B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary
John 2:24
He did not commit himself to them.
He knew too well that theirs was not. heartfelt trust to reveal himself unreservedly to them.
He did not commit himself to them.
He knew too well that theirs was not. heartfelt trust to reveal himself unreservedly to them.
JOHN 2:24 auvto,n (1) {C} In place of the first auvto,n, many witnesses clarify the sense by writing e`auto,n (î66 a2 Ac Wsupp Q...
Verse John 2:24. _HE KNEW ALL_ MEN] Instead of παντας _all men_, EGH, and about _thirty_ others, read παντα, _every_ man, or _all things_; and this I am inclined to believe is the true reading. Jesus...
DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF - The word translated “commit” here is the same which in John 2:23 is translated “believed.” It means to put “trust” or “confidence in.” Jesus did not put “trust” or “reliance”...
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 RESULTS OF THE FIRST VISIT TO JERUSALEM. The result of the Lord's visit to Jerusalem at the Passover and His work there was that many believed on his name, _i.e._ they were convinced that He was t...
When he was in Jerusalem, at the Passover, at the Feast, many believed in his name, as they saw the signs which he did; but Jesus himself would not entrust himself to them, because he knew them all, a...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
BUT JESUS: i.e. But Jesus [for His part]. COMMIT. trust. Same word as "believed "in John 2:23, but not the same tense. Here it denotes. continual action or habit. Greek _pisteuo._ App-150. See note o...
_did not commit_ The same verb as -many _believed_" in John 2:23. -Many _trusted_in His name; but Jesus did not _trust_Himself unto them." The antithesis is probably intentional....
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...
ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΕΝ. Antithesis to ἐπιστ. εἰς τ. ὄν αὐτ.—’Many _trusted_ in His name, but Jesus did not _trust_ Himself to them.’ ΔΙᾺ ΤῸ ΑΥ̓Τ. ΓΙΝ. FOR THAT HE OF HIMSELF _knew_. Observe the difference between...
BELIEF WITHOUT TRUST...
VER 23. NOW WHEN HE WAS IN JERUSALEM AT THE PASSOVER, ON THE FEAST DAY, MANY BELIEVED IN HIS NAME, WHEN THEY SAW THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID. 24. BUT JESUS DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF TO THEM, BECAUSE HE KNE...
_JESUS' FIRST DISCIPLES IN JERUSALEM -- JOHN 2:23-25:_ The miracles of Jesus Christ produced faith in His name. Later Nicodemus said, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one c...
ΑΎΤΌΣPRON., подчеркивает контраст между Иисусом и другими людьми (GGBB, 349). ΔΈ (G1161) напротив, с другой стороны, ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) доверять, вверять себя. Прогрессив...
JESUS DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF UNTO THEM,— Did not discover himself to be the Messiah. He did not trust to those who believed merely on account of his miracles.—_Because he knew all men._ He had perfect...
GENERAL JUDEAN MINISTRY _Text 2:23-25_ 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did. 24 But Jesus did not trust h...
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, BUT JESUS, [ Autos (G846) de (G1161) ho (G3588) Ieesous (G2424)] - 'But Jesus Hi...
1 Cana, in Hebrew, means "acquire". The marriage feast is a sign of the time when the Son acquires the kingdom, and as the bridegroom is elated over the bride, so will He be elated over Israel (Isa_62...
THE WEDDING AT CANA. THE TEMPLE CLEANSED 1-11. The marriage at Cana. This miracle is not recorded by the synoptists because it occurred before the beginning of the ministry proper. St. John records it...
Many believe on Jesus, but with imperfect faith. 23. In the feast _day_] RV 'during the feast,' which lasted a week....
DID NOT COMMIT (RV 'trust') HIMSELF UNTO THEM] because of their carnal conceptions of His person and work. They were impressed by His miracles, and thought that He would prove a militant and victoriou...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 JESUS CHANGES WATER SO THAT IT BECOMES WINE 2:1-12 V1 The next day, there was a wedding in Cana in *Galilee. Jesus’ m...
But beneath this shallow surface there is the unbroken ledge of rock. They are easily moved just because they are not deeply moved. The eye which looked at, looked into, others (comp. John 1:47 _et se...
CHAPTER 7 NICODEMUS. “Now when He was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on His name, beholding His signs which He did. But Jesus did not trust Himself unto them, for that...
NEW LIFE FROM ABOVE THE NEED OF ALL John 2:23-25; John 3:1-8 A solemn question is suggested by John 2:24. Can Jesus trust Himself to us? We must show ourselves worthy of His trust. In John 3:1-36; Jo...
At Cana our Lord wrought what John describes as the "beginning of His signs." It was a sign of power in the realm of creation, and of it being exercised in answer to faith. It was a sign, moreover, of...
(6) But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], (6) It is not good giving credit to those who trust only because of miracles....
Trust himself to them. The Fathers generally understand these words, to them, to refer to those who believed in him, mentioned in the preceding verse. Though they believed in him, he did not trust him...
PURIFICATION 0F THE TEMPLE John 2:13-25. _“And the Passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ The Passover began April 14th, through all the ages of Israel, celebrating the exodu...
“ _But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men_, 25, _and because he had no need that any one should testify of man; for he knew of himself what was in man._ ” Jesus is no more da...
are a preamble. It is the general picture of the activity of the Lord at Jerusalem, following after His undertaking in the temple. Then, in the following passage, John 3:1-21, John gives the remarkabl...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XI. Beginning with John 2:13, the account of the first visit of Jesus to Jerusalem is given. There can be little doubt that the five or six disciples were wit...
