“ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. ”
For a witness - To give testimony. He came to prepare the minds of the people to receive him Matthew 3 ; Luke 3 ; to lead them by repentance to God; and to point out the Messiah to Israel when...
He was not (o) that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light. (o) That light which we spoke of, that is, Christ, who alone can enlighten our darkness.
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...
he . That one. Compare John 2:21 . that Light . the Light. Compare John 9:5 ; John 12:35 . was sent. Supply "came" from John 1:7 .
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. He was not that Light [rather, 'The Light' to ( G3588 ) Foos ( G5457 )], but [was sent] to bear witness of that...
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...
He was not that Light, but was sent. — It is necessary to repeat the statement of John’s position and work in an emphatic form. Now first for 400 years a great teacher had appeared in Israel. The e...
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...
He was not that light ,.... He was a light; he was the forerunner of the sun of righteousness, the "phosphorus" of the Gospel day; he had great light in him; he knew that the Messiah was ready to co...
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. Ver. 8. He was not that light ] As some sinisterly conceited, which therefore occasioned that most necessary digression, John...
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...
He was not that Light: John the Baptist was a light, as all saints are light in the Lord, Ephesians 5:8 ; nay, in a peculiar sense our Saviour beareth him witness, that he was a burning and s...
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...
He was not that Light The personality of the Baptist I. John the Baptist was WELL BORN. The best Jewish blood flowed in his veins. Hereditary forces are the conservative forces of society. Voic...
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 the Baptist and the Logos:
Acts 19:4 ; John 1:20 ; John 3:28
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...