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Verse John 3:14. _AS MOSES LIFTED UP_] He shows the reason why he
descended from heaven, that he might be _lifted up_, i.e. crucified,
for the salvation of man. kind, and be, by the appointment of Go...
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AND AS MOSES - Jesus proceeds in this and the following verses to
state the reason why he came into the world and, in order to this, he
illustrates His design, and the efficacy of his coming, by a ref...
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II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED:
What it is and What it Includes
Chapter 2:23-17
The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son
of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
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THE CONVERSATION WITH NICODEMUS. Nicodemus is an example of those to
whom the Lord could not trust Himself. The story shows how He tried to
bring those whom His teaching had impressed to a truer conce...
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AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, SO MUST THE SON OF
MAN BE LIFTED UP.
The reference is to Numbers 21:4-9. The Israelites sinned through
unbelief and were bitten by fiery serpents and...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of
Man must be lifted up, that every one who believes in him may have
eternal life.
John goes back to a strange Old Testament story wh...
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AS. even as. Reference to Numbers 21:9.
MOSES. See note on John 1:17 and Matthew 8:4.
MUST. it behoved to, in order to fulfil the prophetic Scripture. See...
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_the serpent_ We here have some evidence of the date of the Gospel.
The Ophitic is the earliest Gnostic system of which we have full
information. The serpent is the centre of the system, at once its g...
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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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John 3:1-21. The discourse with Nicodemus
This is the first of the eleven discourses of our Lord which form the
main portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel.
They have been u...
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John 3:1-21. THE DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS
This is the first of the discourses of our Lord which form the main
portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel. They
have been used as a...
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ΤῸΝ ὌΦΙΝ. We here have some evidence of the date of the
Gospel. The Ophitic is the earliest Gnostic system of which we have
full information. The serpent is the centre of the system, at once its
good...
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VER 14. AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO
MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP: 15. THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
CHRYS. Having made...
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_JESUS AFFIRMS HIS DEITY -- JOHN 3:9-21:_ Nicodemus did not yet
understand that if it is true that Jesus is God in the flesh that
man's obligation was to obey him. Jesus proved His Divinity by saying,...
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DISCOURSE: 1609
THE BRAZEN SERPENT A TYPE OF CHRIST
John 3:14. _As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him
should not...
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AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP— Our Lord, by telling Nicodemus that the
death of the Messiah was prefigured by types in the law, shewed him,
that it was agreeable both to the doctrine of Moses, and to the
cou...
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EARTHLY MYSTERIES COMPARED WITH HEAVENLY MYSTERIES
_Text 3:9-15_
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Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Isra...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 3:9-21
We begin with an Analysis of the passage which is before us:—
"Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?" (John
3:9). How this revea...
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of man be lifted up:
AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS (SEE ), EVEN SO
MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED U...
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1 We have found an unholy temple, an unspiritual priesthood, and now
we are introduced to an ignorant teacher! Intense application to a
single text book for a whole life had not taught him the element...
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See Numbers 21:6. As the children of Israel, bitten by the fiery
serpents, were cured by looking at the brazen serpent, so sinners may
receive remission of sins and eternal life by looking with faith...
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THE NEW BIRTH. JOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS
1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though
disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had
made an impression, n...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 3
JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS 3:1-21
V1-2 A *Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to speak to Jesus.
Nicodemus was a *Pharis...
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AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP. — This verse is closely connected by the
conjunction “and” with what has gone before. Jesus has taught that
in Himself heaven and earth meet; so that, while subject to the
cond...
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CHAPTER 8
THE BRAZEN SERPENT.
“Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and
understandest not these things? Ver...
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If the Son of Man alone has this knowledge, how is it to be
disseminated and become a light to all men? This is answered in the
words, καὶ καθὼς Μωσῆς … τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
[modern editors read Μωυσῆς; so al...
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LOVE'S GREAT GIFT: RECEIVED OR REJECTED
John 3:9-21
Though physically on earth, our Lord was spiritually in touch with the
heavenly realities. He was living among them and bore witness to them.
Notic...
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Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of
Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to
investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because h...
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This comparison of the serpent lifted up in the desert, upon which
whoever looked was immediately cured from the bite of the fiery
serpents, is a figure of the crucifixion of Christ on Calvary. And we...
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CHAPTER 8
REGENERATION THE GREAT SINE QUA NON
John 3:1-21. _“There was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and
said, Master, we know...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
XIII.
1. At John 3:11, Jesus makes a step in advance in the discourse, and
now assumes in a more formal way the position of the teacher of this
teacher. He de...
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“ _And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the
Son of man be lifted up_, 15, _that whosoever believeth on him_, _may
have eternal life._ ”
The commentators give more or less forc...
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Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (10)
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I say unto thee, W...
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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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_THE GIFT OF THE CROSS_
‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up.’
John 3:14
The only remedy for the serpent-bitten Israelites was the serpent of...
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14._And as Moses lifted up the serpent. _He explains more clearly why
he said that it is he alone to whom heaven is opened; namely, that he
brings to heaven all who are only willing to follow him as t...
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But there was a man (chapter 3) and that a Pharisee who was not
satisfied with this inoperative conviction. His conscience was
reached. Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense
of...
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AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS,.... The history
referred to is in Numbers 21:8. There is, in many things, an agreement
between this serpent, and Jesus Christ: as in the matter of...
