Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 1:39
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the (t) tenth hour.
(t) It was getting later in the night.
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the (t) tenth hour.
(t) It was getting later in the night.
Verse 39. _COME AND SEE._] If those who know not the salvation of God would _come_ at the command of Christ, they should soon _see_ that with him is the fountain of life, and in his light they should...
COME AND SEE - This was a kind and gracious answer. He did not put them off to some future period. Then, as now, he was willing that they should come at once and enjoy the full opportunity which they...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word; His Glory and His Manifestation -- Chapter 1:1-2:22 CHAPTER 1 __ 1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
THE BAPTIST'S DISCIPLES AND JESUS. On the morrow to two of his disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the turn...
THEY ABODE WITH HIM THAT DAY, FOR IT WAS ABOUT THE TENTH HOUR. The Jew commenced the hours with. A. M. and hence the tenth hour would be. P. M. As it was near the close of the day the disciples remain...
On the next day John was again standing with two of his disciples. John looked at Jesus as he walked. "See!" he said, "The Lamb of God!" And the two disciples heard him speaking and followed Jesus. Je...
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
SEE. Greek _eidon._ App-133., but all the texts read "Ye shall see". Greek. _horao._ App-133. WITH. Greek. _para._ App-104. THE TENTH HOUR: i.e. of the day, according to Hebrew reckoning. The context...
_Come and see_ The more probable reading gives, _Come and ye_ SHALL _see_. _they came_ Insert, THEREFORE. _that day_ That memorable day. _it was about the tenth hour_ S. John remembers the very hou...
ΤΊ ΖΗΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ; i.e. in Me. He does not ask ‘_Whom_ seek ye?’ It was evident that they sought Him. ῬΑΒΒΊ. A comparatively modern word when S. John wrote, and therefore all the more requiring explanation...
THE TESTIMONY OF DISCIPLES This section falls into two divisions, each occupying a day; (1) the call of Andrew, John, Peter, and perhaps James; (2) that of Philip and Nathanael. Of these Peter and Ja...
ANDREW, JOHN AND PETER...
VER 37. AND THE TWO DISCIPLES HEARD HIM SPEAK, AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS. 38. THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SAW THEM FOLLOWING, AND SAID TO THEM, WHAT SEEK YOU? THEY SAID UNTO HIM, RABBI, (WHICH IS TO SAY, BEI...
_THE ETERNAL WORD NEEDS FAITHFUL DISCIPLES -- JOHN 1:35-42:_ John 1:35-42 gives an account of Jesus calling His first disciples. The key to discipleship is "following Jesus." (John 1:37) God can use a...
ΈΡΧΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, _см._ John 1:7. ΌΨΕΣΘΕ _fut. imper. med. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. Об _imper._, который сопровождается ΚΑΊ и формой будущего, как о тип...
AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS, &C.— As Jesus was a person who had no attendants, and was a stranger, as it were, in this country, we may conclude that he had only some obscure and private lodging here, whic...
ANDREW, PETER AND AN UNNAMED DISCIPLE _Text 1:35-42_ 35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; 36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold the Lamb of Go...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:35-51 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. We would divide it as follows:— 1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John...
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. HE SAITH UNTO THEM, COME AND SEE - His second utterance; more winn...
Government and education are still the panaceas proposed by the majority of priest-craft. But John wisely withdraws himself from their notice, and as the Voice, heralds the coming of the Messiah Himse...
1:39 abode; (a-15) Lit. 'abides.'...
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...
PRELIMINARY CALL OF FIVE APOSTLES, ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, PHILIP, AND BARTHOLOMEW (peculiar to Jn). This account, so far from conflicting with the (later) call described Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:15; (cp. Lu...
THE TENTH HOUR] i.e. by Jewish reckoning, about 4 p.m. But some think that at Ephesus, where this Gospel was written, hours were numbered as with us, in which case the time would be 10 a.m. (see John...
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...
COME AND SEE. — They think of a visit later, it may be, on the following day. He bids them come at once. We know not where. We have no hint of any words spoken. It was the sacred turning-point of the...
CHAPTER 4 THE FIRST DISCIPLES. “Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard...
_The witness of John and its result_....
_Witness of John to two of his disciples and first self-manifestation of Jesus as the Christ_. Bengel entitles the section, John 1:35-42, “primae origines Ecclesiae Christianae”; but from the evangeli...
HOW JESUS WINS FOLLOWERS John 1:35-42 On this third day John again looked eagerly and wistfully on Jesus as He walked. He spoke of Him again as God's Lamb, and there was a significance in His words t...
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...
_Staid with him that day. Yet they did not continually remain with him, as his disciples, till he called them, as they were fishing. See the annotations, Matthew iv. 18. (Witham)_...
DISCIPLES OF JESUS John 1:35-43. “On the following day, John again stood, and two of His disciples, and looking upon Jesus walking about, says, Behold the Lamb of God. And the two disciples heard Him...
I. FIRST GROUP: VV. 38-43. We have just mentioned John. Almost all the adversaries of the authenticity themselves acknowledge that the author, in relating his story as he does here, wishes to pass hi...
SECOND SECTION: 1:38-52. BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF JESUS. BIRTH OF FAITH. Testimony is the condition of faith. For faith is, at the outset, the acceptance of a divine fact on the foundation of testimo...
“ _Then Jesus turned and saw them following and saith unto them, What seek ye?_ 39. _They said unto Him: Rabbi_ (_which is to say, Master_) _where dwellest thou?_ ” Jesus, hearing footsteps behind Him...
Again, the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples: (36) And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! (37) And the two disciples heard him speak. And they follow...
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...
39._It was about the tenth hour; _that is, the evening was approaching, for it was not more than two hours till sunset. The day was at that time divided by them into twelve hours, which were longer in...
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...
HE SAITH UNTO THEM, COME AND SEE,.... He gave them an invitation, to go along with him directly, and see with their own eyes, where he dwelt, and there and then converse with him, and at any other tim...
He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. Ver. 39. _Come and see_] A most gracious invitation. That self-seekin...
_The next day, John stood, and two of his disciples_ John happening the next day to be with two of his disciples on the banks of Jordan, he saw Jesus passing by a second time, and repeated what he had...
THE TENTH HOUR; four in the afternoon....
THE FIRST DISCIPLES OF JESUS. Some of John's disciples heed his testimony:...
HE SAITH UNTO THEM, COME AND SEE. THEY CAME AND SAW WHERE HE DWELT, AND ABODE WITH HIM THAT DAY; FOR IT WAS ABOUT THE TENTH HOUR. The Evangelist John, as an eyewitness of all these happenings, relates...
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...
ABOUT THE TENTH HOUR: That was two hours before night...
37-42 The strongest and most prevailing argument with an awakened soul to follow Christ, is, that it is he only who takes away sin. Whatever communion there is between our souls and Christ, it is he...
Our Lord discerning the end of their following him to be sincere and good, invites them to COME AND SEE where his lodging was; for he elsewhere telleth us, that he had not a house wherein to hide his...
John 1:39 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 Come G2064 (G5737) and G2532 see G1492 (G5628) came...
JOHN THE BAPTISER'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS AND THE CALLING OF DISCIPLES (JOHN 1:19). The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in interesting contrast to the John the Baptiser portrayed in the o...
DISCIPLES BEGIN TO GATHER TO JESUS (JOHN 1:35). The great teachers of Israel would often have bands of ‘disciples' who gathered round them to learn from them, and then to pass on their teaching. Here...
‘He says to them, “Come, and you will see.” The subtle interchange continues, but while at the time its meaning was casual it is now more subtle. They should go with Him and see. But later they will...
The same general subject is continued in this section Jesus taking His place on the stage of history. We pass now, however, from the witness of the Baptist, given on two successive days, to the manife...
John 1:39. HE SAITH UNTO THEM, COME, AND YE SHALL SEE. They came therefore and saw where he abode, and abode with him that day. The seeker shall not seek in vain. They had asked where He abode; and th...
COME AND YE SHALL SEE (ερχεσθε κα οψεσθε). Polite invitation and definite promise (future middle indicative οψεσθε from οραω, correct text, not imperative ιδετε).WHERE HE ABODE (που μενε). Indire...
COME The call to discipleship, (compare (Matthew 4:18), the call to service. TENTH HOUR That was two hours before night....
John 1:19 The Ministry of John the Baptist. From the ministry of John the Baptist we may learn I. That when Jesus is about to visit a community in His saving power, His coming is generally preceded...
John 1:37 The First Disciples John and Andrew. I. Look at the question of Christ to the whole world: What seek ye? As it stands, on the surface and in its primary application, it is the most natural...
John 1:35 The First Disciples. I. We see here the very first beginnings of the Christian Church. With what reverent interest may we meetly regard this simple record of the beginning of that great kin...
John 1:29. _The next day_ This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hun...
John 1:29. _The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of the world._ John lost no time. He had no sooner discovered the Saviour than...
John 1:19. _And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ._ «I...
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,...
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...
COME AND SEE. This is an invitation, or perhaps a _call._ (Compare John 1:43.)...
_The next day_ THE FIRST UTTERANCES OF THE WORD 1. A searching question. 2. A gracious invitation. 3. An encouraging promise. 4. A Divine command. 5. A heart revelation. 6. An assurance of a p...
_And the two disciples heard Him speak_ THE FIRST TWO DISCIPLES I. THE FRUIT OF GRACE IN THESE TWO DISCIPLES. 1. They followed Jesus. When a man has become a doer of the Word, he ever seeks increas...
TWO INVITATIONS Come, and ye shall see John 1:39. Come and see John 1:46. I want to speak today about seeing things for yourself. Whether is it nicer to see a thing for yourself or just to hear ab...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:19 Signs of the Messiah, with Teaching about Life in Him. The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’ demonstration of his messianic identity through several selected “signs” ...
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...
_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
_He said unto them, Come and see_, &c. _The tenth hour, i.e._, four o'clock in the afternoon, or about two hours before sunset. S. John adds these words, to show both the zeal of Christ, who though ni...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:38. JESUS TURNED, ETC.—Jesus saw these two young men modestly following Him, too diffident to accost Him. He, therefore, with friendly invitation encouraged the...
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...
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,...
Acts 28:30; Acts 28:31; John 1:46; John 14:22; John 14:23;...
PETER THE FISHER OF MEN John 1:35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come to the study of one of the outstanding Apostles of the Cross. Whatever you may think of Peter, and his failures, you must grant that he...
FOLLOWING CHRIST John 1:36 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in the study of John the Baptist. Christ said that he was the greatest man born of woman, yet he was not self-centered or proud. Had he been...
Were the apostles called at this time or later? PROBLEM: John records that Jesus called Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, and another disciple at this time. However, the other Gospels record their cal...