“ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ”
A man sent from God - See Matthew 3 . The evangelist proceeds now to show that John the Baptist was not the Messiah and to state the true nature of his office. Many had supposed that he was the...
(4) There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John. (4) There is another more full manifestation of the Son of God, by the consideration of which men are in good time stirred up, even to John'...
The Preparation for the Final Manifestation. The way was prepared for the final revelation by the work of John. The author takes the opportunity of asserting John's true position as against the ext...
There was . There arose. Not the same word as in John 1:1 . sent. Compare Malachi 3:1 . Greek apostello (App-174.), whence we have our "Apostle". one sent. John not only came, but was "sent"....
6. There was a man. The Evangelist now begins to discourse about the manner in which the Son of God was manifested in flesh; and that none may doubt that Christ is the eternal Son of God, he...
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. Whose name was John - This was John the Baptist; see his name and the nature of his office explained, Mark 1:4 (note), and Matthew 3:1-3 (not...
There was a man sent from God,— The evangelist, in giving the history of the Baptist's ministry, tells us, in the first place that he was merely a man, in opposition to article 10 in the argument...
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. In approaching his grand thesis-the historical manifestation of the Word-our Evangelist...
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...
There was a man, or, There appeared a man. The word is the same as that which is used in John 1:3 , “were made,” “was made,” and, as contrasted with the verb “was” in John 1:1-2 ; John 1:4 , s...
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...
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John: (7) The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (8) He was not that Light, but was sent to b...
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAPTIST ‘There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.’ John 1:6 There are two things about John which we have to remember:— I. He was a fearless man .—In those...
There was a man sent from God ,.... John the Baptist: he was not the Logos, or word; nor was he an angel, but a man; yet an extraordinary one, in his conception of a barren woman, and in being born...
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. Ver. 6. There was a man sent from God ] As he ran not, till sent, Jeremiah 23:32 . St Paul holds it not only for incredible, but for impossib...
There was a man sent from God The introducer of a new dispensation, the morning star, preceding the rise of the Sun of righteousness; whose name was JOHN That is, grace; a name fitly given to t...
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 Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for...
There was a man sent from God; not the Christ, not an angel, but a man; yet one, than whom (as our Saviour saith) there had not risen a greater amongst those that were born of women. He did not...
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 1:1 . 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...
There was a man sent from God whose name was John The forerunner I. THE MISSION OF THE BAPTIST. 1. It was immediately connected with the appearance of the Word in the flesh. 2. It was of...
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...
There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
Acts 13:24 ; Isaiah 40:3-5 ; John 1:33 ; John 3:28 ; Luke 1:13 ; Luke 1:15-17 ; Luke 1:61-63 ; Luke 1:76 ; Luke 3:2-20 ; Malachi 3:1 ; Malachi 4:5 ; Malachi 4:6 ; Mark 1:1-8 ; Matthew 1...
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...
There was a man — The evangelist now proceeds to him who testified of the light, which he had spoken of in John 1:1-5 .