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of man be lifted up:
Ver. 14. _And as Moses lifted up the serpent_] There it was, _Vide et
vive; _ See and live, here, _Cred...
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_As Moses lifted up the serpent_ As if he had said, And even this
single witness, bearing testimony of heavenly things, will soon be
taken from you; yea, and in a most ignominious manner. Or, as Dr.
D...
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MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT; NUMBERS 21:8-9
Be lifted up; on the cross a propitiation for the sins of men. 1 John
2:2....
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AND AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUST THE
SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP,...
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The purpose of Christ's coming:...
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NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH
(vs.1-21)
Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however
one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the
Lord by night, evident...
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1-8 Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ,
therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there
are many Nicodemites. But though he came by night, Jesus bid him
welco...
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The history of the lifting up of the serpent in the wilderness we
have, NUMBERS 21:8,9. The people being stung with fiery serpents, as a
righteous judgment of God for their sins, as a merciful remedy...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
The Word, when His flesh was lifted up, after the manner of the brazen
serpent in the wilderness, drew all men to Himself for their eternal
salvation.[17]
Epist...
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John 3:14 And G2532 as G2531 Moses G3475 up G5312 (G5656) serpent
G3789 in G1722 wilderness G2048 so...
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‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever believes in him may have
eternal life.'
The fourth mystery is the greatest of all. That thi...
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It is of much importance to keep the closing verses of chap. 2 in
close connection with the opening verses of chap. 3 (see the
commentary on John 3:1). Rejected by the theocracy of Israel Jesus
turns...
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John 3:14-15. AND AS MOSES LIFTED ON HIGH THE SERPENT IN THE
WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED ON HIGH, THAT EVERY
ONE THAT BELIEVETH MAY IN HIM HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. These verses continu...
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MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT
(Μωυσης υψωσεν τον οφιν). Reference to Numbers 21:7
where Moses set the brazen serpent upon the standard that those who
believed might look and live. Jesus draws a vivid...
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John 3:14
Consider some of the lessons of Gospel truth which seem to be
foreshadowed in the story of the brazen serpent.
I. There was contained in it a significant intimation that Christ
would die. I...
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This is a very wonderful chapter, because, while it teaches the
doctrine of regeneration, and the necessity of a great moral and
spiritual change, it yet also reveals the doctrine of salvation by
fait...
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John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man...
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If you were sent for to visit a dying man, and you wished to select a
chapter which would set the truth before him very briefly and very
clearly, you could not make a better choice than this 3 rd chap...
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If we were asked to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel,
we should probably select this chapter as the most suitable one for
such an occasion; and what is good for dying men is good for us...
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If you were called in to see a person who was dying, and wished to
read a chapter from the Word of God, and you were afraid that the sick
one did not know the way of salvation, you could not select a...
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John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man...
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We can scarcely find a chapter in which the gospel lies so compact and
so plainly stated.
John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews:_
Christ's door is open at...
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Let us once more read together part of this blessed soul-saving
chapter. I suppose that more souls have been saved through the reading
of this chapter than through almost any other portion of Holy Wri...
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John 3:13. _And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven._
We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came
dow...
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John 3:14. _And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal life._
«Whosoever.» Not...
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CONTENTS: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the
Baptist.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist,
Moses, John's disciples.
CONCLUSION: Since the natural...
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John 3:1. _Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews._ This rabbi is named by
John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the
crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Chris...
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IN THE SAME WAY THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP. Numbers 21:4-9 tells
about Moses and the bronze snake. The bitten Israelites had to:
_believe_ that God would heal those who looked; _turn from sin_ a...
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_As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness_
THE BRAZEN SERPENT
Nicodemus’s confession of faith was substantially that of many
amongst us, only he went a bit further.
Because he was honest he...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:14 LIFTED UP. The first of three “lifted up”
sayings in John 1:1 (see also John 8:28;...
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CHAPTER 3
_There was a man_, &c. Nicodemus means in Greek _the conqueror of the
people._ Such was this man; who, overcoming the fear of the people,
the Pharisees, and the priests, believed in Ch...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 3:1. In John 2:23, we read of many who believed in Jesus because
of the miracles He wrought. But their belief was so imperfect that
Jesus had “no faith” in it. He...
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EXPOSITION
This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this
evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated,
hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an unfriend...
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Have we got a message for you tonight from the Word of God! John
chapter 3 and 4, oh my, how rich! How blessed!
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews
(John 3:1).
We k...
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2 Kings 18:4; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28; John 12:32;...
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Must [δ ε ι]. Must signifies the eternal necessity in the divine
counsels. Compare Luke 24:26; Luke 24:46; Matthew 26:54; Mark 8:31;...
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THE NEW BIRTH
John 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The story of Nicodemus is common to us all, and yet there is, perhaps,
much in it which needs to be emphasized, and there may be some things
hidden away th...
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SALVATION MADE PLAIN
John 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are using the story of Nicodemus as the basis of our message for
today. However, we are planning to bring out some very vital
considerations whic...
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And as Moses — And even this single witness will soon be taken from
you; yea, and in a most ignominious manner. Numbers 21:8....
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Christ having instructed Nicodemus in the doctrine of regeneration in
the former verses, here he instructs him in the death of the Messiah,
and in the necessity of faith in his death. THE SON OF MAN M...