Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 8:54
If I honour myself — Referring to their words, Whom makest thou thyself?
If I honour myself — Referring to their words, Whom makest thou thyself?
JOHN 8:54 qeo.j h`mw/n {B} The reading u`mw/n (a B* D X Y 700 _al_) makes the words following o[ti indirect discourse, whereas h`mw/n (î65, 75 A B...
Verse 54. _YOUR GOD_] Many MSS. and most of the versions read ημων, _our_, instead of υμων. The variation is of very little consequence. They called God their God, while enemies to him both in their s...
IF I HONOUR MYSELF - If I commend or praise myself. If I had no other honor and sought no other honor than that which proceeds from a desire to glorify myself. MY HONOUR IS NOTHING - My commendation...
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. ...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE JEWS WHO BELIEVED. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish party...
IF. HONOR MYSELF, MY HONOR IS NOTHING. They had just asked: Whom makest thou thyself? The Father, who honoreth him, will settle that question by his resurrection from the dead and exaltation....
"This is the truth I tell you--if anyone keeps my word, he will not see death for ever." The Jews said to him: "Now we are certain that you are mad. Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you are s...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
HONOUR. glorify. Greek _doxazo._ See p. 1511. HONOUR. glory. See note on John 5:41....
Christ first answers the insinuation that He is vain-glorious, implied in the question -whom makest Thou Thyself?" Then He shews that He really is greater than Abraham....
_If I honour myself_ Better, _If I_ SHALL HAVE GLORIFIED _Myself, My_ GLORY _is nothing_. It is not the same word as is rendered -honour" in John 8:49, therefore another English word is desirable. THE...
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....
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...
54–56. Christ first answers the insinuation that He is vainglorious, implied in the question ‘whom makest Thou Thyself? Then He shews that He really is greater than Abraham....
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...
ἩΜΩ͂Ν (AB2C) for ὑμῶν (B1DFX); ὑμῶν seems preferable. 54. ἘᾺΝ ἘΓῺ ΔΟΞ. _If I_ SHALL HAVE GLORIFIED _Myself, My_ GLORY _is nothing_. THERE _is_ (John 8:50) _My Father who_ GLORIFIETH _Me_—in miracles a...
Ver 52. Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that you have a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53. Are you greater than o...
_JESUS AND ABRAHAM -- JOHN 8:39-59:_ Jesus said these people wanted to kill Him for telling them the truth that God had given Him. The Jews claimed God as their father but they refused to obey Him. If...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ John 8:14. ΔΟΞΆΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392) прославлять (TLNT; TDNT; EDNT). _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, предполагающем возможность условия...
CHRIST DEFAMED _Text 8:48-59_ 48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, an...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:33-59 The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the Light reveal...
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: JESUS ANSWERED, IF I HONOUR MYSELF, MY HONOUR IS NOTHING: IT IS MY FA...
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...
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...
IF I HONOUR MYSELF, MY HONOUR IS NOTHING. — The word rendered “honour” is not the same as that in John 8:49. It is better to read _glorify_ here. Following all the better MSS. the tense is past. We ha...
CHAPTER 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will He...
To their question Jesus, as usual, gives no categorical answer, but replies first by repelling the insinuation contained in their question and then by showing that He was greater than Abraham (see Plu...
_Discussion between Jesus and the Jews regarding their paternity_....
THE ETERNAL CHRIST John 8:48-59 It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of its sting; He has destroyed Him...
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...
(18) Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is (s) nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: (18) There is no one further from seeking glory than Christ,...
JESUS PRE-ABRAHAMIC John 8:52-59. _“The Jews said to Him, Now we know that Thou hast a demon.”_ Sharpers, sent out for that specific purpose, hung on His lips, like lightning upon the skirts of the cl...
4. “I AND YOU”: 8:30-59. Jesus, in His second discourse (John 8:12-20) attributed to Himself two modes of teaching: _testimony_, by which He reveals His origin, His mission, His work, and _judgment_,...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 51-59. 1. In John 8:51 Jesus turns the discourse to the more positive side, and brings out one of the great thoughts presented in this Gospel, namely, tha...
“ _Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; he who glorifies me is my Father, he of whom you say that he is your God;_ 55 _and yet you do not know him, but I know him; and if I say th...
