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Verse John 5:47. _BUT IF YE BELIEVE NOT HIS WRITINGS_, c.] If you lay
them not to heart - if you draw not those conclusions from them which
their very letter, as well as their spirit, authorizes you...
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IF YE BELIEVE NOT HIS WRITINGS - If you do not credit what he has
written which you profess to believe, it is not to be expected that
you will believe my declarations. And from this we may learn:
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The Healing of the Impotent Man. (John 5:1 .)_
2. The Opposition of the Jews. (John 5:10 .)
3. His Unity with the Father. (John 5:19 .)
4. The Present Hour. Believers Delivered from...
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This summary suggests that Jesus-' opponents had accused Him of
self-glorification. In answer He traces back their failure to accept
His message to want of that love of God which their study of Script...
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HAD YE BELIEVED MOSES, YE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED ME.
Moses recorded various prophecies that were fulfilled in Christ, and
all the types, shadows and symbols pointed to him. Had they believed
Moses they o...
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MAN'S HELPLESSNESS AND CHRIST'S POWER (John 5:1-9)...
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How can you believe when you are out for the glory that you get from
each other, and when you do not search for the glory which comes from
the only God? Do not think that it is I who will accuse you t...
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IF. App-118.
WRITINGS. Greek. Plural of gramma. letters, used of _written
characters,_ or of. _document._ For the former, see Luke 23:38; 2
Corinthians 3:7. or the _letter_ of Scripture contrasted wit...
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_if ye believe not_ The emphatic words are -his" and -My." Most
readers erroneously emphasize -writings" and -words." The comparison
is between Moses and Christ. It was a simple matter of fact that Mo...
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_Do not appeal to Moses; his writings condemn you_.
Thus the whole basis of their confidence is cut away. Moses on whom
they trust as a defender is their accuser....
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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...
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THE DISCOURSE ON THE SON AS THE SOURCE OF LIFE...
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THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS...
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45–47. _Do not appeal to Moses: his writings condemn you_.
Thus the whole basis of their confidence is out away. Moses on whom
they trust as a defender is their accuser....
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ἘΚΕΊΝΟΥ … ἘΜΟΙ͂Σ. These are the emphatic words, not
γράμμασιν and ῥήμασιν. The comparison is between
Moses and Christ; the contrast between writings and words is no part
of the argument. It was a mere...
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Ver 41. I receive not honor from men. 42. But I know you, that you
have not the love of God in you. 43. I am come in my Father's name,
and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, hi...
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_A WITNESS TO JESUS -- JOHN 5:31-47:_ Jesus called the attention of
the Jews to the fact that God the Father was His witness. John was a
great witness but the things that the Father had given Him to d...
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ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act., см._ John 5:44. Ind. в
_conj._ 1 типа, которое предполагает
реальность условия,
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΕΤΕ _fut. ind. act._ Отвергая Христа,
они продолжаюттрадиции тех, кто
отвергал ветх...
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FOR HE WROTE OF ME.— _"Had you believed_ the writings of _Moses,_
which are daily read in your synagogues, _you would have believed me;_
for these writings describe me, as by a variety of striking typ...
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THE WITNESS OF THE SCRIPTURES
_Text 5:39-47_
39
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have
eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
40
and ye will not come...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 5:31-47
We begin with our usual Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us:—
"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true" (John 5:31).
Every comm...
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But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
BUT IF YE BELIEVE NOT HIS WRITINGS (see the note at ).
HOW SHALL YE BELIEVE MY WORDS? - a remarkable contrast, not
absolutely pu...
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31 The usual rendering, "If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not
true", _ is not true_! The Lord Himself insisted, on another occasion,
that His testimony concerning Himself _ was _ true. "And i...
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BETHESDA. CHRIST AND THE SABBATH
1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a
controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a
parable illustrating the deadly effe...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS CURES A SICK MAN 5:1-15
V1 After this, Jesus went to *Jerusalem for another *Jewish
*festival. V2 There was a p...
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The emphasis of the contrast here is not between “writings” and
“words,” but between “his” and “My.” It is a repetition of
the thought of the previous verse, with an advance in time. They had
not beli...
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CHAPTER 13
JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE.
“The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had
made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus,
because He did these things o...
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WILLFUL REJECTION OF TRUTH CONDEMNED
John 5:39-47
Our Lord was accused by the Jews of Sabbath breaking. There were many
grounds on which He might have claimed exoneration, but He forbore to
use them....
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It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies,
which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath
gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter we...
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CHAPTER 13
THE POOL OF BETHESDA
John 5:1-47. _“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ You always find the phraseology in the
Bible, _“Go up to Jerusalem.”...
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III. THE CONDEMNATION OF JEWISH UNBELIEF: JOHN 5:41-47.
In John 5:41-44, Jesus unfolds the cause of the moral antipathy which
keeps them away from Him; in John 5:45-47, the terrible consequences
of th...
