Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
Now the Lord Himself has most clearly revealed the equality of salvation, when He said: "For this is the will of my Father, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, should have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day."[58]
Verse 40. _THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME_] Lest they should take a wrong meaning out of his words, as many have done since, he tells them that, far from any person being excluded from his merc...
EVERY ONE WHICH SEETH THE SON, AND BELIEVETH ON HIM - It was not sufficient to see him and hear him, but it was necessary, also, to believe on him. Many of the Jews had seen him, but few believed on h...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Feeding of the Five Thousand Men. (John 6:1 .)_ 2. The Attempt to Make Him King, (John 6:15 .) 3. The Stormy Sea. “It is I, be not afraid.” (John 6:16 .) 4. The Discourse on the...
THE DESIRE FOR A SIGN: THE TRUE MANNA. After raising their expectations He had refused to go forward. In answer to their surprise at finding Him so soon across the lake He tells them why. Their hopes...
THIS IS THE WILL OF THE FATHER. The will of the Father is paramount. That will is that "every one who sees the Son and believes upon him," thus coming to, following and abiding in him, feeding upon hi...
Jesus said to them: "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never hunger, and he who believes in me will never thirst any more. But I tell you, though you have seen me, yet you do not believe...
THE LOAVES AND FISHES (John 6:1-13)...
THE SON. Compare John 8:36. MAY. should. AND WILL. and (that). should....
The Discourse on the Son as the Support of Life God's revealed word and created world are unhappily alike in this; that the most beautiful places in each are often the scene and subject of strife. Th...
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...
_And this is the will of him that sent me_ The true reading is; FOR _this is the will_ OF MY FATHER. The opening words of John 6:39-40, being very similar, have become confused in inferior MSS. The be...
THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SUPPORT OF LIFE God’s revealed word and created world are unhappily alike in this; that the most beautiful places in each are often the scene and subject of strife. Thi...
_Identification of the Spiritual Bread with Christ _...
Digression on the blessedness of those who come to Christ as believers...
ΓΆΡ for δέ. ΠΑΤΡΌΣ ΜΟΥ for πέμψαντός με (from John 6:39) with אBCDLTU against A. 40. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓᾺΡ … ΠΑΤΡΌΣ ΜΟΥ. This is the true reading; but the opening words of John 6:39-40, being very similar, have...
par Ver 35. And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes in me shall never thirst. 36. But I said to you, That you also have seen, and...
_TEACHING ABOUT THE BREAD OF LIFE -- JOHN 6:22-65:_ On the next day the multitude realized that Jesus was gone and they went to find Him. The people asked Jesus how or when He got to Capernaum. Jesus...
ΘΕΩΡΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) видеть. Subst. part. ΈΧ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) объясняет содержание воли. Божественная сила, ведущая к воскресению,...
AND THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME, &C.— "My Father's will, which I am come to publish, is, that all who, being convinced of their need of me, and of my sufficiencyfor their help, look by faith...
THE BREAD OF LIFE, I _Text 6:30-40_ 30 They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wil...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 6:28-40 Below we give an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— It is both important and instructive to observe the connection between John 5 and Jo...
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. AND THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM T...
34 Eating to supply the demands of physical hunger and thirst is but a symbol of the spiritual satisfaction apart from which life is debased to mere existence. Desires and aspirations for spiritual su...
6:40 on (a-18) _ Eis_ . see Note, 2 Timothy 1:12 . sees (g-13) Or 'beholds' ( _ theoreo_ ), as ver. 62, chs. 7.3; 8.51; 12.45; 14.17,19; 16.16....
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:1 to John 7:1. Feeding the five thousand. Walking upon the sea. Discourse upon the bread of life. Defection of many disciples. The Apostles stand firm. Returning from Jerusal...
DISCOURSE ON THE BREAD OF LIFE. As in John 4 Jesus is the giver of 'living water,' so here He is the 'living bread' or 'manna' of the soul. Such language had been to some extent prepared for by OT. re...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 6 JESUS FEEDS 5000 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES 6:1-15 V1 After this, Jesus went across Lake *Galilee. (Lake *Galilee was cal...
AND THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME. — Read, _For this is the will of My Father._ (See John 6:39.) The common text has inserted the opening words of these verses. There can be no doubt that the c...
CHAPTER 14 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE. John 6:1. In this chapter John follows the same method as in the last. He first relates the sign, and then gives our Lord's interpretation of it. As to the Samari...
In John 6:40 Jesus describes the recipients of salvation from the human side, πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτόν, the latter, “believing,” being necessary, as already shown, to complete the...
THE FATHER'S WILL JESUS' LAW OF LIFE John 6:30-40 On the day following, our Lord had to encounter, first the demand of the people for a continuation of the miracle of the preceding night, John 6:25-4...
The whole chapter really records things resulting from the conflict recorded in the previous one. Having crossed the sea, Jesus first fed the multitude, and they, enamored of His ability, attempted to...
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which (l) seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. (l) Seeing and believing ar...
CHAPTER 33 PUZZLE OF THE MULTITUDE John 6:22-71. _“On the following day the multitude, standing beyond the sea, saw that there was no other ship except one, and that Jesus did not go along with His d...
VER. 40. “ _For this is the will of my Father_, _that whosoever beholds the Son and believes on him has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day._ ” This verse reproduces, either by confi...
