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JOHN 5:44 qeou/ {B}
Although early and important witnesses (î66, 75 B W _al_) omit qeou/,
it seems to be required in the context. The absence of the word can be
accounted for through transcriptional...
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Verse 44. _HOW CAN YE BELIEVE, WHICH RECEIVE HONOUR_, c.] The grand
obstacle to the salvation of the scribes and Pharisees was their
_pride, vanity_, and _self-love_. They lived on each other's prais...
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WHICH RECEIVE HONOUR ONE OF ANOTHER - Who are studious of praise, and
live for pride, ambition, and vainglory. This desire, Jesus says, was
the great reason why they would not believe on him. They wer...
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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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This summary suggests that Jesus-' opponents had accused Him of
self-glorification. In answer He traces back their failure to accept
His message to want of that love of God which their study of Script...
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HOW CAN YE BELIEVE?
They sought human glory and elevation, and hence could not be of the
contrite and lowly spirit needful for belief....
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How can you believe when you are out for the glory that you get from
each other, and when you do not search for the glory which comes from
the only God? Do not think that it is I who will accuse you t...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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BELIEVE. App-150.
ONE OF ANOTHER. from (Greek. _para._ App-104) one another.
THE. Note the Art. here, and not in the preceding clause.
GOD ONLY. the only God (App-98.) Compare 1 Timothy 1:17....
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_Not that I seek glory from men; had I done so, you would have
received Me. Your worldliness prevents you from receiving One whose
motives are not worldly_....
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_How can ye believe_ The emphasis is on -ye." How is it possible, for
_you_, who care only for the glory that man bestows, to believe on One
who rejects such glory. This is the climax of Christ's accu...
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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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THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS...
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41–44. _Not that I seek glory from men; had I done so, you would
have received Me. Your worldliness prevents you from receiving One
whose motives are not worldly_....
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ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. Emphatic; ‘such men as you.’ It is morally
impossible for _you_, who care only for the glory that man bestows, to
believe on One who rejects such glory. This is the climax of
Christ’s accusati...
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Ver 41. I receive not honor from men. 42. But I know you, that you
have not the love of God in you. 43. I am come in my Father's name,
and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, hi...
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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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ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100)
верить. Инфинитив-дополнение к
основному гл. ΔΎΝΑΣΘΕ (G1410).
ΛΑΜΒΆΝΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
принимать. Part, либо причины ("потому
ч...
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DISCOURSE: 1633
FAITH INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE LOVE OF MAN’S APPLAUSE
John 5:44. _How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and
seek not the honour that cometh from God only?_
IT is certain...
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HOW CAN YE BELIEVE, &C.— Our Lord observes, that this infidelity of
the Jewish rulers (see on John 5:15.) was owing in a great measure to
their pride. They who had all along preached glorious things
c...
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THE WITNESS OF THE SCRIPTURES
_Text 5:39-47_
39
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have
eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
40
and ye will not come...
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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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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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5:44 alone? (b-20) Or 'from the only God.'...
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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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HOW CAN YE BELIEVE...? — The emphasis is again on the pronoun. It is
not possible that _ye_ should believe in Me, as our whole position is
entirely different. Ye receive glory from men. I do not (John...
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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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The Jewish inability to believe arose from their earthly ambition:
πῶς δύνασθε … οὐ ζητεῖτε. The root of their
unbelief was their earthly idea of glory, what they could win or
bestow. This incapacitat...
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WILLFUL REJECTION OF TRUTH CONDEMNED
John 5:39-47
Our Lord was accused by the Jews of Sabbath breaking. There were many
grounds on which He might have claimed exoneration, but He forbore to
use them....
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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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“ _I receive not my glory from men._ 42. _But I know you, [and I
know] that ye have not the love of God in yourselves._ 43. _I am come
in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come...
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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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III. THE CONDEMNATION OF JEWISH UNBELIEF: JOHN 5:41-47.
In John 5:41-44, Jesus unfolds the cause of the moral antipathy which
keeps them away from Him; in John 5:45-47, the terrible consequences
of th...
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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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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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44._How can you believe? _As it might be thought harsh to say that
those who were from their childhood the trained disciples of the Law
and the Prophets, should be charged with such gross ignorance an...
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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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HOW CAN YE BELIEVE, WHICH RECEIVE HONOUR ONE OF ANOTHER?.... As the
Scribes and Pharisees did, who were ambitious of honour and respect
from one another, as well as from the common people; doing all t...
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How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not
the honour that _cometh_ from God only?
Ver. 44. _Which receive honour one of another_] Faith empties a man
of himself, purgeth u...
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_How can ye believe which receive honour one of another_ That is,
while ye seek the praise of men, rather than the praise of God? In
other words, “How can such persons as you believe in me, whose
char...
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RECEIVE HONOR; seek supremely human applause. Men cannot seek
supremely human applause, and at the same time seek that honor which
comes from God by believing on his Son. They should therefore, withou...
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The authority of the Scriptures:...
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HOW CAN YE BELIEVE, WHICH RECEIVE HONOR ONE OF ANOTHER, AND SEEK NOT
THE HONOR THAT COMETH FROM GOD ONLY?...
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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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39-44 The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in
their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of
God in their hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scripture...
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It is evident that by receiving HONOUR FROM ONE ANOTHER, is here to be
understood the seeking and pursuing of honour and applause from men,
without regard to the praise of God: so also 1 THESSALONIANS...
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Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins
And, of course, that ought to have been chosen which keeps virgins
veiled, as being known to God alone; who (besides that glory must be
sought from God, not from...
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John 5:44 How G4459 can G1410 (G5736) you G5210 believe G4100 (G5658)
receive G2983 (G5723) honor...
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“How can you believe who receive praise from one another and do not
seek the praise that comes from the only God?”
He then questions how they can possibly believe when their main
concern is not the pr...
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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 5:44. HOW CAN YE BELIEVE, RECEIVING GLORY ONE OF ANOTHER? As in
the preceding verses, the word _receive_ is to be understood as
implying a desire and a ‘seeking' on their part. Such love of honou...
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HOW CAN YE BELIEVE?
(πως δυνασθε υμεις πιστευσαι;). Emphasis on
"ye" (υμεις), ye being what ye are. They were not true Jews
(Romans 2:29; Esther 9:28) who cared for the glory of God, but they
prefer...
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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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HOW, THEN, CAN YOU BELIEVE? Their unbelief grew out of their greed for
glory and fame! They wanted a "messiah" who would give them important
positions in a political kingdom. Compare Luke 17:20-21 and...
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_How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another?_
FALSE AND TRUE GLORY
Something is lost in this rendering of “honour” in the place of
glory. More is lost by the substitution of “from God on...
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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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_How_ _can ye believe_, &c. "Ye love human glory, brief and poor:
wherefore ye contemn Me, who despise human glory, and teach that it
ought to be contemned; and that the Divine and eternal glory ought...
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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 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Chronicles 6:8;...
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Ye believe. Again the emphatic ye, the reason for the emphasis being
given in the succeeding clause.
Which receive [λ α μ β α ν ο ν τ ε ς]. Literally, receiving
(as ye do) : seeing that ye receive.
S...
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While ye receive honour — That is, while ye seek the praise of men
rather than the praise of God. At the feast of pentecost, kept in
commemoration of the giving the law from Mount Sinai, their sermons...
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Here Christ tells the Jews, that it is impossible they should believe
aright in him, because they were so in love with the praise of men,
that they would own him for the Messias, who could promsie the...