John 1:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ”

John 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which were born - This doubtless refers to the “new birth,” or to the great change in the sinner’s mind called regeneration or conversion. It means that they did not become the children of God in...
John 1:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the (t) will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (t) Of that shameful and corrupt nature of man, which is throughout the scriptures described as a...
John 1:13 - 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 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Which . Who: i.e. those who believe on His name. But antecedent to any ancient MSS., Irenaeus (A.D. 178), Tertullian (A. n. 208), Augustine (A.D. 395), and other Fathers, read "Who was begotten" (Si...
John 1:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1597 CHRISTIANS BORN OF GOD John 1:13 . Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God . IT is obvious, that there is at this day, ev...
John 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Which were born, not of blood - Who were regenerated, ουκ εξ αἱματων, not of bloods - the union of fa...
John 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which were born, not of blood,— They who thus believed on him, became possessed of this privilege; not in consequence of their being born of blood, or of their being descended from the loinsof th...
John 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Which were born, х egenneetheesan ( G1080 )]. Observe this word "born," or begotten.' It w...
John 1:13 - 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 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Which were born. — The result of receiving Him remains to be explained. How could they become “sons of God?” The word which has been used ( John 1:12 ) excludes the idea of adoption, and asserts th...
John 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which were born not of blood ,.... Or bloods, in the plural number. The birth, here spoken of, is regeneration, expressed by a being born again, or from above; by a being quickened by the Spirit and...
John 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Ver. 13. But of God ] Whose sons therefore they are, and so "higher than the kings of the earth,"...
John 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which were born, not of blood; not of the blood of men and women; or, not of the blood of Abraham (which was the boast of the Jews, We have Abraham to our Father ). Nor of the will of the flesh;...
John 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - 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 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The relation of Jesus to the world:
John 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:6 ; 1 John 2:28 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:9 ; 1 John 4:7 ; 1 John 5:1 ; 1 John 5:18 ; 1 John 5:4 ; 1 Peter 1:23 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; 1 Peter 2:2 ; Genesis 25:22 ; Genesis 25:28...
John 1:13 - 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 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who were born — Who became the sons of God, not of blood — Not by descent from Abraham, nor by the will of the flesh — By natural generation, nor by the will of man — Adopting them, but of God — By...

John 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 1:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 1:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 1:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 1:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 1:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 1:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 1:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes