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Verse 37. _THE FATHER HIMSELF - HATH BORNE WITNESS_] That is, by his
prophets.
_YE HAVE NEITHER HEARD HIS VOICE_] I make these words, with Bp.
Pearce, a parenthesis: the sense is-"Not that my Father...
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THE FATHER HIMSELF ...HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME - This God had done,
* By the miracles which Jesus had performed, and of which he was
conversing.
* At the baptism of Jesus, where he said, “This is...
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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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AND THE FATHER HIMSELF... HATH BORNE WITNESS.
God hath borne witness in the prophecies that were so wonderfully
fulfilled in Christ, he also bore witness in the power he gave to
Christ, and he bore w...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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HATH SENT. sent (at. definite time).
HATH BORNE. And still bears.
NEITHER... NOR. Greek. _oute... oute._
SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-133.
SHAPE. form. Greek. _eidos._ Compare Luke 3:22; Luke 9:39....
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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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THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
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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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ΠΈΜΨΑΣ _aor. act. part., см._ John 5:23.
ΜΕΜΑΡΤΎΡΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ
(G3140) свидетельствовать. Терминативный
perf. подчеркивает длительный эффект
свидетельства Отца. Отец представляет...
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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 the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.
Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
AND THE FATHER HIMSELF HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME - not referri...
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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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5:37 shape, (e-27) As 'form,' 'fashion;' Luke 3:22 ; Luke 9:29 ....
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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 po...
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HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME. — The marginal reference interprets this
testimony of the Father by the voices from heaven spoken at the
Baptism and on the Mount of Transfiguration Both are indeed
illustrat...
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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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But over and above the evidence of the works καὶ ὁ πέμψας
με πατήρ, αὐτὸς μεμαρτύρηκε, “And the
Father who sent me has Himself also testified”. Where and how this
testimony of the Father's separate fr...
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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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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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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
indif...
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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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37._And the Father who hath sent me. _To limit this statement, as some
have done, (108) to the voice which was heard at his baptism, (Matthew
3:17,) is a mistake; for he says in the past tense, that t...
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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 THE FATHER HIMSELF, WHICH HATH SENT ME,.... Not only the works he
gave him to do, and which he did, but he himself in person:
HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME; not only in the writings of Moses, and the...
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And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.
Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Ver. 37. _Hath borne witness of me_] By the voice from heaven, a...
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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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THE FATHER HIMSELF-HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME; in addition to the
testimony furnished by my works. He seems to refer to the testimony of
the Father through the Scriptures, which he immediately afterward...
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The witness of the Father:...
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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 Je...
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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 witness...
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HATH BORNE WITNESS OF ME; not only in my baptism, and at my
transfiguration by an audible voice from heaven, but by the voice of
his prophets, by whom he spoke to your fathers. YE HAVE NEITHER HEARD
H...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V
This, says he, is what is spoken: "We have heard his voice, no doubt,
but we have not seen his shape."[80]...
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John 5:37 And G2532 Father G3962 Himself G846 sent G3992 (G5660) Me
G3165 testified G3140 (G5758) of G4012 Me G1700 have G191 neither
G3777 heard G191 (G5754) His G846 voice G5456 time G4455 nor G3777...
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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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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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HE HATH BORNE WITNESS
(εκεινος μεμαρτυρηκεν). Εκεινος (that one;
cf. John 5:35; John 5:38), not αυτος. Perfect active indicative
of μαρτυρεω, the direct witness of the Father, besides the
indirect w...
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SEEN
(_ See Scofield) - (John 1:18). _...
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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, t...
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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.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var...
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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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_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...
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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 DEATH SENTENCE RECORDED BY THE SANHEDRIN....
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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 1:1; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 4:12; 1 John 4:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1
Timothy 6:16; Deuteronomy 4:12; Exodus 20:19; John 1:18; John 14:9;...
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Himself [α υ τ ο ς]. The best texts substitute ejkeinov, he;
reading, "the Father which sent me, He hath born witness." So Rev.
Voice - shape. Not referring to the descent of the dove and the voice
f...
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He hath testified of me — Namely at my baptism. I speak not of my
supposed father Joseph. Ye are utter strangers to him of whom I speak....
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Can God’s voice be heard?
PROBLEM: Jesus declared to the Jews, “You have neither heard His
[God’s] voice at any time, nor seen His form.” Yet the voice of
God was heard many times in the OT (cf. 1 Sa...
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Here our blessed Saviour produces again the testimony of his Father,
that he was the true and promised Messias: this was given him both at
his baptism and his transfiguration: when God the Father owne...