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JOHN 1:4 h=n {A}
In order to relieve the difficulty of meaning when o] ge,gonen (ver.
John 1:3) is taken as the subject of h=n
(“that-which-has-come-into-being in him _was_ life...
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JOHN 1:3-4 ouvde. e[n) o] ge,gonen evn {B}
Should the words o] ge,gonen be joined with what goes before or with
what follows? The oldest manuscripts (î66, 75* a* A B) have no
punctuation here, and in...
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Verse John 1:4. _IN HIM WAS LIFE_] Many MSS., versions, and fathers,
connect this with the preceding verse, thus: _All things were made_
_by him, and without him was nothing made. What was made had l...
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IN HIM WAS LIFE - The evangelist had just affirmed John 5:3 that by
the λόγος Logos or “Word” the world was originally created.
One part of that creation consisted “in breathing into man the
breath o...
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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 PROLOGUE: See Introduction.
JOHN 1:1. THE WORD IN RELATION TO GOD AND CREATION. The references to
the language and thought of _Genesis 1_ are clear. At the time of
creation, if the phrase may be...
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IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN.
Here is. grand affirmation. He is. fountain of life from whence life
flows like. river. From him life flowed in the beginning. Man can
construct the...
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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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LIFE. Greek. _zoe._ App-170.: i.e. the fountain of life. Hence 1Jn
5:11, 1 John 5:12, and Psalms 36:8, manifested (John 1:4); obtained
(John 3:16); possessed ...
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John 1:1-18. The Prologue or Introduction
That the first eighteen verses are introductory is universally
admitted: commentators are not so unanimous as to the main divisions
of this introduction. A d...
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_In him was life_ He was the well-spring from which every form of life
physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, eternal flows. See on John
5:26.
Observe how frequently S. John's thoughts overlap and...
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THE WORD IN HIS OWN NATURE
ἘΝ�. _In the beginning_. The meaning must depend on the context.
In Genesis 1:1 it is an act done ἐν�; here it is a Being existing
ἐν�, and therefore prior to all beginning....
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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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ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΖΩΉ. He was the well-spring of life, from
which every form of life—physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual,
eternal,—flows.
Observe how frequently S. John’s thoughts overlap and run into...
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VER 4A. IN HIM WAS LIFE.
BEDE; The Evangelist having said that every creature was made by the
Word, lest perchance any one might think that His will was changeable,
as though He willed on a sudden to...
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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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IN HIM WAS LIFE,— The most ancient fathers who quote this text, so
generally join the words at the end of the last verse, ο
γεγονεν, which we render _that was made,_ with this 4th verse;
and St. John...
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THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF THE WORD DESCRIBED
_Text 1:1-5_
1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
2
The same was in the beginning with God.
3
All things wer...
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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 1:1-13
In the last chapter we stated, "Each book of the Bible has a prominent
and dominant theme which is peculiar to itself. Just as each member in
the human bo...
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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
IN HIM WAS LIFE. From simple creation, or calling into existence, the
Evangelist now advances to a higher idea-the communication of life.
But he...
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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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1:4 men. (d-12) This latter is a reciprocal proposition, i.e. it can
also he read 'the light of men was the life.'...
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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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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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IN HIM WAS LIFE. — The creation, the calling into existence life in
its varied forms, leads up to the source of this life. It is in the
Word by original being, while of the highest creature made “in t...
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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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CHAPTER 1
THE INCARNATION.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by Him; and without Him was no...
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_The Logos described_. The first five verses describe the
pre-existence, the nature, the creative power of the Logos, who in the
succeeding verses is spoken of as entering the world, becoming man,
and...
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ἐν αυτῷ ζωὴ ἦν. “In Him was life”; that power which
creates life and maintains all else in existence was in the Logos. To
limit “life” here to any particular form of life is rendered
impossible by Joh...
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THE LIGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR'S PATH
John 1:1-13
The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech
reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen
God. God spake and...
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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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(i) In him (k) was life; and the life was (l) the light of men.
(i) That is, by him: and this is spoken after the manner of the
Hebrews, meaning by this that by his force and working power all life
c...
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_In him: i.e. in this word, or Son of God, was life; because he give
life to every creature. Or, as Maldonatus expounds it, because he is
the author of grace, which is the spiritual life of our souls....
