By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples This is the true -Note of the Church;" not miracles, not formularies, not numbers, but love. "The working of such love puts a brand upon us; for see, say the heathen, how they love another," Tertullian, Apol.xxxix. Comp. 1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:14. -My disciples" is literally, disciples to Me.
Verse John 13:35. _BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW_, c.] From this time forward, this mutual and disinterested love shall become the essential and distinctive mark of all my disciples. When they love one...
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN ... - That is, your love for each other shall be so decisive evidence that you are like the Saviour, that all people shall see and know it. It shall be the thing by which you sha...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Washing of the Disciples' Feet. (John 13:1 .)_ 2. Instructions given; to Wash One Another's Feet. (John 13:12 .) 3. The Betrayal Foretold. (John 13:18 .) 4. His Own Departure an...
JOHN 13:33 TO JOHN 17:26. THE LAST DISCOURSES AND PRAYER. Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problems of st...
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES. Such love as this excited the wonder of the heathen in the earlier ages of the church when it burned with such. heavenly flame, and they said, "See...
"Little children, I am still going to be with you for a little while. You will search for me; and, as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you too: 'You cannot go where I am going.' I give you a new co...
THE ROYALTY OF SERVICE (John 13:1-17)...
BY. In. Greek. _en._ App-104. LOVE. Greek _agape._ App-135. ONE TO ANOTHER. among (Greek. _en)_ yourselves. Compare the only other place in the Gospels where _en allelois_ occurs (Mark 9:50)....
ἘΝ ΤΟΎΤΩΙ ΓΝ. Π. This is the true ‘Note of the Church;’ not miracles, not formularies, not numbers, but _love_. “The working of such love puts a brand upon us; for see, say the heathen, how they love...
31–35. Jesus, freed from the oppressive presence of the traitor, bursts out into a declaration that the glorification of the Son of Man has begun. Judas is already beginning that series of events whic...
VER 33. LITTLE CHILDREN, YET A LITTLE WHILE I AM WITH YOU. YOU SHALL SEEK ME: AND AS I SAID TO THE JEWS, WHITHER I GO, YOU CANNOT COME; SO NOW I SAY TO YOU. 34. A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE TO YOU, THAT Y...
_JESUS GAVE A “NEW COMMANDMENT” -- JOHN 13:31-35:_ Jesus had already been glorified by coming to provide man with his only means of redemption. He would soon be glorified even more through His death,...
ΓΝΏΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (.dep.) от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ знать, _см._ John 13:7. ΈΧΗΤΕ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) вводит _conj._ 3 типа....
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES,— "By loving one another sincerely and fervently, you shall prove yourselves _my disciples,_ to the convictionofmankind,whocannotbutbe sensible that...
THE SACRIFICING SERVANT OF CHRIST _Text 13:31-38_ 31 When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him; 32 and God shall glorify him in him...
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES - the disciples of Him who laid down His life for those He...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
THE LAST SUPPER 1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem (Matthew 26:20;...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 JESUS WASHES HIS *DISCIPLES’ FEET 13:1-11 V1 It was the day before the *Passover. Jesus knew that it was time for hi...
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES. — The thought of their state of orphanage when He should depart from them is still present. He gives them a bond of union, by which they should alw...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightwa...
And this Christian love is to be the sole sufficing evidence of the individual's Christianity: ἐν τούτῳ (emphatic) γνώσονται … ἀλλήλοις. _Cf._ Acts 4:32; 1 John 3:10; also Tertull., _Apol._, 39, “vide...
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
THE SIGN AND SEAL OF DISCIPLESHIP John 13:31-38 It was a relief when the traitor was gone. The Lord could now speak freely of His love and of His approaching glory, expatiating on the shining tablela...
For a time our Lord now devoted Himself to His own, and in this connection we have the account of His washing the disciples' feet. The whole action was Eastern, and was the action of a slave: By what...
DESIGNATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF JUDAS Matthew 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21-35. “Jesus, sayi
“ _My little children, yet a little while I am with you; you will seek me, and, as I said to the Jews: Whither I go, you cannot come, so now I say to you._ 34. _I give you a new commandment, that you...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 31-38. 1. The departure of Judas, leaving Jesus alone with His faithful disciples, turns His thoughts again to the glory and triumph awaiting Him, comp. J...
