Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 11:52
But that, he might gather into one — Church, all the children of God that were scattered abroad — Through all ages and nations.
But that, he might gather into one — Church, all the children of God that were scattered abroad — Through all ages and nations.
Verse 52. _AND NOT FOR THAT NATION ONLY_, c.] These, and the preceding words in John 11:51, are John's explication of what was _prophetic_ in the words of Caiaphas: as if John had said, He is indeed...
SHOULD GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE - All his chosen among the Jews and Gentiles. See John 10:16. THE CHILDREN OF GOD - This is spoken not of those who were then Christians, but of all whom God should bring...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Sickness of Lazarus Announced. (John 11:1 .)_ 2. The Delayed Departure and the Death of Lazarus. (John 11:5 .) 3. The Arrival at Bethany. (John 11:17 .) 4. Weeping with Them Tha...
THE RESULTS OF THE MIRACLE. The majority of the Jews who came to comfort the sisters were convinced, but some remained hostile, and gave information to the Pharisees. The chief priests, _i.e._ the Sad...
SHOULD GATHER IN ONE THE CHILDREN OF GOD. Christ died for his enemies, for the Jewish nation, and not for it alone, but his death broke down the barrier between Jew and Gentile and made friends of the...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
The chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin: "What are we going to do?" they said, "because this man does many signs. If we leave him alone like this, all will believe in him, and the Roma...
GATHER TOGETHER. Compare John 10:16 with Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 31:10. CHILDREN. Greek _teknon._ App-108. WERE SCATTERED ABROAD. had been scattered. See...
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...
_not for that nation only_ S. John purposely uses the word which describes the Jews merely as one of the nations of the earth distinct from the Gentiles. Of course we are not to understand that Caiaph...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
ΟΥ̓Χ ὙΠῈΡ Τ. ἜΘΝΟΥΣ ΜΌΝΟΝ. S. John purposely uses the word which describes the Jews merely as one of the nations of the earth distinct from the Gentiles. We are not to understand that Caiaphas had any...
Ver 47. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. 48. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans sh...
_THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS -- JOHN 11:45-57:_ The miracle caused many to believe in Jesus. Others went and told the Pharisees. The chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together to discuss w...
ΈΘΝΟΥΣ _gen. n. sing. от_ ΈΘΝΟΣ (G1484) народ, ΔΙΕΣΚΟΡΠΙΣΜΈΝΑ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΔΙΑΣΚΟΡΠΊΖΩ (G1287) рассеивать. _Perf._ предполагает не просто действие в прошлом, но длительные результаты...
DISCOURSE: 1670 THE PROPHETIC COUNSEL OF CAIAPHAS John 11:51. _This spake he not of himself: but being high-priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; and not for that nat...
AND—CAIAPHAS, BEING THE HIGH-PRIEST THAT SAME YEAR, SAID, &C.— It is well known, that the high-priesthood among the Jews was not annual; but the manyrevolutions about this period might justify thepres...
POLITICS AND MURDER _Text 11:47-57_ 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. 48 If we _let_ him thus alone, all me...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 11:45-57 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— In the closing section of John 11 we are shown the effects of the a...
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. AND NOT FOR THAT ('THE') NATION ONLY, BUT THAT ALSO HE SHOULD GATHER TO...
49 The high priest's prophecy is another clear indication of the overruling and sovereign power of God. His enemies fulfill His will even when they are most opposed to His plans and purpose, as they s...
IN (RV 'into') ONE] i.e. into one Church. THE CHILDREN OF GOD] i.e. the Gentiles. SCATTERED ABROAD] The unity of the human race has been destroyed by sin. The death of Christ, by abolishing sin, reëst...
A MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN AGAINST JESUS. As in the synoptics, the chief priests, i.e. the Sadducees, take a more prominent part than the Pharisees in compassing the death of Jesus. Similarly in the A...
CHRIST THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE 1-44. The raising of Lazarus. The last and greatest of the seven 'signs' recorded in this Gospel is related with such photographic minuteness of detail, that it is...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 LAZARUS DIES 11:1-16 V1-2 A man called Lazarus was ill. He lived in Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. (M...
AND NOT FOR THAT NATION ONLY. — Caiaphas had said “die for the people,” using the word which meant the people of the Jews. St. John said, “die for that nation,” using the wider word which meant the na...
CHAPTER 24 JESUS THE SCAPEGOAT. “Many therefore of the Jews, which came to Mary and beheld that which He did, believed on Him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things wh...
_The consequences of the miracle_....
THE INNOCENT FOR THE GUILTY John 11:45-57 The friends of the family who had come to lament with them, were disposed toward Jesus and believed; but the mere spectators hastened with the news, to infla...
Here we have the account of the last sign wrought by Jesus as recorded by John, namely, the raising of Lazarus. Very beautiful in this connection is the depiction of the sorrow of the sisters, and our...
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that (i) were scattered abroad. (i) For they were not gathered together in one country, as the Jews we...
CONDEMNATORY VERDICT OF THE SANHEDRIN John 11:47-54. “ _Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin_, _and continued to say_, _What shall we do_? _because this man is performing many m...
