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John 1:43
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow Me.
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow Me.
Verse 43. _PHILIP_] This apostle was a native of Bethsaida in Galilee. _Eusebius_ says he was a married man, and had several daughters. _Clemens Alexandrinus_ mentions it as a thing universally ackno...
WOULD GO FORTH - Was about to go. INTO GALILEE - He was now in Judea, where he went to be baptized by John. He was now about to return to his native country. FINDETH PHILIP - This does not refer to h...
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 BAPTIST'S DISCIPLES AND JESUS. On the morrow to two of his disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the turn...
THE DAY FOLLOWING. The next day after Andrew brought Peter to Jesus. According to Meyer, the order of this interesting week is as follows: First day, John's conference with the priests and Levites (v...
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
On the next day Jesus determined to go away to Galilee; and there he found Philip. Jesus said to him: "Follow me!" Now Philip came from Bethsaida, which was the town from which Andrew and Peter came....
THE DAY FOLLOWING. The last of these four days of John's ministry. (Compare verses: John 1:19; John 1:29; John 1:35, Joh 19:43.) WOULD. desired to. Greek. _thelo._ App-102. GALILEE. See App-169. PHI...
_The day following_ Better, as in John 1:29_; John 1:35_, _The_ NEXT _day:_the Greek is the same in all three verses. We thus have four days accurately marked, (1) John 1:19; (2)...
ἸΩΆΝΝΟΥ or ἸΩΆΝΟΥ (אBL, _Lat. vet., Memph_.) for Ἰωνᾶ (AB2), which is a correction from Matthew 16:17. 43. ἘΜΒΛΈΨΑΣ. Comp. John 1:36 and Luke 22:61 : what follows shews that Christ’s look penetrated t...
THE TESTIMONY OF DISCIPLES This section falls into two divisions, each occupying a day; (1) the call of Andrew, John, Peter, and perhaps James; (2) that of Philip and Nathanael. Of these Peter and Ja...
VER 43. THE DAY FOLLOWING JESUS WOULD GO FORTH INTO GALILEE, AND FINDS PHILIP, AND SAID TO HIM, FOLLOW ME. 44. NOW PHILIP WAS OF BETHSAIDA, THE CITY OF ANDREW AND PETER 45. PHILIP FINDS NATHANIEL, AND...
_THE ETERNAL WORD KNOWS THE HEARTS OF MEN -- JOHN 1:43-51:_ The Lord knows both a Philip and a Nathanael. (John 1:43-51) With the simple words "follow me" Philip was called to Jesus. Nathanael was mov...
ΉΘΈΛΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, хотеть. _Aor._ означает: "Он принял решение" субъектом действия, вероятно, является Иисус (Morris), ΈΞΕΛΘΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΕΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) вы...
JESUS WOULD GO FORTH— _Jesus determined to depart thence._ The force of the word θελω seems to be greater than our translation expresses, and perhaps may here intimate, that our Lord on this occasion...
THE CALL OF PHILIP AND NATHANAEL _Text 1:43-51_ 43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was from Bethsai...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:35-51 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. We would divide it as follows:— 1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John...
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. THE DAY FOLLOWING JESUS WOULD GO FORTH, [ eetheleesen (G2309)] - or, 'was minded to go forth...
Government and education are still the panaceas proposed by the majority of priest-craft. But John wisely withdraws himself from their notice, and as the Voice, heralds the coming of the Messiah Himse...
It would appear that Jesus Himself was acquainted with Philip....
PRELIMINARY CALL OF FIVE APOSTLES, ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, PHILIP, AND BARTHOLOMEW (peculiar to Jn). This account, so far from conflicting with the (later) call described Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:15; (cp. Lu...
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...
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 DAY FOLLOWING, that is, the fourth day from the inquiry by the Sanhedrin (see John 1:29; John 1:35; John 1:43). FINDETH PHILIP. — Just as he was going forth from his lodging of the previous night...
CHAPTER 4 THE FIRST DISCIPLES. “Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard...
καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν. He was not content to allow his report to work in his brother's mind, but induced him there and then, though probably on the following day, as now it must have been l...
THE DOUBTER BECOMES A DISCIPLE John 1:43-51 The Apostles were attracted to the Master in different ways. Some came to Him through preaching, as when John proclaimed His rank and sacrifice. Others wer...
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...
DISCIPLES OF JESUS John 1:35-43. “On the following day, John again stood, and two of His disciples, and looking upon Jesus walking about, says, Behold the Lamb of God. And the two disciples heard Him...
I. FIRST GROUP: VV. 38-43. We have just mentioned John. Almost all the adversaries of the authenticity themselves acknowledge that the author, in relating his story as he does here, wishes to pass hi...
