It is also written in your law.
The Jewish law which they accepted as divine. It declared (Deuteronomy 19:15) that the testimony of two witnesses was to be accepted. In this case, besides his own witness, there was other testimony to confirm it. It will be noticed that Jesus does not say our law. He never classes himself with the Jews.
IN YOUR LAW - Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15. Compare Matthew 18:16. This related to cases in which the life of an individual was involved. Jesus says that if, in such a case, the
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. ...
JOHN 8. FURTHER CONTROVERSY IN JERUSALEM. John 8:12. The Light of the World; Discourse in the Treasury. If we remove the _Pericope adulterai_ (John 7:53 to John 8:11, clearly a later addition, though...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
So Jesus again continued to speak to them. "I am the Light of the World, he said. "He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life." So the Pharisees said to him: "You...
IT IS... WRITTEN. It has been (and standeth) written. ALSO... LAW. law also, _your_ law. YOUR your own. Greek. _humeteros._ Emphatic Compare John 7:49. TESTIMONY. Gr, _marturia._ See note on "recor...
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...
_It is also written in your law_ Literally, _But in the law also, your law, it is written_. -Your" is very emphatic; -the Law about which you profess to be so jealous." Comp. -Thou art called a Jew, a...
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...
ΚΑῚ ἘΝ Τ. Ν. ΔΈ. BUT IN THE LAW ALSO, YOUR LAW (about which you profess to be so jealous), _it is written_. Comp. ‘Thou art called a Jew and restest on the Law’ (Romans 2:17). The _Sinaiticus_ here gi...
Ver 13. The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear record of yourself; your record is not true. 14. Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I kno...
_JESUS IS THE LIGHT FOR THE WORLD -- JOHN 8:12-20:_ Those who live in sin are walking in darkness. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ означает: "продолжает быть написанным" предполагается юридическая значимость Писания (ММ)....
AND YET IF I JUDGE,— At the same time our Lord told them, that if he should condemn any person for unbelief, such condemnation would be just, because his divine mission was true; being confirmed, not...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD _Text 8:12-20_ 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of lif...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:12-32 The following is a Summary of the passage which is to be before us:— The first division of John 8 forms a most striking and suitable introduction to the...
_IT IS ALSO WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW, THAT THE TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN IS TRUE._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
8:17 true. (d-16) Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19.15....
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...
Cp. Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15. 17, 18. If the testimony of two men is true, how much more true is the testimony of two witnesses who are divine!...
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...
IT IS ALSO WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW. — He now proceeds to show again that the technical requirement of the Law was satisfied by His witness. The term _“your_ law” is material, as addressed to those who wer...
CHAPTER 18 CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of...
καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ … πατήρ. He returns from “judging” to “witnessing,” and He maintains that His witness (John 8:18) satisfies the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15) because what He witnesse...
_Jesus proclaims Himself the Light of the World_....
THE TWOFOLD WITNESS John 8:12-20 On either side of the Temple court stood a huge golden candelabrum. On the first and each succeeding night of the week of the Feast of Tabernacles these were lit, and...
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...
WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT John 8:17-20. _“And it has been written in your law, That the testimony of two people is true._ [Deuteronomy 19:15] _I am the one testifying concerning Myself, and the One who se...
2. JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: 8:12-20. We find in this section: 1. A testimony (John 8:12); 2. An objection (John 8:13); 3. The answer of Jesus (John 8:14-19); 4. An historical notice ...
“ _And besides it is written in your law that the testimony of two men is worthy of belief._ 18. _I bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me._ ” Jesus enters, at least in...
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13) The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Th...
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...
17._Even in your law it is written. _The argument might, at first sight, appear to be weak, because no man is received as a witness in his own cause. But we ought to remember what I have already said,...
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...
IT IS ALSO WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW,.... The law of Moses, which was given unto them, and they boasted of; the passage referred to is in Deuteronomy 19:15; see also Deuteronomy 17:6; where though what foll...
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. Ver. 17. _It is also written in your law_] He calleth it their law, because he was above law; and needed not (but for their weak...
_Ye judge after the flesh_ As the flesh, that is, corrupt nature, dictates. The same carnal prejudices still prevail in the minds of the Jews, and prevent their reception of Christ; they laying it dow...
THE TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN IS TRUE; DEUTERONOMY 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15. Compare Matthew 18:16. He now returns to the human rule of trying testimony....
IT IS ALSO WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW THAT THE TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN IS....
An appeal to the Law of the Jews:...
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...
17-20 If we knew Christ better, we should know the Father better. Those become vain in their imaginations concerning God, who will not learn of Christ. Those who know not his glory and grace, know no...
It is written, DEUTERONOMY 17:6, DEUTERONOMY 19:15. God so ordered it by his Divine law, that every thing should be established by the testimony of two witnesses....
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Or when he finds it placed side by side with others: "Moreover, in your law it is written that the witness of two is true. I bear witness of myself, and...
John 8:17 G2532 is G1125 also G1161 written G1125 (G5769) in G1722 your G5212 law G3551 that...
“Yes, and in your Law it is written that the witness of two men is true, I am he who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.” He then goes on to point out that the law...
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...
John 8:17. BUT IN YOUR OWN LAW ALSO IT IS WRITTEN THAT THE WITNESS OF TWO MEN IS TRUE. In the very law which they magnified, on which they take their stand, as they accuse Him of breaking the law, and...
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...
YEA AND IN YOUR LAW (κα εν τω νομω δε τω υμετερω). Same use of και--δε as in verse John 8:16. They claimed possession of the law (John 7:49) and so Jesus takes this turn in answer to the charge of s...
John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees_ These wasps were a...
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...
It IS WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW. Notice he does not say, "our Law." The Law required _two_ witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)....
_Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true_ THE SELF-EVIDENCING POWER OF THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS The sun pours forth his beams so that it becomes bright day, and we question not his bei...
_Then spake Jesus again unto them_ THE CONNECTION OF CHRIST’S DISCOURSE WITH THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT AND THE FEAST The feast of tabernacles was over. The water of Siloah was no more poured out by the...
1-59 CHAPTER 8 VER. 1. _But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives._ On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Pharisees, while they, after their wont, returned home t...
_It_ _is also written in your Law_ (Deuteronomy 27:6, Deu 19:5), _that the testimony of two men is true_ : that is to be admitted by the judge, who can base on it a legal sentence, though the testimon...
_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 John 5:9; 1 Kings 21:10; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Deuteronomy 17:6;...
In your law [ε ν τ ω ν ο μ ω τ ω υ μ ε τ ε ρ ω]. Literally, in the law, that which is yours. Yours has an emphatic force : of which you claim a monopoly. See John 7:49. It is written [γ ε γ ρ α π τ α...
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study-John 1:1, we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His command all thin...
Deuteronomy 19:15....