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John 8:13
The Pharisees therefore said unto Him, Thou bearest record of Thyself; Thy record is not true.
The Pharisees therefore said unto Him, Thou bearest record of Thyself; Thy record is not true.
Verse John 8:13. _THOU BEAREST RECORD_] As if they had said, Dost thou imagine that we shall believe thee, in a matter so important, on thy bare assertion? Had these people attended to the teaching an...
THOU BEAREST RECORD OF THYSELF - Thou art a witness for thyself, or in thy own case. See John 5:31. The law required two witnesses in a criminal case, and they alleged that as the only evidence which...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
JOHN 8. FURTHER CONTROVERSY IN JERUSALEM. John 8:12. The Light of the World; Discourse in the Treasury. If we remove the _Pericope adulterai_ (John 7:53 to John 8:11, clearly a later addition, though...
THOU BEAREST RECORD OF THYSELF; THY RECORD IS NOT TRUE. Perhaps these Pharisees have in mind what is recorded in Chap. V. 31. Had they said, "The testimony is not sufficient to convince us," they mig...
So Jesus again continued to speak to them. "I am the Light of the World, he said. "He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life." So the Pharisees said to him: "You...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
BEAREST RECORD. See note on John 1:32. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. RECORD. See note on John 1:19. NOT. Greek. _ou_ (App-105). TRUE. Greek. _alethes._ See App-176 and note on John
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...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
_Thou bearest record_ Our translators have again been somewhat capricious. The words which in John 8:13-14 they render -record" and -bear record," they render in John 8:17-18 -witness" and -bear witne...
13–59. A comparison of the discourses in Chapter s 5–8 shews how the conflict increases in intensity. In 5 and 6. Christ proceeds almost without interruption, and the Jews demur rather than contradict...
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΙ͂Σ. _Bearest_ WITNESS (see on John 1:7). The Pharisees try to cancel the effect of His impressive declaration by a formal objection, the validity of which He had been heard to admit (John 8:31...
Ver 13. The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear record of yourself; your record is not true. 14. Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I kno...
_JESUS IS THE LIGHT FOR THE WORLD -- JOHN 8:12-20:_ Those who live in sin are walking in darkness. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall...
ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить....
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD _Text 8:12-20_ 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of lif...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:12-32 The following is a Summary of the passage which is to be before us:— The first division of John 8 forms a most striking and suitable introduction to the...
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. THE PHARISEES THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU BEAREST RECORD OF THYSELF; THY RECORD IS NOT TRUE. How do...
12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
See on John 8:17....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
THOU BEAREST RECORD OF THYSELF; THY RECORD IS NOT TRUE. — Better, _Thou bearest witness of Thyself; Thy witness is not true._ (Comp. Note on John 5:31.) The Authorised version here, by a change of wor...
CHAPTER 18 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of...
To this the Pharisees, seeing only self-assertion, reply: Σὺ … ἀληθής. A formal objection; _cf._ John 5:31. But the attempt to apply it here only shows how far the Pharisees were from even conceiving...
_Jesus proclaims Himself the Light of the World_....
THE TWOFOLD WITNESS John 8:12-20 On either side of the Temple court stood a huge golden candelabrum. On the first and each succeeding night of the week of the Feast of Tabernacles these were lit, and...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
(5) The Pharisees therefore said unto him, (a) Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. (5) Christ is without all exception the best witness of the truth, for he was sent by his Father...
THE LIGHT OF LIFE John 8:12-16. _“Then, Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world; the one following Me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.”_ The subjuncti...
VER. 13. “ _The Pharisees therefore said to him, thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true._ ” Lucke and _Weiss_ infer from the words _the Pharisess_, that the pilgrims had already depa...
2. JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: 8:12-20. We find in this section: 1. A testimony (John 8:12); 2. An objection (John 8:13); 3. The answer of Jesus (John 8:14-19); 4. An historical notice ...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13) The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Th...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_‘THE LIGHT OF LIFE’_ ‘The light of life.’ John 8:12 ‘Light’ and ‘life’ are words which have a strange connection everywhere. Even in the natural world, there must be ‘light’ if there would be ‘life...
_WALKING IN THE LIGHT_ ‘He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.’ John 8:12 The way to ‘follow’ is to have the eye constantly on the pattern. I will lay do...
13._The Pharisees therefore said. _They adduce as an objection what is commonly said, that no man ought to be trusted, when speaking in his own cause. For a _true testimony _is put for “what is lawful...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
THE PHARISEES THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM,.... On account of his declaring himself the light of the world: these were either the same who went out of the temple, filled with remorse of conscience, and wer...
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. Ver. 13. _Thy record is not true_] _i.e._ it is not sure and sufficient. There is the same Hebrew word f...
_The Pharisees, therefore_ Namely, some of them who were then present, but different persons from those who had brought in the woman, being enraged at the late disappointment of their brethren; _said...
OF THYSELF; concerning thyself. You testify in your own case....
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
12-16 Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeo...
It was a known rule of law, that none ought to be believed upon a testimony given to himself: this is that they object to our Saviour, that though he spake great things of himself, yet he was not to b...
John 8:13 Pharisees G5330 therefore G3767 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 You G4771 witness G3140 (G5719) of...
CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
‘The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You bear witness of yourself, your witness is not true”.' The Pharisees were not, however, pleased. They recognised the enormity of His claim, and they replied,...
John 8:13. THE PHARISEES THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU BEAREST WITNESS CONCERNING THYSELF; THY WITNESS IS NOT TRUE. It seems impossible not to believe that we have here a reminiscence of Christ's own...
The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
OF THYSELF (περ σεαυτου). This technical objection was according to the rules of evidence among the rabbis. "No man can give witness for himself" (_Mishnah, Ketub_. 11. 9). Hence, they say, "not tru...
John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees_ These wasps were a...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
WHAT I SAY IS TRUE. The Pharisees argued against this. If someone claimed to be from God, his own claim proved nothing. But Jesus did speak the truth, because he was the Truth! And there was other evi...
_Then spake Jesus again unto them_ THE CONNECTION OF CHRIST’S DISCOURSE WITH THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND THE FEAST The feast of tabernacles was over. The water of Siloah was no more poured out by the...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 8:13 The Pharisees continue the dispute from John 5:31 (see notes). ⇐...
1-59 CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives._ On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Pharisees, while they, after their wont, returned home t...
_The Pharisees therefore_, &c. That is, is not worthy of credit. For no one is accepted as a witness in his own case, but must produce other witnesses (see above, v. 31). These were not the same Phari...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31). John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to let the Father witness of Him, still...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
Deuteronomy 19:15; John 5:31...
Thou barest record of thyself. Rev., witness. A technical objection, evading the real purport of Jesus ' declaration. The Rabbinical writings declared that no man could give witness for himself....
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study-John 1:1, we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His command all thin...
Thou testifiest of thyself; thy testimony is not valid — They retort upon our Lord his own words, John 5:31; if I testify of myself, my testimony is not valid. He had then added, There is another who...