Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 3:33
Hath set to his seal — It was customary among the Jews for the witness to set his seal to the testimony he had given. That God is true — Whose words the Messiah speaks.
Hath set to his seal — It was customary among the Jews for the witness to set his seal to the testimony he had given. That God is true — Whose words the Messiah speaks.
Verse 33. _HATH SET TO HIS SEAL_] That is hath hereby confirmed the truth of the testimony which he has borne; as a testator sets his seal to an instrument in order to _confirm_ it, and such instrume...
HE THAT HATH RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY - Hath received and fully believed his doctrine. Hath yielded his heart to its influence. HATH SET TO HIS SEAL - To “seal” an instrument is to make it sure; to ackn...
II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED: What it is and What it Includes Chapter 2:23-17 The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
THE LAST APPEARANCE OF THE BAPTIST. Convinced that the nation is not ripe for Messianic teaching, Jesus falls back on preparatory work similar to that of John, who was continuing his work at Æ non nea...
HATH SET HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE. A few, comparatively, had received his testimony, and these thereby demonstrated their conviction that God is true; that his promises have been fulfilled in Christ...
THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. It is to what he has seen and heard that he bears wit...
TRUE. App-175. A characteristic word of this Gospel. See p. 1611....
The Baptist shews at once that -no man" is hyperbolical; there are some who received the testimony. _hath received … hath set to his seal_ Better, RECEIVED … SET _his seal_. _his testimony_ HIS WITNE...
A question is raised with regard to this section similar to that raised about John 3:16. Some regard what follows not as a continuation of the Baptist's speech, but as the Evangelist's comment upon it...
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...
33. The Baptist at once shews that οὐδείς is hyperbolical: some did receive the witness; ‘but what are they among so many?’ ἘΣΦΡΆΓΙΣΕΝ. Of sealing a document to express one’s trust in it and adherence...
31–36. A question is raised with regard to this section similar to that raised about John 3:16-21. Some regard what follows not as a continuation of the Baptist’s speech, but as the Evangelist’s comme...
THE BAPTISM AND FINAL TESTIMONY OF JOHN...
VER 32. - AND NO MAN RECEIVES HIS TESTIMONY. 33. HE THAT HAS RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY HAS SET TO HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE. 34. FOR HE WHOM GOD HAS SENT SPEAKS THE WORDS OF GOD: FOR GOD GIVES NOT THE SP...
_OBEY THE SON AND HAVE LIFE -- JOHN 3:32-36:_ John heralded the truth of Jesus' deity. He declared that Jesus came from above is above all. John said of himself that he was just an earthly man from th...
ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, принимать, ΈΣΦΡΆΓΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΦΡΑΓΊΖΩ (G4972) запечатывать, удостоверять, заверять, как документ, печатью. Это удостоверение подлинности...
HATH SET TO HIS SEAL, &C.— Hath made a most becoming and substantial acknowledgment of the veracity of God, who by his prophets in antient times foretold what the nature of the Messiah's kingdom would...
JOHN'S WITNESS CONCERNING CHRIST _Text 3:31-36_ 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 3:22-36 We give first a brief Analysis of the passage which is to occupy our attention. Here we see: "After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the l...
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. HE THAT HATH RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY HATH SET TO HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE - gives glory to God whose words Christ speaks,...
25 Ceremonial cleansing is the true definition of baptism, Before this, baptisms were a common feature of the Jewish ceremonial system, but were usually connected with the temple and the laver and wer...
3:33 received (b-4) Or 'receives.' it is the aorist, 'has received,' not referring to time, but to the fact. hence perhaps 'receives' is as well....
THE NEW BIRTH. JOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS 1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had made an impression, n...
THAT GOD IS TRUE (lit. 'truthful')] To believe the Messiah is to believe God, for the Messiah is God's ambassador and interpreter (see the next v.)....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS 3:1-21 V1-2 A *Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to speak to Jesus. Nicodemus was a *Pharis...
HE THAT HATH RECEIVED. — Better, _he that received._ “Hath set to his seal,” better, _set his seal._ It had been so. Earlier disciples, as Andrew and John (John 1:40), had passed from the Forerunner t...
_The ministry of Jesus in Judaea after He left Jerusalem_. This falls into three parts: (1) a brief account of the movements and success of Jesus and the Baptist which provoked a comparison between th...
A WITNESS TO BE TRUSTED John 3:31-36 Let us all seek to live more habitually in heaven, that is, in contact with the spiritual world. To do our best work in the world it is not necessary to be great...
Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because h...
_He that hath received his testimony. These following words to the end of the chapter, seem to be the words of St. John the Baptist, rather than of the evangelist. The sense is, whosoever hath believe...
TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST John 3:22-36. _“And they came to John, and said to him, Master, He who is with thee beyond Jordan, and to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and al...