Why do ye not understand my speech; even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode...
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...
54._If I glorify myself. _Before replying to that unjust comparison, he begins by saying that _he does not seek his own glory_, and thus meets their slander. If it be objected, that Christ also glorif...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED, IF I HONOUR MYSELF, MY HONOUR IS NOTHING,.... It is empty and vain, and will not continue; see 2 Corinthians 10:18; IT IS MY FATHER THAT HONOURETH ME: by a voice from heaven, both at...
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Ver. 54. _It is my Father that honoureth me_] According to that, "The...
_Jesus answered, If I honour myself_, (referring to their words, _Whom makest thou thyself?_) _my honour is nothing_ If I should speak in praise of myself, you would call it vain and foolish; and say...
IF I HONOR MYSELF; if what I say of my office is not sustained by God's accompanying testimony. MY FATHER THAT HONORETH ME; he confirms what I say of myself....
The attempt to kill the Lord:...
JESUS ANSWERED, IF I HONOR MYSELF, MY HONOR IS NOTHING; IT IS MY FATHER THAT HONORETH ME; OF WHOM YE SAY THAT HE IS YOUR GOD;...
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...
54-59 Christ and all that are his, depend upon God for honour. Men may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know him. Such as know not God, and obey not the gospel of Christ, are put together, 2...
IF I HONOUR MYSELF, MY HONOUR IS NOTHING; this is much the same with what our Saviour said, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:31, which he seemed to contradict, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:14; (see the notes on both those plac...
Tertullian Against Praxeas again, "If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that He is your God: yet ye have not known Him, but I know Him; and if...
John 8:54 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) If G1437 I G1473 honor G1392 (G5719) Myself G1683 My...
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 CHALLENGE COMES TO ITS CLIMAX BY JESUS REVEALING THAT HE IS THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:48). In this final section Jesus deals with their insults by facing them up with the issues of life and death, and t...
‘Jesus answered, ‘If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God. But you have not known him. But I know him, and if I said that I d...
John 8:54-55 a . JESUS ANSWERED, IF I GLORIFY MYSELF, MY GLORY IS NOTHING: IT IS MY FATHER THAT GLORIFIETH ME, OF WHOM YE SAY THAT HE IS YOUR GOD, AND HAVE NOT GOT KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. First, Jesus answe...
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...
IF I GLORIFY MYSELF (εαν εγω δοξασω εμαυτον). Third-class condition with εαν and first aorist active subjunctive (or future active indicative) of δοξαζω.IT IS MY FATHER THAT GLORIFIETH ME (εστιν...
We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the sermon, why we read them. (See Luke 4:16) John 8:37....
John 8:31. _Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;_ For there were many, in Christ's day, coming to him for a while, and then...
Christ thus spake to his adversaries. John 8:29. _And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone: for I do always those things that please him._ Brethren, what Christ could say, I...
John 8:28. _Then said Jesus unto them;_ That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,- John 8:28. _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do...
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...
THE ONE WHO HONORS ME IS MY FATHER. They had just asked: _"Who do you think you are?"_ The Father will answer this by raising Jesus from death. This is the real proof, and the basis for our hope (1 Co...
_Abraham is dead and the prophets_ ABRAHAM AND JESUS I. THE GREATNESS OF ABRAHAM: 1. The ancestor of the Jews. “Our father,” said they (John 8:53); “Your father,” conceded Christ (John 8:56). It wa...
_If I honour Myself, My honour is nothing_ THE FATHER HONOURING THE SON To honour is to do or to speak of a person so as not only to show our esteem, but to make others esteem. Thus God honoured Ab...
_Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him._ A GLORIOUS LIBERATOR I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage (John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13;...
VER. 37.. _know_, &c. By nature ye are Abraham's children, but in your deeds ye are degenerate. Your descent from Abraham will not therefore profit you. It will increase your damnation, for he will sa...
_Jesus answered_, &c. This was in answer to their question _, Whom makest thou Thyself?_ He refers all His glory to His Father from whom He is, and who is God. What I say of Myself is of no value or w...
_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...
1 Peter 1:12; 1 Peter 1:21; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Peter 1:17; Acts