II. THE DISCOURSES: JOHN 6:22-65. This section contains, first an historical introduction (John 6:22-24), then a series of conversations and discourses (John 6:25-65)....
1. VV. 25-40. This first phase is made up of four brief dialogues, each including a question of the Jews and an answer of Jesus. The last of these answers is more fully developed; Jesus expresses in...
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with h...
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...
40._And this is the will of him who sent me. _He had said that the Father had committed to him the protection of our salvation; and now he likewise describes the manner in which it is accomplished. Th...
In chapter 6, then, it is the Lord come down from heaven, humbled and put to death, not now as the Son of God, one with the Father, the source of life; but as He who, although He was Jehovah and at th...
AND THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "of my Father"; and all the Oriental versions read only, "and this is the will of my Father"; this is his declared, his revealed w...
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 40. _Which seeth the Son a...
_For I came down from heaven_ Into this lower world; _not to do mine own will_ Or to seek any separate interest of my own; _but the will of him that sent me_ Who is loving to every man, and willeth no...
I WILL RAISE HIM UP; to everlasting life. He would thus do the will and accomplish the object of the Father....
Jesus the Bread of Life:...
AND THIS IS THE WILL OF HIM THAT SENT ME, THAT EVERYONE WHICH SEETH THE SON AND BELIEVETH ON HIM MAY HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE; AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY. Jesus now makes a plain, frank stat...
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (vs.1-13) The setting here is no longer Jerusalem, but Galilee, and the contrast to the beginning of chapter 5 is striking. For here grace shines out beautifully, available...
36-46 The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes men willing and glad to come, and to give up every thing which hinders applying to him for salvation....
Our Lord having asserted the will of God, as to the final issue and happiness of believers, goes on to assert the means by which, in this life using, they must obtain this life: those are, seeing the...
John 6:40 And G1161 this G5124 is G2076 (G5748) will G2307 sent G3992 (G5660) Me G3165 that...
WORDS TO THE CROWDS (JOHN 6:26). Jesus' initial words were spoken to the crowds who had followed Him. These were the more simple folk whose thoughts were on more food, and miraculous provision. They w...
THE BREAD OF LIFE, EATING HIS FLESH AND DRINKING HIS BLOOD (JOHN 6:26). The narrative that follows must be carefully divided up if it is to be properly understood. There are in fact three clearly dif...
“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him, should have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” Jesus now repeats John 6:39 from a different...
John 6:40. FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF MY FATHER, THAT EVERY ONE WHICH BEHOLDETH THE SON AND BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT I SHOULD RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY. This verse is no mer...
In the miracle of the multiplying of the bread Jesus has symbolically presented Himself as the true bread of life. This thought is now unfolded in the various discourses with which the remainder of th...
SHOULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE (εχη ζωην αιωνιον). Present active subjunctive with ινα, "that he may keep on having eternal life" as in John 3:15; John 3:36.BEHOLDETH (θεωρων). With the eye of faith as...
John 6:30. _They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them b...
These people had crossed the Sea of Galilee, and gone to Capernaum, «seeking for Jesus.» It seemed a very hopeful sign that they should be willing to make such efforts to find Christ, but see how the...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
John 6:22. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went...
John 6:1. _After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were disease...
CONTENTS: Feeding the 5000. Walking on the sea. Discourse on the Bread of Life. Peter's confession of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, boy, Moses, Joseph. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the true...
John 6:2. _A great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles._ But being dull of apprehension, they seemed to have no idea that the Lord could feed the hungry, as well as heal the sick. Ch...
FOR WHAT MY FATHER WANTS IS THIS. God intends that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him, should have eternal life. (1) There is no "secret decree" of "election." People "sort themselves out...
_The day following_ JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE I. OUR LORD’S AVOWAL OF HIS DIVINE NATURE AND HIS HEAVENLY ERRAND. More than thirty times in this one discourse does He use the personal pronouns “Me” and...
_For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me_ THE LOVE OF THE FATHER The amazing love of the Father appears I. IN HIS SPARING THIS GUILTY WORLD, though He...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 6:40 EVERYONE WHO... BELIEVES IN HIM. This verse implies that no true believer will ever lose his or her salvation. THE LAST DAY. The final judgment....
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _After this_, &c. Tiberias is here named, because the desert in which Christ fed the five thousand was near to Tiberias. _After this_, not immediately, but almost a year afterwards....
_And this is the will,_ &c. _He that seeth_, Greek, _θεωζω̃ν_, _i.e._, who considers and contemplates the Son, seeing Him with the eyes not of the body, but of the mind, _i.e._, believing in Him, and...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 6:22. NONE OTHER BOAT, RATHER LITTLE SHIP (πλοιάριον).—The meaning of this long and complicated sentence is plain. A number of the crowd who had been present when...
EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_si...
Now we have an indeterminate rate of time. Jesus was in Jerusalem when He was saying these things, they were as a result of this blind man...or the lame man, rather, who was healed there at the pool o...
1 John 1:1; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:11; 1 Peter 1:8; 2 Corinthians 4:6;
And this [δ ε]. The best texts read gar, for. There is a logical connection between the last sentence and the following. The Father's will in preserving and raising up that which he has given to the S...
THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When the devil said to Christ. "If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread," the Lord quickly unsheathed the sword of the Spiri...
Here is the sum of John 6:37. This is the will of him that sent me — This is the whole of what I have said: this is the eternal, unchangeable will of God. Every one who truly believeth, shall have eve...