as above. NOT. by no means. Greek. ou _me._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER EIGHT DAYS: i.e.. week later, on the day following the second Sabbath of the seven in the reckoning to Pentecost. AFTER. Greek _meta._ App-104. THE DOORS BEING SHUT. This shows that the Lord had now the spiritual body, _soma pneumatikon,_ of 1 Corinthians 15:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
REACH HITHER. Bring here. BEHOLD. Greek. _ide._ App-133. BE. become. FAITHLESS. Greek. _apistos_. unbelieving. BELIEVING. App-150.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY LORD AND MY GOD. First testimony to the Deity of the risen Lord. Possibly Thomas was using the words of Psalms 86:15, which in the Septuagint read _Kurie ho Theos,_ and claiming forgiveness for his unbelief on the ground of Exodus 34:6, to which this verse of the Psalm refers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOMAS. All the texts omit. THAT, &c.. who saw not and believed. See John 4:48. Mat 16:1. 1 Corinthians 1:22. Those who crave for miracles and signs to-day will have them, but they will be Satan's miracles.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND MANY, &c. Therefore many and other (App-124.) SIGNS. See p. 1511 and App-176. These were always in relation to and in proof of His Messiahship. IN THE PRESENCE OF. in the sight of. Greek _enopion._ WHICH ARE NOT WRITTEN: Here was the opportunity for the writers of the Apocryphal Gospels, &c.,... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE. Emphatic. ARE WRITTEN. have been (and therefore stand) written. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ MIGHT. may. BELIEVE. App-150. CHRIST. App-98. SON OF GOD. App-98. LIFE. App-170. THROUGH. in. Greek _en._ App-104. NAME. Compare John 1:12.Acts 3:6; Acts 3:4.] 0, 12; Joh 10:43. 1 Cori... [ Continue Reading ]