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FIRST SECTION: 5:1-47. FIRST OUTBREAK OF HATRED IN JUDEA.
1. The miracle, occasion of the conflict: John 5:1-16; John 2. The
discourse of Jesus, commentary and defense of the miracle: John
5:17-47....
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VER. 47. On the other hand, unbelief towards Moses carries naturally
in its train the rejection of Jesus. The essential antithesis is not
that of the substantives, _writings_ and _words_, but that of...
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“ _Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that
accuseth you_, _Moses, on whom ye have set your hope._ 46. _For if ye
believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me._ 47....
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II. THE DISCOURSE OF JESUS: JOHN 5:17-47.
In this discourse which is designed to vindicate the act which He has
just performed, the three following thoughts are developed:
1. Jesus justifies His work...
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REFLECTIONS
Blessed Mediator! do thou still continue by thy Holy Spirit, to visit
the Bethesdas of Ordinances, among thy people; and as in the instance
of this poor man, the longest and most invetera...
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The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made
him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought
to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath...
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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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47._But if you do not believe his writings. _Christ appears here to
claim less authority for himself than for Moses; and yet we know that
_heaven and earth have been shaken by the voice _of the Gospel...
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chapter 5 contrasts the quickening power of Christ, the power and the
right of giving life to the dead, with the powerlessness of legal
ordinances. They required strength in the person that was to pro...
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BUT IF YE BELIEVE NOT HIS WRITINGS,.... They believed them to be his
writings, and that they were the word of God, and yet did not believe
the things contained in them, respecting Christ; or did not s...
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But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Ver. 47. _But if ye believe not his writings_] He that will not take
God's word in one place will take it in no place....
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The authority of the Scriptures:...
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BUT IF YE BELIEVE NOT HIS WRITINGS, HOW SHALL YE BELIEVE MY WORDS?
A most diligent perusal, a ceaseless searching of Scriptures is
recommended by Jesus. The Scriptures, as the Jews had them in those
d...
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AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA
(vs.1-15)
Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter
2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover
of Jeh...
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45-47 Many trust in some form of doctrines or some parties, who no
more enter into the real meaning of those doctrines, or the views of
the persons whose names they bear, than the Jews did into those...
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But if you believe not his writings, who so plainly wrote of me, and
whose writings you own, and have so great a veneration for, how can I
expect that you should believe the words of one whom you so v...
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John 5:47 But G1161 if G1487 not G3756 believe G4100 (G5719) his G1565
writings G1121 how G4459 believe...
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“Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father, there is one who
accuses you, Moses on whom you have set your hope. If you believed
Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me. But if you do n...
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John 5:47. BUT IF YE BELIEVE NOT HIS WRITINGS, HOW WILL YE BELIEVE MY
WORDS? if however they did not truly believe the written word, which
was constantly in their hands, which was the object of so muc...
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The performance of the miracle of healing on the sabbath had roused
the active opposition of the Jews to Jesus, and that again had led to
the great declaration contained in John 5:17, in which Jesus a...
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HIS WRITINGS
(τοις εκεινου γραμμασιν). Dative case with
πιστυετε. See Luke 16:31 for a like argument. The authority of
Moses was the greatest of all for Jews. There is a contrast also
betweenWRITIN...
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CONTENTS: Healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus answers
the Jews. The four-fold witness to Jesus.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, infirm man, John the Baptist, Moses.
CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, th...
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John 5:2. _Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda,_ which
signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate
at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for wa...
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MOSES IS THE ONE WHO WILL ACCUSE YOU. They thought they believed
Moses, but they didn't! If they disbelieve Moses, whom they honored,
how could they believe Christ whom they did not honor? In rejectin...
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_Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father:__ THERE IS ONE
THAT ACCUSETH YOU, EVEN MOSES, IN WHOM YE TRUST__._
The day of judgment is likened to a trial, and we learn that with
every verdict...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 5:31 Jesus speaks of several witnesses who bear
testimony concerning him (see chart).
⇐...
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_But if_, &c. This is an argument _ad hominem_. For the Jews preferred
Moses to Christ. Wherefore He rightly reasons against them thus: "If
ye do not believe the writings of Moses (of whom ye make the...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 5:19. THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF.—This statement refers
back to and justifies that of John 5:17. He is still speaking of the
eternal relation in which He s...
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EXPOSITION
Here commences the second division of the Gospel (John 5:1)
II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM, GALILEE, AND
JERUSALEM, TO THE
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of the gospel of
John.
John has just recorded in the fourth chapter the ministry of Jesus in
the Galilee when He was at the city of Cana and the noblem...
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Luke 16:29; Luke 16:31...
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Writings [γ ρ α μ μ α σ ι ν]. It is important to understand
the precise sense of this word, because it goes to determine whether
Jesus intended an antithesis between Moses ' writings and His own
words...