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John 1:17
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Verse John 1:17. _THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES_] Moses received the law from God, and _through_ him it was given to the Jews, Acts 7:38. But _GRACE AND TRUTH_] Which he had already mentioned, and whic...
THE LAW WAS GIVEN - The Old Testament economy. The institutions under which the Jews lived. BY MOSES - By Moses, as the servant of God. He was the great legislator of the Jews, by whom, under God, the...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word; His Glory and His Manifestation -- Chapter 1:1-2:22 CHAPTER 1 __ 1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
THE FULL AND FINAL REVELATION. The work of the Logos culminated in what alone could give to men a complete and intelligible revelation, so far as man can grasp it, of the nature and being of God. The...
THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES. It was not. system of grace, nor could it make men perfect; in contrast with it the system of _grace and truth_ (see verse 14) were given by Jesus Christ....
John was his witness and his statement still sounds out: "This is he of whom I said to you, he who comes after me has been advanced before me, because he was before me." On his fullness we all of us h...
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
When the world had its beginning, the Word was already there; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God. This Word was in the beginning with God. He was the agent through whom all things were ma...
MOSES. The first of 13 occurances in John (John 1:17; John 1:45; John 3:14; John 5:45; John 5:46
The mention of -grace" reminds the Evangelist that this was the characteristic of the Gospél and marked its superiority to the Law; for the Law could only condemn transgressors, grace forgives them....
John 1:1-18. The Prologue or Introduction That the first eighteen verses are introductory is universally admitted: commentators are not so unanimous as to the main divisions of this introduction. A d...
1–18. The Prologue or Introduction in three parts. 1–5: The Word in His own nature. 6–13: His Revelation to men and rejection by them. 14–18: His Revelation of the Father. The three great characterist...
THE INCARNATE WORD’S REVELATION OF THE FATHER...
17. The mention of χάρις reminds the Evangelist that this was the characteristic of the new dispensation and marked its superiority to the old: the Law condemned transgressors, χάρις forgives them. ΔΙ...
VER 16. AND OF HIS FULLNESS HAVE ALL WE RECEIVED, AND GRACE FOR GRACE. 17. FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST. ORIGEN; This is to be considered a continuation of...
_THE ETERNAL "WORD" OF GOD IS JESUS-- JOHN 1:1-18:_ Jesus is pictured as "the Word" who was in the beginning with God. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
ΌΤΙ (G3754) что, объясняет предшествующее _прид._ (Haenchen). ΕΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. Обобщ. _aor._ рассматривает действие как единое целое. Так проявляется контраст между б...
GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST, &C.— The word εγενετο, rendered _came,_ here implies, that _grace and truth were exhibited,_ or _appeared._ This verse is delivered in opposition to the Ebionites...
EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. 1 THE BIRTH OF CHRIST INTERPRETED John 1:1-18 _Introduction_ I. TELL BIRTH STORY BRIEFLY (Luke 2:1-52). A. John's Prologue gives the definition of Christmas. B. Especiall...
THE WORD MANIFESTED TO OTHERS AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF HIM _Text 1:12-18_ 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:14-18 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us—John 1:14-18. We have here:— 1. Christ’s Incarnation—"The word became flesh":...
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST. The law is here placed in opposition both to "gra...
As God always was, there is no absolute beginning brought before us in the Scriptures. Both here and in Gen.11 the article _ the _ is lacking in the originals, showing that it refers to the commenceme...
1:17 subsists (e-11) _ Ginomai_ , 'has come,' that which, not having actually been in being before (i.e. in the world), now begins to be so. So the Word was (v. 1), but everything else 'began to be.'...
THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST DISCIPLES 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was made man, (3) that He revealed the Father. This subl...
THE PREFACE CONCLUDED. The 'we' of John 1:16 shows that these vv. are not words of the Baptist, but that they express the spiritual experience of Christ's disciples, in whose name the evangelist speak...
Moses set before us mere commands, without changing our nature, or giving us the power to obey them. Jesus Christ came to change our nature. He offers us 'grace,' whereby we are born again as children...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ THE AUTHOR Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th *Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
The word “for” connects this verse by way of explanation with what has gone before. The Old Testament thought of grace and truth has been already present in John 1:14. The fulness of these divine attr...
John 1:15 CHAPTER 3 THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY. “There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe throug...
CHAPTER 2 RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH. John 1:1. In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by Him,” and “t...
ὅτι ὁ νόμος … ἐγένετο. What is the connection? His statement that the Incarnate Logos was the inexhaustible supply of grace might seem to disparage Moses and the previous manifestations of God. He the...
_The manifestation of the Logos defined as Incarnation_....
THE VOICE OF PROMISE John 1:14-28 Note that the Revised Version changes the words was _made_ to _became,_ John 1:14. Evidently Jesus had existed before this becoming; and evidently there was a proces...
