“ In him was life; and the life was the light of men. ”
In him was life - The evangelist had just affirmed John 5:3 that by the λόγος Logos or “Word” the world was originally created. One part of that creation consisted “in breathing into man t...
(i) In him (k) was life; and the life was (l) the light of men. (i) That is, by him: and this is spoken after the manner of the Hebrews, meaning by this that by his force and working power all life...
The Prologue: See Introduction. John 1:1-5 . The Word in Relation to God and Creation. The references to the language and thought of Genesis 1 are clear. At the time of creation, if the phr...
life . Greek. zoe. App-170.: i.e. the fountain of life. Hence 1Jn 5:11, 1 John 5:12 , and Psalms 36:8 , manifested ( John 1:4 ); obtained ( John 3:16 ); possessed ( John 4:14 ); sustained ( John...
4. In him was life. Hitherto he has taught us, that by the Speech of God all things were created. He now attributes to him, in the same manner, the preservation of those things which...
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. In him was life - Many MSS., versions, and fathers, connect this with the preceding verse, thus: All things were made by him, and without him was n...
In him was life,— The most ancient fathers who quote this text, so generally join the words at the end of the last verse, ο γεγονεν, which we render that was made, with this 4th verse; and St. Jo...
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. In him was life. From simple creation, or calling into existence, the Evangelist now advances to a higher idea-the communication of life. B...
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...
In him was life. — The creation, the calling into existence life in its varied forms, leads up to the source of this life. It is in the Word by original being, while of the highest creature made “i...
Chapter 1 THE INCARNATION. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him wa...
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...
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...
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. What a beautiful account doth this verse give of Christ, when considered in connection with what went before. In him, that is, essentially, and in...
In him was life ,.... The Persic version reads in the plural number, "lives". There was life in the word with respect to himself; a divine life, the same with the life of the Father and of the Spiri...
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. Ver. 4. In him was life ] As he created, so he quickeneth and conserveth all, being the Prince and principle of life, Acts 3:15 ; both of natu...
In him Or, through him , as Beza understands it; was life He was the living and powerful Word, which was the source of life to every living creature, as well as of being to all that exists. And...
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...
The Divinity of Christ. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the b...
In him was life; in this Word was life corporal, spiritual, eternal; it was in him as in the fountain. Some understand this of corporal life, both in the first being and preservation of it; it is c...
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 1:4 God's Self-revelation through Life. I. This Scripture opens to us God's living way of making Himself known on earth. The Bible is the record and interpretation of a way of creation and o...
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...
In the beginning was the Word I. THE APOSTLE ASSERTS THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. 1. His name: the Word. (1) He is the chief subject of Revelation--the Word of promise--the substance of all shad...
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 Prologue of the Gospel. The introduction:
1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 1 John 1:2 ; 1 John 1:5-7 ; 1 John 5:11 ; Acts 26:23 ; Colossians 3:4 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; Isaiah 35:4 ; Isaiah 35:5 ; Isaiah 42:16 ; Isaiah 42:6 ; Isaiah 42:7 ; John...
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...
In him was life — He was the foundation of life to every living thing, as well as of being to all that is. And the life was the light of men — He who is essential life, and the giver of life to all...