John 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But as many as received him, to them gave he powerb to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: ”

John 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To as many as received him - The great mass; the people; the scribes and Pharisees rejected him. A few in his lifetime received him, and many more after his death. “To receive him,” here, means t...
John 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) But as many as received him, to them gave he (s) power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: (6) The Son being shut out by the majority of his people, and acknowled...
John 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Work of the Light before the Incarnation. But in truth the light, which lighteth every man, was always coming into the world. Possibly John 1:9 means that when John was witnessing, the true l...
John 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as many as : John 1:9 is collective; John 1:12 is individual. received . accepted (from. giver). Not the same word as in John 1:11 . power . authority. App-172. the sons . children. Greek...
John 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. But to as many as received him. That none may be retarded by this stumbling-block, that the Jews despised and rejected Christ, the Evangelist exalts above heaven the godly who believe in...
John 1:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1596 BENEFIT OF RECEIVING CHRIST John 1:10-12 . He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But...
John 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Gave he power - Εξουσιαν, Privilege, honor, dignity, or right. He who is made a...
John 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 1:12 gave he power, &c.— Gave he the privilege to become sons, &c. Doddridge, &c. See the 12th position in the argument. The word name is frequently used, as we have had oc...
John 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: But as many as received him as many individuals out of the mass of that "d...
John 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
John 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yet the light ever shineth, and the better things lie hidden. As many as received him. — The words are less wide and yet more wide than “His own.” The nation as such rejected Him; individuals in i...
John 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH. John 1:1-18 . 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...
John 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 spa...
John 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 bring...
John 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He was in the world, and the world was made by him; and the world knew him not. (11) He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (12) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to bec...
John 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But as many as received him ,.... This is explained, in the latter part of the text, by believing in his name; for faith is a receiving him as the word, and Son of God, as the Messiah, Saviour, and...
John 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Ver. 12. To them he gave power ] Or, privilege preferment, prerogative royal...
John 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But as many as received him As the true Messiah, and according to the various offices and characters which he sustains: learning of him, as a teacher, the infinitely important lessons of his grace;...
John 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
John 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for...
John 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But as many as received him; though the generality of those amongst whom Christ came received him not in the manner before expressed, yet some did own him, believed in him and submitted to him; and...
John 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 peo...
John 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
John 1:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 ne...
John 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
John 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God St. John’s first view of Christ the key to his Gospel I. These verses DESCRIBE THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF ST. JOHN. In...
John 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 si...
John 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The relation of Jesus to the world:
John 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:1 ; 1 John 3:23 ; 1 John 5:12 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; 2 Corinthians 6:18 ; 2 Peter 1:4 ; Acts 3:16 ; Colossians 2:6 ; Galatians 3:26 ; Galatians 4:6 ; Hosea 1:10 ; Isaiah 56:5 ;...
John 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Seeing Christ in John John 1:1-18 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 th...
John 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But as many as received him — Jews or Gentiles; that believe on his name — That is, on him. The moment they believe, they are sons; and because they are sons, God sendeth forth the Spirit of his So...

John 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 1:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes