John 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. ”

John 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John bare witness of him - The evangelist now returns to the testimony of John the Baptist. He had stated that the Word became incarnate, and he now appeals to the testimony of John to show that,...
John 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh (b) after me is preferred (c) before me: for he was before me. (8) John is a faithful witness of the exce...
John 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Full and Final Revelation. The work of the Logos culminated in what alone could give to men a complete and intelligible revelation, so far as man can grasp it, of the nature and being of God. T...
John 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cried . hath cried aloud. was. As in John 1:1 . after me . In the order of ministry. is preferred before me . had being before me (as to time). for . because. before me . first: i.e. (alr...
John 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. John testifieth. He now relates what was the preaching of John. By using the verb testifieth ( μαρτυρεῖ) in the present tense, (27) he denotes a continued act, and certainly this doct...
John 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. Of him - The glorious personage before mentioned: John...
John 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John bare witness of him, &c.— This might probably happen at the time when Jesus made his first appearance amongthose who came to be baptized by John; when at this offering to receive his bapti...
John 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. John bare witness of him, and cried - in testim...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John bare witness of him, and cried. — Better, John beareth witness of him, and crieth. The latter verb is past in tense, but present in meaning. For the sense comp. Note on John 7:37 . The writ...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Voice of Promise John 1:14-28 Note that the Revised Version changes the words was made to became, John 1:14 . Evidently Jesus had existed before this becoming; and evidently there was...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. (16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace...
John 1:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF RELIGION ‘We beheld His glory … full of grace and truth.’ John 1:14 In what does the attractiveness of our religion consist? There are multitudes to whom the Christian...
John 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John bare witness of him ,.... Which was his office and business, for which purpose he was sent, John 1:6 and cried ; this agrees with his work and office, according to the prophecy of him in I...
John 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. Ver. 15. John cried, saying ] He entered upon his c...
John 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John bare witness of him, saying, This is he , &c. “This might probably happen at the time when Jesus made his first appearance among those that came to be baptized by John; when, at his offerin...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is...
John 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying: John was not he, but only a witness to him; and he continueth to bear witness (the verb is in the present tense); nor did he give an obscure or cold tes...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

John bare witness of Him The pre-eminence of Christ I. CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO JOHN THE BAPTIST. 1. John refers to and repeats previous testimonies, applying them to Him whom the congregatio...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John bare witness of Him and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for He was before me.
John 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:17 ; Hebrews 13:8 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; John 1:1 ; John 1:2 ; John 1:29-34 ; John 1:30 ; John 1:7 ; John 1:8 ; John 17:5 ; John 3:26-36 ; John 5:33-36 ; John 8:58 ; Luke 3:16 ; M...
John 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John cried — With joy and confidence; This is he of whom I said — John had said this before our Lord's baptism, although he then knew him not in person: he knew him first at his baptism, and afterw...

John 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 1:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 1:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 1:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes