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Verse John 1:17. _THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES_] Moses received the law
from God, and _through_ him it was given to the Jews, Acts 7:38.
But _GRACE AND TRUTH_] Which he had already mentioned, and whic...
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THE LAW WAS GIVEN - The Old Testament economy. The institutions under
which the Jews lived.
BY MOSES - By Moses, as the servant of God. He was the great
legislator of the Jews, by whom, under God, the...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word;
His Glory and His Manifestation
-- Chapter 1:1-2:22
CHAPTER 1
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1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
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THE FULL AND FINAL REVELATION. The work of the Logos culminated in
what alone could give to men a complete and intelligible revelation,
so far as man can grasp it, of the nature and being of God. The...
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THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES.
It was not. system of grace, nor could it make men perfect; in
contrast with it the system of _grace and truth_ (see verse 14) were
given by Jesus Christ....
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John was his witness and his statement still sounds out: "This is he
of whom I said to you, he who comes after me has been advanced before
me, because he was before me." On his fullness we all of us h...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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When the world had its beginning, the Word was already there; and the
Word was with God; and the Word was God. This Word was in the
beginning with God. He was the agent through whom all things were
ma...
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MOSES. The first of 13 occurances in John (John 1:17; John 1:45; John
3:14; John 5:45; John 5:46
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1–18. The Prologue or Introduction in three parts. 1–5: The Word
in His own nature. 6–13: His Revelation to men and rejection by
them. 14–18: His Revelation of the Father. The three great
characterist...
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THE INCARNATE WORD’S REVELATION OF THE FATHER...
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17. The mention of χάρις reminds the Evangelist that this was the
characteristic of the new dispensation and marked its superiority to
the old: the Law condemned transgressors, χάρις forgives them.
ΔΙ...
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VER 16. AND OF HIS FULLNESS HAVE ALL WE RECEIVED, AND GRACE FOR GRACE.
17. FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS
CHRIST.
ORIGEN; This is to be considered a continuation of...
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_THE ETERNAL "WORD" OF GOD IS JESUS-- JOHN 1:1-18:_ Jesus is pictured
as "the Word" who was in the beginning with God. "In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
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ΌΤΙ (G3754) что, объясняет предшествующее
_прид._ (Haenchen).
ΕΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать.
Обобщ. _aor._ рассматривает действие как
единое целое. Так проявляется
контраст между б...
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GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST, &C.— The word εγενετο,
rendered _came,_ here implies, that _grace and truth were exhibited,_
or _appeared._ This verse is delivered in opposition to the Ebionites...
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THE WORD MANIFESTED TO OTHERS AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF HIM
_Text 1:12-18_
12
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become
children of God, even to them that believe on his name:...
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EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. 1
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST INTERPRETED
John 1:1-18
_Introduction_
I.
TELL BIRTH STORY BRIEFLY (Luke 2:1-52).
A.
John's Prologue gives the definition of Christmas.
B.
Especiall...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:14-18
We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us—John 1:14-18. We have here:—
1. Christ’s Incarnation—"The word became flesh":...
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For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.
FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS
CHRIST. The law is here placed in opposition both to "gra...
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As God always was, there is no absolute beginning brought before us in
the Scriptures. Both here and in Gen.11 the article _ the _ is lacking
in the originals, showing that it refers to the commenceme...
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1:17 subsists (e-11) _ Ginomai_ , 'has come,' that which, not having
actually been in being before (i.e. in the world), now begins to be
so. So the Word was (v. 1), but everything else 'began to be.'...
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THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST
DISCIPLES
1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was
made man, (3) that He revealed the Father.
This subl...
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THE PREFACE CONCLUDED. The 'we' of John 1:16 shows that these vv. are
not words of the Baptist, but that they express the spiritual
experience of Christ's disciples, in whose name the evangelist speak...
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Moses set before us mere commands, without changing our nature, or
giving us the power to obey them. Jesus Christ came to change our
nature. He offers us 'grace,' whereby we are born again as children...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
THE AUTHOR
Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th
*Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
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The word “for” connects this verse by way of explanation with what
has gone before. The Old Testament thought of grace and truth has been
already present in John 1:14. The fulness of these divine attr...
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CHAPTER 2
RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH.
John 1:1.
In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by
which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by
Him,” and “t...
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John 1:15
CHAPTER 3
THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY.
“There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came
for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might
believe throug...
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_The manifestation of the Logos defined as Incarnation_....
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ὅτι ὁ νόμος … ἐγένετο. What is the connection?
His statement that the Incarnate Logos was the inexhaustible supply of
grace might seem to disparage Moses and the previous manifestations of
God. He the...
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THE VOICE OF PROMISE
John 1:14-28
Note that the Revised Version changes the words was _made_ to
_became,_ John 1:14. Evidently Jesus had existed before this becoming;
and evidently there was a proces...
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The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the
Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction
to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
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TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
John 1:6-51. _“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, that he may testify concerning the Light,
in order that all may believe th...
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PROLOGUE: 1:1-18.
EACH evangelist begins his book in a manner appropriate to the aim of
his narrative. Matthew proposes to prove the _right_ of Jesus to the
Messianic throne. He opens his story with H...
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[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments
of John 1:18.]