III. JESUS IN THE COUNTRY OF JUDEA: 3:22-36. The previous testimonies of John the Baptist were appeals to faith. That which is to follow assumes the character of a threatening protest against the gen...
2. JOHN 3:27-36. John does not solve the difficulty raised by the Jew or the Jews. He goes directly to the foundation of things. After having characterized the relation between the two personages of w...
VV. 31-36. “HE.” The bridegroom, He must increase, while the friend decreases, for He is superior to him, first, through His origin (John 3:31), then, through the perfection of His teaching (John 3:32...
“ _He that hath received his testimony hath set his seal that God is true;_ 34, _for he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God; for he giveth not the Spirit by measure._ ” There are, nevertheles...
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. (23) And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salem; because there was much wa...
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...
33._But he who receiveth his testimony. _Here he exhorts and encourages the godly to embrace boldly the doctrine of the Gospel, as if he had said that there was no reason why they should be ashamed or...
But there was a man (chapter 3) and that a Pharisee who was not satisfied with this inoperative conviction. His conscience was reached. Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense of...
HE THAT HATH RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY,.... For there was here and there one that did, who believed in him as the Messiah, and embraced his Gospel, and submitted to his ordinances, and truly and sincerel...
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. Ver. 33. _Hath set to his seal, &c._] Hath given God a testimonial, such as is that, Deuteronomy 32:4. After which, God also...
_And what he hath seen and heard_ This is spoken in allusion to what was said in the preceding verse, of his being from above, where he enjoyed the most intimate communications of the divine counsels;...
HATH SET TO HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE; by believing in Christ he acknowledged that what God hath said concerning him is true....
HE THAT HATH RECEIVED HIS TESTIMONY HATH SET TO HIS SEAL THAT GOD IS TRUE....
The value of Christ's testimony:...
NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH (vs.1-21) Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the Lord by night, evident...
22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and...
He who hath so believed the testimony of Christ, as to accept him, and to believe in him as his Saviour, hath, by that his believing, set to his seal that God, in all his promises of the Messiah under...
Fragments of Clement Found in the Oxford Edition Wherefore the Father bestows on him the glory and honour that was due and meet, putting on him the best robe, the robe of immortality; and a ring, a r...
John 3:33 received G2983 (G5631) His G846 testimony G3141 certified G4972 (G5656) that G3754 God G2316 is...
‘He who comes from above is above all. He that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from Heaven is above all. What he has seen and heard, of that he bears witness,...
JOHN THE BAPTISER DECREASES (JOHN 3:22). At this stage Jesus began His ministry alongside that of John the Baptist in a supporting role. It was not His intention at this stage to supersede him. Indeed...
John 3:33. HE THAT RECEIVED HIS WITNESS SET HIS SEAL TO THIS, THAT GOD IS TRUE. Every man who accepts His witness and thus declares that Jesus is true, in that very act attests, sets his seal to, the...
HATH SET HIS SEAL (εσφραγισεν). First aorist active indicative of σφραγιζω for which verb see Matthew 27:66. The metaphor of sealing is a common one for giving attestation as in John 6:27. The one...
John 3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea, and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was m...
John 3:13. _And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven._ We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came dow...
CONTENTS: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the Baptist. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist, Moses, John's disciples. CONCLUSION: Since the natural...
John 3:1. _Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews._ This rabbi is named by John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Chris...
_After these things came Jesus and His disciples unto the land of Judaea (see also on _John 3:30_ for the whole paragraph)_ JESUS AND JOHN AND THEIR DISCIPLES I. A HUMBLING EXAMPLE OF THE PETTY JEAL...
_He that cometh from above is above all._ CHRIST “ABOVE ALL” AS A TEACHER I. IN THE SUBLIMITY OF HIS ORIGIN (John 3:1). All others, from Enoch to Malachi were “of the earth.” II. IN THE CHARACTER O...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:32 WHAT HE HAS SEEN AND HEARD refers to Jesus’ eternal existence in heaven and his knowledge of God. NO ONE RECEIVES HIS TESTIMONY likely means that very few people (at least to th...
1-36 CHAPTER 3 _There was a man_, &c. Nicodemus means in Greek _the conqueror of the people._ Such was this man; who, overcoming the fear of the people, the Pharisees, and the priests, believed in Ch...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 3:23. ÆNON NEAR TO SALIM (Αἰνών, from עַין, Arab. عين, a spring).—_Salim_ was long supposed to have been situated about eight miles from Beth-Shean, _i.e._ in the...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated, hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an unfriend...
Have we got a message for you tonight from the Word of God! John chapter 3 and 4, oh my, how rich! How blessed! There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews (John 3:1). We k...
1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:9; 2 Corinthians 1:18; Hebrews 6:17; Romans 3:3;...