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Verse John 3:21. _WROUGHT IN GOD._] In his presence, and through his
assistance. This is the end of our Lord's discourse to Nicodemus; and
though we are not informed here of any good effects produced...
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ARE THAT DOETH TRUTH - He who does right, or he that obeys the truth.
Truth here is opposed to error and to evil. The sinner acts from
falsehood and error. The good man acts according to truth. The si...
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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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HE THAT DOETH TRUTH COMETH TO THE LIGHT.
Truth is not an abstract idea; it is something that must be lived.
Many. life is. false one,. lie; many. life is. true one, an
illustration of the truth. He t...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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DOETH. Actively produces, having regard to the object and end of the
action. Greek. _poieo._ Compare the two verbs, _prasso_ and _poieo,_
in. similar connexion in John 6:29.
TRUTH. the truth. Greek _...
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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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VER 19. AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT IS COME INTO THE
WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS
WERE EVIL. 20. FOR EVERY ONE THAT DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, NEIT...
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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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ΠΟΙΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать,
практиковать. Об обороте ΠΟΙΏΝ ΤΗΝ
ΆΛΉΘΕΙΑΝ в свитках Мертвого моря _см._
1QS 1:5; 5:3; 8:2.
ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΉ _aor. conj. pass._ от ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319)
проявлят...
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DISCOURSE: 1612
MEN’S HATRED OF THE LIGHT
John 3:19. _And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil. For eve...
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HE THAT DOETH TRUTH— _He that practiseth truth:_ that is, "is
exercised in righteousness and goodness." See Ephesians 5:9. This
phrase often occurs as the character of a good man: compare. Psalms
119:...
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MORE HEAVENLY MYSTERIES
_Text 3:16-21_
16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17
For God sent...
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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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But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
BUT HE THAT DOETH [`THE'] TRUTH, [ teen (G3588) aleetheian (G225)] -
whose one object...
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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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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,...
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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 *Pharise...
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HE THAT DOETH TRUTH is opposed to “him that practiseth evil.” With
fixed purpose he doeth not that which is evil or worthless, but that
which, when every veil by which it is hidden from himself or oth...
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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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ὁ δὲ ποιῶν … “On the other hand, he who does the
truth” … This is one of John's comprehensive phrases which perhaps
lose by definition. “To do the truth” is at any rate to live up to
what one knows; t...
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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.
Noti...
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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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But he that (s) doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought (t) in God.
(s) That is, he that leads an honest life, and is void of all cunning
and decei...
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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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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
XIV.
The passage from John 3:16 to John 3:21 is supposed by Westcott, and
by Milligan and Moulton, among the most recent writers on this Gospel,
as well as b...
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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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21._But he who doeth truth _This appears to be an improper and absurd
statement, unless you choose to admit that some are upright and true,
before they have been renewed by the Spirit of God, which do...
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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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BUT HE THAT DOTH TRUTH,.... That which is true, right and good: "he
whose work is just", as the Ethiopic version renders it; or, "he that
does that which is right", so the Persic; that which is accord...
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But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Ver. 21. _But he that doeth truth_] _Tenebriones Papistae male sibi
conscii, aeternum a...
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_For every one that doeth evil_ That is conscious to himself that he
lives in known sin, and is inclined to continue to do so; _hateth the
light_ Which would detect and expose his evil practices, and...
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DOETH TRUTH; acteth according to truth.
WROUGHT IN GOD; by the aid of his Spirit, and according to his will....
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The contrast between light and darkness:...
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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, eviden...
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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;
TRUTH here is put for true things. He who purposeth, designeth, and
acteth nothing but what is just, and holy, and good, and what is
consonant to the will of God; he is not afraid to bring his...
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Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II
, moreover, provided it be true and full, loves not darkness: it joys
in being seen,[134]...
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John 3:21 But G1161 does G4160 (G5723) truth G225 comes G2064 (G5736)
to G4314 light G5457 that G2443 his G846 deeds G2041 seen G5319
(G5686) that G3754 been G2076 (G5748) done G2038 (G5772) in G1722...
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‘But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be
clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God'.
On the other hand those who do what is right have no fear of the truth
about th...
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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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THAT DOETH THE TRUTH
(ο ποιων την αληθειαν). See 1 John 1:6 for this
striking phrase.COMES TO THE LIGHT
(ερχετα προς το φως). Is drawn by the light, spiritual
heliotropes, not driven from it.THAT...
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John 3:21
I. Let us endeavour to arrive at some distinct meaning of that
remarkable expression doing truth. (1) The first thing in it is to be
really in earnest. Until a man is thoroughly in earnest...
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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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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 natura...
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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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BUT WHOEVER DOES WHAT IS TRUE. Those who LIVE _truth_ LOVE the _light_
are pleased to come to Jesus. God's call makes no sense, if men and
women cannot respond to it (see notes on Revelation 22:17)....
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_For every one that doeth evil hateth the light … but he that doeth
truth cometh to the light_
THE REPELLING AND ATTRACTIVE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT
These words may have taken their form from the fact tha...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:19 LOVED THE DARKNESS. See John 1:5, John 1:10.
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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 C...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 3:16. These verses are confidently held by many to contain the
reflections of the Evangelist, and not to be a continuation of our
Lord’s discourse. But
(1) there...
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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 15:10; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 4:12; 1 John
4:13; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 4:16; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Pe
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Doeth the truth [π ο ι ω ν τ η ν α λ η θ ε ι α ν]. The
phrase occurs only here and in 1 John 1:6. Note the contrasted phrase,
doeth evil (ver. 20). There the plural is used : doeth evil things;
evil b...
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He that practiseth the truth (that is, true religion) cometh to the
light — So even Nicodemus, afterward did. Are wrought in God —
That is, in the light, power, and love of God....