SECOND SECTION: 1:38-52. BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF JESUS. BIRTH OF FAITH. Testimony is the condition of faith. For faith is, at the outset, the acceptance of a divine fact on the foundation of testimo...
VER. 43. “ _And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, looking upon him fixedly, saith, Thou art Simon, son of Jonas_, _thou shalt be called Cephas_ (_which means: Peter_).” The pres. _he finds_ and _he says...
The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me, (44) Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (45) Philip findeth Nathanael,...
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...
43._Follow me. _When _Philip _was inflamed by this single word to follow Christ, we infer from it how great is the efficacy of the word of God; but it does not appear indiscriminately in all, for God...
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...
THE DAY FOLLOWING,.... Not the day after John had pointed out Christ, as the Lamb of God, to two of his disciples; but the day after Simon had been with him, being brought by Andrew: JESUS WOULD GO F...
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Ver. 43. _Follow me_] Together with Christ's word there went out a power. His words are operati...
_The day following_ The next to that last mentioned, on which he met with Peter; _Jesus would go forth into Galilee_ And there enter on his public ministry; _and findeth Philip_ Whom he intended to ch...
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...
43-51 See the nature of true Christianity, it is following Jesus; devoting ourselves to him, and treading in his steps. Observe the objection Nathanael made. All who desire to profit by the word of G...
All this while Christ seemeth to have been in Judea, which was the most famous province. The day after Peter had thus been with him, he had a mind to go _into Galilee; _ out of that he designed to cho...
John 1:43 day G1887 Jesus G2424 wanted G2309 (G5656) go G1831 (G5629) to G1519 Galilee G1056 and...
JOHN THE BAPTISER'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS AND THE CALLING OF DISCIPLES (JOHN 1:19). The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in interesting contrast to the John the Baptiser portrayed in the o...
DISCIPLES BEGIN TO GATHER TO JESUS (JOHN 1:35). The great teachers of Israel would often have bands of ‘disciples' who gathered round them to learn from them, and then to pass on their teaching. Here...
‘On the next day he determined to go forth into Galilee, and he finds Philip, and Jesus says to him, “Follow me”. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.' ‘The next day' they g...
John 1:43. THE NEXT DAY HE WOULD GO FORTH INTO GALILEE. On this day begins the journey consummated at John 2:1 (see note). And he findeth Philip; and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. The first two dis...
The same general subject is continued in this section Jesus taking His place on the stage of history. We pass now, however, from the witness of the Baptist, given on two successive days, to the manife...
ON THE MORROW (τη επαυριον). The fourth of the days from verse John 1:19.HE FINDETH PHILIP (ευρισκε Φιλιππον). Vivid dramatic present as in John 1:41, though ηθελησεν (was minded, wished) is aoris...
John 1:43 The First Disciples Philip. Note: I. The revelation which is here given us of the seeking Christ. Everyone who reads this chapter with even the slightest attention must observe how seeking...
John 1:29. _The next day_ This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hun...
John 1:19. _And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ._ «I...
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...
HE FOUND PHILIP AND SAID TO HIM. [The Philip in Acts 6:5 is a different person.] This Philip is only a name in the other Gospels. John tells us more about him (John 6:5; John 12:21;...
_Jesus … findeth Phillip_ _ I._ THE SEEKING CHRIST. This is a chapter of seeking and finding. Christ asks Andrew and John, “Whom seek ye?” Andrew “findeth his own brother and saith unto him, We have...
_The next day_ THE FIRST UTTERANCES OF THE WORD 1. A searching question. 2. A gracious invitation. 3. An encouraging promise. 4. A Divine command. 5. A heart revelation. 6. An assurance of a p...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:19 Signs of the Messiah, with Teaching about Life in Him. The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’ demonstration of his messianic identity through several selected “signs” ...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:43 GALILEE. The region west of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee and north of Samaria. ⇐...
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...
_On the morrow_, &c. That out of Galilee He might call untutored fishermen, to create them His Apostles, and the preachers of His Gospel, lest the Christian faith should be supposed to be the work of...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:38. JESUS TURNED, ETC.—Jesus saw these two young men modestly following Him, too diffident to accost Him. He, therefore, with friendly invitation encouraged the...
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,...
1 John 4:19; Isaiah 65:1; Luke 19:10; Matthew 4:18; Matthew 9:9;...
FOLLOWING CHRIST John 1:36 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in the study of John the Baptist. Christ said that he was the greatest man born of woman, yet he was not self-centered or proud. Had he been...
Were the apostles called at this time or later? PROBLEM: John records that Jesus called Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, and another disciple at this time. However, the other Gospels record their cal...