FIRST SECTION: 11:1-57. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS. No scene in this gospel is presented in so detailed and dramatic a manner. There is none from which appears more distinctly the character of Jesus...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 45-53. 1. The result of the miracle was the production of the desired faith, not only in the sisters and the disciples, but also in many of the Jews who h...
“ _Now he did not say this of himself; but being high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation_, 52 _and not for the nation only, but also that he might gather in one bo...
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? For this man doeth many miracles. (48) If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall co...
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 GATHERED ONES_ ‘But that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.’ John 11:52 This prophecy is the more remarkable as being—with the exception of B...
52._And not for that nation only. _The Evangelist means that the reconciliation effected by Christ is also extended to the Gentiles. But how comes it that they who, in consequence of being wretchedly...
We come now to the testimony which the Father renders to Jesus in answer to His rejection. In this chapter the power of resurrection and of life in His own Person are presented to faith. [40] But here...
AND NOT FOR THAT NATION ONLY,.... For though Christ, as prophet, was sent to the Jews only, and was the minister of the circumcision, yet as a priest he did not die for them only, but for the Gentiles...
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Ver. 52. _Gather together in one_] In one spiritual body, though in place...
_One of them, named Caiaphas_, &c. While some of the council seemed apprehensive of the danger of attempting any thing against Jesus, and, as is probable from John 12:42, urged the unlawfulness of wha...
THE COUNCIL OF THE JEWS CONCERNING CHRIST'S REMOVAL. The prophecy of Caiaphas:...
AND NOT FOR THAT NATION ONLY, BUT THAT ALSO HE SHOULD GATHER TOGETHER IN ONE THE CHILDREN OF GOD THAT WERE SCATTERED ABROAD. The matter of the raising of Lazarus was deemed so important that an immedi...
THE DEATH OF LAZARUS (vs.1-27) The raising of Lazarus in this chapter is a striking witness to the fact that the plotting of the Jews to kill the Lord Jesus was vanity; for He Himself is superior to...
47-53 There can hardly be a more clear discovery of the madness that is in man's heart, and of its desperate enmity against God, than what is here recorded. Words of prophecy in the mouth, are not cl...
OLBGrk; NOT FOR THAT NATION ONLY; not for the Jews only. The words used in Caiaphas's speech were laov and eynov, words not significant of the Jews only, but of other people also: for Christ was to ga...
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments The Lord sent apostles among all the nations, and he in like manner will send false apostles. The Saviour gathered together the sheep that were scattere...
John 11:52 and G2532 not G3756 that G5228 nation G1484 only G3440 but G235 also G2532 that G2443 together...
‘But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. Nor do you take account of the fact that it is expedient for you that one man should die for...
John 11:51-52. BUT THIS SPAKE HE NOT OF HIMSELF: BUT BEING HIGH PRIEST OF THAT YEAR, HE PROPHESIED THAT JESUS WAS ABOUT TO DIE FOR THE NATION, AND NOT FOR THE NATION ONLY, BUT THAT HE MIGHT ALSO GATHE...
BUT THAT HE MIGHT ALSO GATHER TOGETHER INTO ONE (αλλ' ινα συναγαγη εις εν). Purpose clause with ινα and the second aorist active subjunctive of συναγω. Caiaphas was thinking only of the Jewish peopl...
John 11 In selecting this word we are struck with the frequency of its occurrence in this chapter. There is: I. The "If" of wisdom. Jesus answered "If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not." The...
Lazarus had been publicly raised from the dead. A great number of persons saw the miracle, and there was never any question about its having been wrought. John 11:45. _Then many of the Jews which cam...
CONTENTS: Raising of Lazarus. Enmity of the Pharisees against Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Pharisees, Thomas, Caiaphas. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is the resurrection an...
John 11:2. _It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment._ The allusion to this anointing is obscure. It could not be to the similar occurrence in Luke 7., for that was a woman of the city;...
HE DID NOT SAY THIS OF HIS OWN ACCORD. God was speaking through him, even though he did not know it. [The Expositor's Greek Testament says: "In the irony of events he unconsciously used his high-pries...
_Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council_ THE SANHEDRIM I. The NAME συνέδριον. Sanhedrin is more accurate than Sanhedrim, though this is more frequently used, and means a sittin...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:52 The Gentiles are the CHILDREN OF GOD... SCATTERED (compare John 10:16). John is not suggesting that they are already God’s children but anticipates their fu
"VER. 44. _And he that was dead came forth_, &c. The power of the voice of Christ is made manifest, which instantly raised up the dead man, so that the things spoken might be done. _Grave-clothes_, bi...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 11:46. BUT SOME OF THEM, ETC.—It is possible to misjudge their motives; but in view of John 19:22 and John 10:31 their action can hardly be viewed as friendly....
EXPOSITION JOHN 11:1 7. _Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power_._ _The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated b...
The gospel according to John, chapter 11. Now we remember that John is carefully picking out certain incidents in the life of Jesus by which he might prove that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the l...
1 John 2:2; 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14;...
Nation [ε θ ν ο υ ς]. John does not used the word laov, people, which Caiaphas had just employed. The Jews were no longer a people, only one of the nations of the world. He wishes to set the Gentiles...