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JOHN'S GOSPEL
You observe, thus far, not a word has been said about John's Gospel.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke all wrote historically. Consequently, they go
much together, most felicitously corroborating...
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FIRST SECTION: THE LOGOS. 1:1-14.
It would be difficult not to recognize in these first verses an
allusion to the beginning of Genesis. The first words of the two
writings manifestly correspond with e...
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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.]
VV. 4: “ _In Him there was life_, _and the life was the light of
men._ ” A large number of authorities join with t...
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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
What a beautiful account doth this verse give of Christ, when
considered in connection with what went before. In him, that is,
essentially, and in h...
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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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4._In him was life_. Hitherto he has taught us, that by _the Speech
_of God _all things were created_. He now attributes to him, in the
same manner, the preservation of those things which had been cre...
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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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IN HIM WAS LIFE,.... The Persic version reads in the plural number,
"lives". There was life in the word with respect to himself; a divine
life, the same with the life of the Father and of the Spirit;...
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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Ver. 4. _In him was life_] As he created, so he quickeneth and
conserveth all, being the Prince and principle of life, Acts 3:15;
both of natural l...
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_In him_ Or, _through him_, as Beza understands it; _was life_ He was
the living and powerful Word, which was the source of life to every
living creature, as well as of being to all that exists. _And...
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IN HIM WAS LIFE; he is the author and sustainer of all created natural
and spiritual life.
THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN; the Word is the light and life of men
absolutely; since every kind of light an...
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IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN....
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THE PROLOGUE OF THE GOSPEL.
The introduction:...
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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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1-5 The plainest reason why the Son of God is called the Word, seems
to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the Son
of God sent in order to reveal his Father's mind to the world...
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IN HIM WAS LIFE; in this Word was life corporal, spiritual, eternal;
it was in him as in the fountain. Some understand this of corporal
life, both in the first being and preservation of it; it is cert...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
We then alone, who first have touched the confines of life, are
already perfect; and we already live who are separated from death.
Salvation, accordingly,...
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John 1:4 In G1722 Him G846 was G2258 (G5713) life G2222 and G2532 life
G2222 was G2258 (G5713
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‘In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.'
It is now emphasised that the Word was not only the Creator but as
such was the source of life, because in the beginning it was He Who
created lif...
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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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John 1:3. ALL THINGS CAME INTO BEING THROUGH HIM, AND APART FROM HIM
NOT EVEN ONE THING CAME INTO BEING. Such a combination of two clauses,
the first positive, the second negative (see note on John 1:...
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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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IN HIM WAS LIFE
(εν αυτω ζωη ην). That which has come into being (verse
John 1:3) in the Logos was life. The power that creates and sustains
life in the universe is the Logos. This is what Paul mean...
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John 1:4
I. In Christ was life, and that life was the _light_of men. We
consider these words as marking such a derivation to ourselves of that
life, that immortality which was in the Word, as can neve...
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John 1:4
God's Self-revelation through Life.
I. This Scripture opens to us God's living way of making Himself known
on earth. The Bible is the record and interpretation of a way of
creation and of li...
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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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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 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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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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THE WORD WAS THE SOURCE OF LIFE. Compare John 5:26; John 11:25. The
_power_ which creates life and supports all Creation is in the Word
(Hebrews 1:3). AND THIS LIFE BROUGHT LIGHT TO MEN. That _life_ r...
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_In the beginning was the Word_
I.
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.
1. His name: the Word.
(1) He is the chief subject of Revelation--the Word of promise--the
substance of all shadows,...
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_In Him was life, and the life was the light of men._
The life which Christ lived was so radiant that it fills our lives
with light. It was God-life, without pause or interruption.
I. CHRIST THE TRU...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:4 The references to LIFE, LIGHT, and DARKNESS
draw on language found in Genesis 1:1 (com
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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.
T
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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_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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1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 5:11; Acts 26:23;
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In Him was life [ε ν α υ τ ω ζ ω η η ν]. He was the
fountain of life - physical, moral, and eternal - its principle and
source. Two words for life are employed in the New Testament : biov
and zwh. The...
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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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In him was life — He was the foundation of life to every living
thing, as well as of being to all that is. And the life was the light
of men — He who is essential life, and the giver of life to all th...
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Here we have. farther proof of Christ's divinity, and an evidence that
he had. being as God, before his incarnation: forasmuch as life is
centered in him, communicated by him, and derived from him. In...