VER. 17. “ _For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ._ ”
John, who had reached the li...
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THIRD SECTION: FAITH, 1:12-18.
[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments
of John 1:18.]
The appearance of the Word, therefore, did not succeed in scattering
the darkness...
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John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I
spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was
before me. (16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace...
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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...
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17._For the Law was given by Moses_. This is an anticipation, by which
he meets an objection that was likely to arise; for so highly was
_Moses _esteemed by the Jews that they could hardly receive any...
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The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the
different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made
flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that
subsis...
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FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES,.... Both moral and ceremonial. The
moral law was given to Adam, in innocence, which having been broken,
and almost lost out of the minds, and memories of men, was given...
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For the law was given by Moses, _but_ grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.
Ver. 17. _For the law, &c._] _Lex iubet, gratia iuvat. Petamus ut det,
quod ut habeamus iubet, _ The law command, grace ass...
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_For the law_ Working wrath, and containing shadows; _was given by
Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ_ Grace, opposed to the
condemnation and wrath by the law, and truth, opposed to the
c...
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THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES; a certain measure of grace accompanied the
law of Moses, else no man could have been saved under it. Yet the
proper office of the law itself was not grace, but rather restr...
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The closing testimony of the prologue:...
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FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS
CHRIST....
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CHRIST THE LIVING WORD
(vs.1-5)
Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is
called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning
He was there. In person He is...
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15-18 As to the order of time and entrance on his work, Christ came
after John, but in every other way he was before him. The expression
clearly shows that Jesus had existence before he appeared on e...
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FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES; the law, moral and ceremonial, came
not by Moses, but was given by Moses as God's minister and servant;
that law by which no man can be justified, ROMANS 3:28. In this...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
Now the law is ancient grace given through Moses by the Word.
Wherefore also the Scripture says, "The law was given through
Moses,"[129]
Clement of Alexan...
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John 1:17 For G3754 law G3551 given G1325 (G5681) through G1223 Moses
G3475 grace G5485 and G2532 truth...
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THE WORD WAS GOD (JOHN 1:1).
John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One
through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and later he adds, ‘all
things were made by Him' (John 1:3) and...
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The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms
of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the
wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peop...
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‘For of his fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace, for
the Law (the Torah) was given by Moses, grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.'
The author now stresses the overflowing wonder of wh...
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The Prologue of the Gospel of John stands in the most intimate
connection with the plan and purpose of the Gospel as a whole. It is
not to be regarded as a philosophical speculation to which the
histo...
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John 1:17. BECAUSE THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH MOSES: GRACE AND TRUTH
CAME THROUGH JESUS Christ. It is very possible that this verse should
be taken as directly parallel to John 1:11; hence the definite...
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WAS GIVEN
(εδοθη). First aorist passive indicative of διδωμ.BY MOSES
(δια Μωυσεως). "Through Moses" as the intermediate agent of
God.CAME
(εγενετο). The historical event, the beginning of
Chris...
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GRACE
Grace. Summary:
(1) Grace is "the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man. . .
Not by works of righteousness which we have done" (Titus 3:4); (Titus
3:5).
It is, therefore, constantly...
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John 1:17
I. We have here the special glory of the contents of the Gospel,
heightened by the contrast with law. Law has no tenderness, no pity,
no feeling. Tables of stone and a pen of iron are its fi...
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John 1:15. _John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he
of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for
he was before me._
He was not before John in the order of hum...
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John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the
piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God.
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the...
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May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them
as we read them!
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._
The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the
beginn...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_
Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son
of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was
metaphorically, «having neithe...
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CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus
announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah,
Pharisees,...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο
λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of
the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running
language of all th...
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GOD GAVE THE LAW THROUGH MOSES. The Law is contrasted with "grace and
truth." Compare Hebrews 12:18-24; Romans 8:1-4. See also John 1:14....
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_John bare witness of Him_
THE PRE-EMINENCE OF CHRIST
I. CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO JOHN THE BAPTIST.
1. John refers to and repeats previous testimonies, applying them to
Him whom the congregation had...
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_The Law was given by Moses_
POINTS, OF CONTRAST BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
I. IN THE PERSONS REPRESENTING JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
1. Moses was the servant, Christ the master.
2. Moses was...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:16 In the LAW, God graciously revealed his
character and the things he required of his people. JESUS, however, is
the final, definitive revelation of God’s grace and truth
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JOHN 1:1 Prologue: The Incarnate Word. John presents Jesus as the
eternal, preexistent, and now incarnate Word (vv. John 1:1, John
1:14). Jesus is the one-of-
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ACCORDING TO JOHN.
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HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is
as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John),
_which...
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_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into
the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature
is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 1:1. IN THE BEGINNING, etc.—ἐν�. The
בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of
that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the
vis...
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EXPOSITION
THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and
ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they
cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
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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,...
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2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 3:7; Acts 13:34; Acts 28:23;...
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SEEING CHRIST IN JOHN
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John.
We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth the
Deity...
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VISIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct
aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious
D...
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The law — Working wrath and containing shadows: was given — No
philosopher, poet, or orator, ever chose his words so accurately as
St. John. The law, saith he, was given by Moses: grace was by Jesus
C...