SECOND CYCLE: 2:12-4:54. This second cycle is naturally divided into three sections: 1. The ministry of Jesus in _Judea_, John 2:12 to John 3:36; 2. The return through _Samaria: John 4:1-42_; 3. Th...
FIRST SECTION: 2:12-3:36. JESUS IN JUDEA. Here again, as in the preceding story, the course of the narrative is steadily continuous and its historical development accurately graduated. Jesus first app...
Now when he was at Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. (24) But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all...
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...
_IMPERFECT FAITH_ ‘When He was in Jerusalem … many believed in His name.… But Jesus did not commit Himself unto them.’ John 2:23 Early believers at Jerusalem. As to whom, notice— I. THE OBJECT OF...
24._But Christ did not rely on them. _Those who explain the meaning to be, that Christ was on his guard against them, because he knew that they were not upright and faithful, do not appear to me to ex...
The third day we find in chapter 2. A marriage takes place in Galilee. Jesus is there; and the water of purification is changed into the wine of joy for the marriage-feast. Afterwards at Jerusalem He...
BUT JESUS DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF UNTO THEM,.... The sense according to some of the ancients is, that he did not commit the whole of the Gospel to them; he did not make known to them all his mind and w...
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all _men_, Ver. 24. _Did not commit himself unto them_] Who yet would needs obtrude upon him. None are so impudent as hypocrites; they dece...
_When he was in Jerusalem, in the feast-day_ Or rather, during the feast, as εν τη εορτη, should undoubtedly be translated: that is, during all the days of the solemnity; _many believed in his name_ W...
DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF UNTO THEM; did not trust himself in their power....
BUT JESUS DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF UNTO THEM, BECAUSE HE KNEW ALL MEN,...
The result of Christ's manifestation in Jerusalem:...
A MARRIAGE ON THE THIRD DAY (vs.1-12) Now we are told of a third day, and a marriage in Cana. This is typical of Israel's new relationship with their Messiah and the receiving of the joy of His mirac...
23-25 Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. He knows his crafty enemies, and all their secret projects; his false f...
Christ did not take all these seeming believers into his bosom, nor call them after him, nor maintain any familiar fellowship and communion with them; but made haste again into Galilee, till his time...
John 2:24 But G1161 Jesus G2424 G846 did G4100 not G3756 commit G4100 (G5707) Himself G1438 them...
THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (JOHN 2:13). It is difficult to avoid the feeling that this narrative is given here on close proximity to what has gone before because it illustrates the fulfilment of the...
‘Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast many believed on his name when they saw the signs which he did, but Jesus did not trust himself to them because he knew all men, and bec...
John 2:24-25. BUT JESUS DID NOT TRUST HIMSELF UNTO THEM ON ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCERNING ALL MEN, AND BECAUSE HE NEEDED NOT THAT ANY SHOULD BEAR WITNESS CONCERNING A MAN; FOR HE HIMSELF DISCERNED WHAT WAS...
It is of much importance to keep the closing verses of chap. 2 in close connection with the opening verses of chap. 3 (see the commentary on John 3:1). Rejected by the theocracy of Israel Jesus turns...
BUT JESUS DID NOT TRUST HIMSELF TO THEM (αυτος δε Ιησους ουκ επιστευεν αυτον αυτοις). "But Jesus himself kept on refusing (negative imperfect) to trust himself to them." The double use of πιστευω h...
CONTENTS: The marriage at Cana and the first miracle of Jesus. The passover and the purification of the temple. CHARACTERS: Jesus, mother, disciples. CONCLUSION: Those who expect the favors of Chris...
John 2:1. _The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee,_ when the sun of righteousness shone out with divine glory. Cana of Galilee is here mentioned to distinguish it from Cana near Sidonia...
BUT JESUS DID NOT TRUST HIMSELF TO THEM. He knew only too well what their real character was, and what some of them would do to him....
_Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, because He knew all men._ SUPERFICIAL FAITH I. THE DANGER OF A SUPERFICIAL FAITH. It was only such a faith that these people had who believed in Christ on the...
_When He was in Jerusalem at the Passover_ THE FIRST JERUSALEM BELIEVERS I. THE OBJECT OF THEIR FAITH: the name of Christ. The name of anything is that by which it is known; so the name of Christ is...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:23 Jesus KNEW ALL PEOPLE, which affirms his deity (see John 1:48)....
CHAPTER 2 _On the third day_, &c. _The third day_, that is, from Christ's departure for Galilee, and the calling of Philip. For this was the last date mentioned by S. John. The following is the sequen...
_But Jesus did not,_ &c. He did not trust, _i.e._, He did not confide. For although He knew that they believed in Him, yet He also knew that they were fickle, and would easily fall back from this fait...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 2:18. The disciples saw in Christ’s action the fulfilment of the old Scripture, the Jews an excuse for a further demand for a sign. John 2:19. DESTROY THIS TEMPL...
EXPOSITION VERSES 2:1-3:4 _The testimony of signs to the glory of the Word made flesh._ JOHN 2:1 (1) _The first sign, the beginning of signs, Mastery over the old creation. Sign of love and power....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Samuel 16:7; Acts 1:24;...
But Jesus [α υ τ ο ς δ ε ο ι η σ ο υ ς]. The aujtov, which does not appear in translation, has the force of on His part, marking the contrast with those just mentioned. Did not commit [ο υ κ ε π ι σ τ...
He did not trust himself to them — Let us learn hence not rashly to put ourselves into the power of others. Let us study a wise and happy medium between universal suspiciousness and that easiness whic...