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. (32) If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway...
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...
_CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPY_ ‘By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another: even as I loved you, that ye also may love one another.’ John 13:34 (R.V. marg.) Phila...
35._By this all men will know. _Christ again confirms what he had formerly said, that they who mutually love one another have not been in vain taught in his school; as if he had said, Not only will yo...
Now, then, the Lord has taken His place as going to the Father. The time was come for it. He takes His place above, according to the counsels of God, and is no longer in connection with a world that h...
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW,.... Not only by this you yourselves will know that ye have passed from death to life, that the true work of grace is begun upon your hearts; nor only by this will you know...
By this shall all _men_ know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. Ver. 35. _By this shall all men know_] Other men's disciples are known by their titles, habits, ceremonies, &c.,...
_By this shall all men know_ that you _are my disciples_ Your loving one another sincerely and fervently, and in the manner and degree I now enjoin, will be the most acceptable and the most ornamental...
BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER. No sooner had Judas left the room than Jesus turned to His disciples with a series of beautiful, comforting sayings...
CONCERNING CHRIST'S GLORIFICATION. God glorified in the Son:...
WASHING HIS DISCIPLES' FEET (vs.1-17) We are brought now to consider the last hours of the Lord Jesus before the cross. No longer does He minister to the world, but to His own disciples, from chapte...
31-35 Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfac...
A disciple hath his name, either from learning from his master, or from following his master and treading in his steps: take it in either sense, loving one another is a certain note of being Christ's...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II Let him also be merciful, of a generous and loving temper; for our Lord says: "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another....
John 13:35 By G1722 this G5129 all G3956 know G1097 (G5695) that G3754 are G2075 (G5748) My...
THE PATH TO GLORY WHICH JESUS MUST TREAD ALONE (JOHN 13:31). The opening two verses reflect Jesus' awareness of the pivotal nature of the situation. As He thought back to the glory which had been His...
“Little children, I am with you for a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, where I am going you cannot come. A new commandment I give to you, that...
John 13:35. BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE DISCIPLES OF MINE, IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE WITH ANOTHER. The expression ‘disciples of mine' is worthy of notice. It seems to show that the meaning is not...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
BY THIS (εν τουτω). Locative case with εν, "In this way," viz., "if ye have love" (εαν αγαπην εχητε), condition of third class (in apposition with εν τουτω) with εαν and present active subjunctive o...
John 13:34 I. Look at the command of brotherly love as it was given in old time. It was contained in the last six of the Ten Commandments; or putting on one side the fifth commandment as being of a pe...
CONTENTS: Last Passover. Jesus washes disciples' feet. Betrayal foretold, also Peter's denial. CHARACTERS: Jesus, God, Judas, disciples, Peter, Satan. CONCLUSION: What was consistent with the dignity...
John 13:1. _Before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come._ What now transpired was on the Tuesday, while at supper in the house of Simon. Judas was now rebuked before all p...
THEN ALL WILL KNOW. Love [AGAPE] will _identify_ those who are in fact his disciples! In the early centuries, unbelievers would say; "See how those Christians love one another!...
_By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples_ THE SOCIAL PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY (2):--How seldom is this test of true discipleship to Christ appealed to. We look for orthodoxy of sentime...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:34 LOVE must be the distinguishing mark of Jesus’ disciples (compare John 15:13;...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 13:31. THEREFORE, WHEN HE WAS GONE OUT, JESUS SAITH, ETC.—“Ye are not all clean,” Jesus had said; but now the traitor had gone, and a higher spiritual teaching wa...
EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE, EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS
Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of the gospel according to John. We have come into a new section of the gospel of John, which carries us through chapter 17. And Chapter s 13 through 17 cover a pe...
1 John 2:10; 1 John 2:5; 1 John 3:10; 1 John 4:20; 1 John 4:21;...
Shall - know [γ ν ω σ ο ν τ α ι]. Perceive, or come to know. My disciples [ε μ ο ι μ α θ η τ α ι]. See on Matthew 12:49. Literally, disciples unto me. Compare John 14:8. 36 - 38. Compare Matthew 26:3...
To recommend the foregoing duty, of loving one another, with the greater advantage, our Saviour tells us here, that it will be the best evidence of our relation to him as sincere disciples: BY THIS SH...