“ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. ”
Of his fulness - In John 1:14 the evangelist has said that Christ was “full of grace and truth.” Of that “fullness” he now says that all the disciples had received; that is, they derived from h...
(9) And of his fulness have all we received, and (d) grace for grace. (9) Christ is the most plentiful fountain of all goodness, but he gave out his gifts most bountifully at that time when he exhib...
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...
And. The texts read "For", but not the Syriac. fulness . Greek pleroma. all the. The Evangelist speaks here, not the Baptist. grace for grace . grace in place of grace; new grace, continuo...
16. And out of his fullness. He begins now to preach about the office of Christ, that it contains within itself an abundance of all blessings, so that no part of salvation must be sought anyw...
DISCOURSE: 1599 THE BELIEVER’S INTEREST IN CHRIST’S FULNESS John 1:16 . Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace . THE sacred writers never seem to be afraid lest they should ex...
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. This verse should be put in place of the fifteenth, and the 15th inserted between the 18th and 19th, which appears to be its proper place...
And of his fulness, &c.— "And I, (John the apostle) who had the honour of being numbered among his most intimate friends, would with pleasure, in my own name, and that of my brethren; add my...
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. And of his fullness - that is, of grace and truth; resuming the thread of John 1:14 , which had only been interrupted for the pu...
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...
And of his fulness. — Not a continuance of the witness of John, but the words of the evangelist, and closely connected with John 1:14 . This is seen in the “all we,” and in “fulness” (“full”) and...
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...
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...
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 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...
And of his fulness have all we received ,.... These are the words not of John the Baptist; but of the evangelist carrying on his account of Christ, after he had inserted the testimony of the Baptist...
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. Ver. 16. Of his fulness ] Which is both repletive and diffusive; not only of plenty, but of bounty; not a fulness of abundance only,...
And of his fulness have all we received These are not the words of the Baptist, as the expression, we all , shows; for those to whom he addressed himself do not appear to have received grace from...
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'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...
And of his fulness have all we received; of that plenty of grace which Christ hath, (who hath not the Spirit given him by measure, 1 Thessalonians 3:34 , as other saints have, Acts 2:4,6,8...
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...
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 1:16 From this passage some lessons of great importance come to us. As I. That we should not try to live in the past, or by means of the past. As distinct from the present, we should not try...
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 1:1 . 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 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...
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...
The closing testimony of the prologue:
1 Corinthians 1:4 ; 1 Corinthians 1:5 ; 1 Peter 1:11 ; 1 Peter 1:2 ; Acts 3:12-16 ; Colossians 1:19 ; Colossians 2:10 ; Colossians 2:3 ; Colossians 2:9 ; Ephesians 1:6-8 ; Ephesians 2:5-10...
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...
And — Here the apostle confirms the Baptist's words: as if he had said, He is indeed preferred before thee: so we have experienced: We all — That believe: have received — All that we enjoy out of h...