AFTER, &c.. phrase common in John. See John 21:1. Ten times in the Revelation. AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. THIS. these things, A FEAST. Perhaps Purim, but uncertain. THE JEWS. See note on John 2:13. JESUS. See App-98. TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. in. Greek. EN. App-104. BY. upon, or at. Greek. _epi._ App-104. MARKET, OR GATE. Compare Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:32; Nehemiah 12:39, and App-68. Joh 15:40. WHICH IS CALLED. Greek. _epilegomai._ Only here and Acts BETHESDA. Aramaic. App-93. Compare Siloam in the sixth sign, App-176. PORCHES... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. HALT. lame. Eng. from Anglo-Saxon _healt. stop,_ be-cause of having to stop frequently from lameness. WAITING. From this word to the end of John 5:4 is omitted by. Tr.. WH R, but not the Syriac (see App-94. note 3). If it be an addition it must have been. marginal note to... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AN ANGEL. The water was intermittent from the upper springs of the waters of Gihon (see App-68, and 2 Chronicles 32:33, Revised Version) The common belief of the man expressed in John 5:7 is hereby described. All will be clear, if we insert. parenthesis, thus: "For [it was said that] an angel",... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, &c. See App-176. MAN. Greek _anthropos._ App-123. THIRTY AND EIGHT YEARS. The period of the wanderings. Compare "from birth", John 9:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. seeing. App-133. The Lord, in this and the sixth sign, takes the initiative (John 9:1). KNEW. knowing. App-132. See note on John 1:10. Not the same word as in John 5:32. a long time. Compare John 9:2. WILT THOU. Desirest thou to. Greek. _thelo._ App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIR. Greek. _kurios_. App-98. B. b. Supply the _Ellipsis_ thus: "Sir [I am indeed willing, but]. have, "&c. NO. Greek. _ou._ App-105. TO. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ he may. TIME. when. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. WHILE. in (Greek. _en)_ the ANOTHER. App-124. BEFORE. Greek. pro. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISE. App-178. THE THIRD SIGN. See App-176. BED. A rough cotton wool quilt called to-day khaf, the poor man's bed. The Greek _krabbaton_ is. Latin word meaning. "pallet".... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. Greek. _en._ App-104. THE SAME DAY... SABBATH. that day. Sabbath. Compare John 9:14 and App-176. This seems to imply that it was not the weekly sabbath, but the same as John 19:31. See App-156.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS CURED. had been healed. THE SABBATH DAY. a sabbath. IT IS NOT LAWFUL. A forced interpretation of Jeremiah 17:21, &c., by the Rabbis, made the carrying of anything from. public place into. private place, or vice versa, unlawful (Talmud, _Sabb._ 6. a). NOT. Greek _ou._ App-105. Not the same wor... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME. that one there. Greek. _ekeinos,_ emph.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASKED. Greek. _erotao._ App-134. WHAT MAN... ?. Who is the man... ?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. WAS HEALED. had been healed. WIST. knew. App-132. Anglo-Saxon _wit an =_ to know. CONVEYED HIMSELF AWAY. turned aside, as if to avoid. blow. Greek _ekneuo._ Occurs only here. MULTITUDE. crowd. THAT. the.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTERWARD = AFTER THESE THINGS. See note on John 5:1. FINDETH. Compare John 9:35. See App-176. TEMPLE. the temple courts. See note on Matthew 23:16. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. ART MADE. hast become. SIN, &c.. continue no longer (Greek. _meketi)_ in sin. SIN. Greek. _hamartan... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. on account of (Greek. _dia._ App-104.John 5:2; John 5:2) this. DID... PERSECUTE = began to persecute. Beginning of open hostility. SOUGHT. were seeking. Most texts, not Syriac, omit this clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY FATHER. See note on John 2:16. WORKETH. Compare John 9:4, and see App-176. HITHERTO UNTIL NOW. referring to the O.T. Dispensation. Now Jehovah was speaking "by His Son "(Hebrews 1:2). AND. WORK. I also am working [now].... [ Continue Reading ]
TO KILL HIM. Note three attempts on the Lord's life, all connected with His claim to Deity, here; John 8:58, Joh 8:69. John 10:30; John 10:31. BECAUSE HE NOT ONLY. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "not only because He". HAD BROKEN. was breaking. SAID ALSO THAT GOD WAS HIS FATHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore. VERILY, VERILY. The fifth occurance. See note on John 1:51. DO. His works were like His words. See note on John 7:16. NOTHING. Greek. _ou ouden._. double negative. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. BUT. if not. Greek. _ean me._ SEETH. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. THE FATHER. See n... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVETH. Greek _phileo._ One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See page 1511, and App-135. WORKS. See note on John 4:34. THAT. in order that. Greek. _Nina._... [ Continue Reading ]