The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST John 1:6-51. _“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, that he may testify concerning the Light, in order that all may believe th...
PROLOGUE: 1:1-18. EACH evangelist begins his book in a manner appropriate to the aim of his narrative. Matthew proposes to prove the _right_ of Jesus to the Messianic throne. He opens his story with H...
[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments of John 1:18.] VER. 17. “ _For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ._ ” John, who had reached the li...
THIRD SECTION: FAITH, 1:12-18. [See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments of John 1:18.] The appearance of the Word, therefore, did not succeed in scattering the darkness...
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. (16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace...
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...
17._For the Law was given by Moses_. This is an anticipation, by which he meets an objection that was likely to arise; for so highly was _Moses _esteemed by the Jews that they could hardly receive any...
The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that subsis...
FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES,.... Both moral and ceremonial. The moral law was given to Adam, in innocence, which having been broken, and almost lost out of the minds, and memories of men, was given...
For the law was given by Moses, _but_ grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Ver. 17. _For the law, &c._] _Lex iubet, gratia iuvat. Petamus ut det, quod ut habeamus iubet, _ The law command, grace ass...
_For the law_ Working wrath, and containing shadows; _was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ_ Grace, opposed to the condemnation and wrath by the law, and truth, opposed to the c...
THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES; a certain measure of grace accompanied the law of Moses, else no man could have been saved under it. Yet the proper office of the law itself was not grace, but rather restr...
CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person He is...
15-18 As to the order of time and entrance on his work, Christ came after John, but in every other way he was before him. The expression clearly shows that Jesus had existence before he appeared on e...
FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES; the law, moral and ceremonial, came not by Moses, but was given by Moses as God's minister and servant; that law by which no man can be justified, ROMANS 3:28. In this...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I Now the law is ancient grace given through Moses by the Word. Wherefore also the Scripture says, "The law was given through Moses,"[129] Clement of Alexan...
John 1:17 For G3754 law G3551 given G1325 (G5681) through G1223 Moses G3475 grace G5485 and G2532 truth...
The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peop...
THE WORD WAS GOD (JOHN 1:1). John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and later he adds, ‘all things were made by Him' (John 1:3) and...
‘For of his fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace, for the Law (the Torah) was given by Moses, grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.' The author now stresses the overflowing wonder of wh...
John 1:17. BECAUSE THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH MOSES: GRACE AND TRUTH CAME THROUGH JESUS Christ. It is very possible that this verse should be taken as directly parallel to John 1:11; hence the definite...
The Prologue of the Gospel of John stands in the most intimate connection with the plan and purpose of the Gospel as a whole. It is not to be regarded as a philosophical speculation to which the histo...
WAS GIVEN (εδοθη). First aorist passive indicative of διδωμ.BY MOSES (δια Μωυσεως). "Through Moses" as the intermediate agent of God.CAME (εγενετο). The historical event, the beginning of Chris...
GRACE Grace. Summary: (1) Grace is "the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man. . . Not by works of righteousness which we have done" (Titus 3:4); (Titus 3:5). It is, therefore, constantly...
John 1:17 I. We have here the special glory of the contents of the Gospel, heightened by the contrast with law. Law has no tenderness, no pity, no feeling. Tables of stone and a pen of iron are its fi...
John 1:15. _John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me._ He was not before John in the order of hum...
John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God. John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the...
May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them as we read them! John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the beginn...
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_ Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, «having neithe...
CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah, Pharisees,...
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all th...
GOD GAVE THE LAW THROUGH MOSES. The Law is contrasted with "grace and truth." Compare Hebrews 12:18-24; Romans 8:1-4. See also John 1:14....
_John bare witness of Him_ THE PRE-EMINENCE OF CHRIST I. CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO JOHN THE BAPTIST. 1. John refers to and repeats previous testimonies, applying them to Him whom the congregation had...
_The Law was given by Moses_ POINTS, OF CONTRAST BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY I. IN THE PERSONS REPRESENTING JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. 1. Moses was the servant, Christ the master. 2. Moses was...
JOHN 1:1 Prologue: The Incarnate Word. John presents Jesus as the eternal, preexistent, and now incarnate Word (vv. John 1:1, John 1:14). Jesus is the one-of-
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:16 In the LAW, God graciously revealed his character and the things he required of his people. JESUS, however, is the final, definitive revelation of God’s grace and truth
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO JOHN. T HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John), _which...
_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:1. IN THE BEGINNING, etc.—ἐν�. The בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the vis...
EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 3:7; Acts 13:34; Acts 28:23;...
SEEING CHRIST IN JOHN John 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John. We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth the Deity...
VISIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST John 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious D...
The law — Working wrath and containing shadows: was given — No philosopher, poet, or orator, ever chose his words so accurately as St. John. The law, saith he, was given by Moses: grace was by Jesus C...