RAISETH. awaketh. Greek _egeiro._ App-178. THE DEAD. corpses. See App-139. QUICKENETH. giveth life to. Occurs in John only here, twice, and John 6:63. Then universally believed by the Jews. THEM. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (complex, App-6.), thus: "quickeneth [whom He will]; so the Son also [raiseth t... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR... NO MAN. For not even... any ONE. Greek. _oude oudeis._. double negative. JUDGETH. One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See App-122 and the Characteristic Words chart for John book comments. COMMITTED. given. JUDGMENT. Greek. _krisis._ App-177.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN AS. Greek _kathos._ NOT. Greek one. App-105. SENT. Greek _pempo._ App-174. One of the characteristic words of this Gospel. See note on John 1:22 and the Characteristic Words chart for John book comments.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. BELIEVETH ON. See App-150. EVERLASTING. Greek _aionios._ App-161. LIFE. See note on John 1:4. CONDEMNATION. judgment, as in John 5:22. IS. has. FROM. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. UNTO. Same as "into", above.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUR. An hour. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for. definite and special time. now is. Because, had the nation repented, "all that the prophets had spoken" would have been fulfilled according to Acts 3:21, including the resurrection foretold in Ezekiel 37, and Isaiah 2... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. even as. Greek. _hosper._ HATH HE GIVEN. He gave (in eternity past).... [ Continue Reading ]
AUTHORITY. Greek. _exousia._ See App-172. THE SON OF MAN (see App-98). The only occurance in John without the Article (except Revelation 1:13; Revelation 14:14). Compare Daniel 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRAVES. the tombs. Therefore they are not in heaven or hell.... [ Continue Reading ]
DONE. wrought. Greek. poieo. accomplished (referring to the object, aim or end of the act), and generally associated with _good._ GOOD. good things (Plural) THE. a. resurrection. Greek. _anastasis._ App-178. DONE (Greek. _prasso._ Compare John 3:20; John 3:21). practised (referring to the means by... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. Greek. _thelema._ App-102. THE FATHER. All the texts read "Him".... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Assuming the condition, where experience will decide. App-118. I. Emphatic. I alone. BEAR WITNESS. See note on John 1:7. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. The emphasis being on "Myself". Greek. emautou. WITNESS. See note on John 1:7. TRUE. App-175. Referring to Deuteronomy 19:15. Comp... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS. See John 5:31 with John 7:28; John 8:26. KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT. have sent. Greek. _apostello._ App-174. unto. Greek. _pros._ App-104. HE BARE. he hath borne. TRUTH. See note on John 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. Greek. _para._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
A... LIGHT. the... lamp. Greek. _luchnos._ App-130. A common Rabbinic idiom for. famous man. In contrast with Christ (John 8:12). FOR. Greek. _pros._ App-104. SEASON. Greek. hour, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for. brief period. Compare John 12:23. LIGHT. Greek. _phos._... [ Continue Reading ]
GREATER WITNESS. the witness, greater. TO FINISH. in order that. should complete them.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH SENT. sent (at. definite time). HATH BORNE. And still bears. NEITHER... NOR. Greek. _oute... oute._ SEEN. Greek. _horao._ App-133. SHAPE. form. Greek. _eidos._ Compare Luke 3:22; Luke 9:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABIDING. See note on John 1:32. HATH SENT. sent.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEARCH. Greek. _ereunao =_ to search as. lion or hound tracks by the scent. Not the same word as in Acts 17:11. Here the Verb may be the imperative or indicative mood; but the indicative never commences. sentence without the pronoun or some other word, while the imperative is so used. See John 7:52;... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL NOT COME. do not will (John 5:6) to come. TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. MIGHT. may.... [ Continue Reading ]
HONOUR. Greek. _doxa_. approval, here, as in John 5:44. or "praise", as in John 9:21; John 12:43; 1 Peter 4:11. See p. 1511.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE OF GOD. love toward God. Genitive of Relation. App-17. Occurs in the Gospels elsewhere only in Luke 11:42. YOU. yourselves, as in John 6:53.Mark 4:17; 1 John 5:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM, &c. Compare 2 Thessalonians 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVE. App-150. ONE OF ANOTHER. from (Greek. _para._ App-104) one another. THE. Note the Art. here, and not in the preceding clause. GOD ONLY. the only God (App-98.) Compare 1 Timothy 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES. See note on John 1:17. IN. on. Greek. _eis._ App-104. YE TRUST. ye have set your hope.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD YE. if (App-118. a) ye had. WROTE. See App-47. ME. See note on Luke 24:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 with its _spirit_ (Romans 2:27; Romans 2:29; Romans 7:6; 2 Corinthians 3:6). For the latter see Luke 16... [ Continue Reading ]