“ That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ”
That whosoever - This shows the fulness and freeness of the gospel. All may come and be saved. Believeth in him - Whosoever puts confidence in him as able and willing to save. All who feel that...
The Conversation with Nicodemus. Nicodemus is an example of those to whom the Lord could not trust Himself. The story shows how He tried to bring those whom His teaching had impressed to a truer co...
whosoever . every one who. As here defined. believeth in. See App-150. (See note on John 1:7 .). reads epi; Lm. Tr.. WI and. read en. but have. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), for emph. Th...
DISCOURSE: 1609 THE BRAZEN SERPENT A TYPE OF CHRIST John 3:14-15 . As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him sho...
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. That whosoever believeth - Bp. Pearce supposes that this verse is only the conclusion of the 16th, and that it has been inser...
And as Moses lifted up— Our Lord, by telling Nicodemus that the death of the Messiah was prefigured by types in the law, shewed him, that it was agreeable both to the doctrine of Moses, and to the...
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Since this most heavenly thing, for the rea...
The New Birth. John's Testimony to Jesus 1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had made an impressio...
Not perish, but... — These words have been added here from the following verse. Omitting them, the sentence should be rendered, that every one who believeth may have in Him eternal life. This con...
Chapter 8 THE BRAZEN SERPENT. “Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?...
Love's Great Gift: Received or Rejected John 3:9-21 Though physically on earth, our Lord was spiritually in touch with the heavenly realities. He was living among them and bore witness to them....
Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because...
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (10) Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I say unto thee,...
That whosoever believeth in him ,.... Whether Jew or Gentile, a greater, or a lesser sinner, and of whatsoever state and condition, age or sex; and though ever so weak a believer, provided his faith...
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Ver. 15. That whosoever believeth ] Faith is the soul's hand ( fidei mendica manus, saith Luther); foot, whereby we com...
As Moses lifted up the serpent As if he had said, And even this single witness, bearing testimony of heavenly things, will soon be taken from you; yea, and in a most ignominious manner. Or, as Dr....
NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH (vs.1-21) Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the Lord by night, evi...
Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus...
OLBGrk; Here our Lord openeth the instrumental cause of justification and salvation, that is, believing eiv auton, in him. It is one thing to believe in him as a teacher, another thing to believe...
‘And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.' The fourth mystery is the greatest of all. That t...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 3:1 . In John 2:23-24 , we read of many who believed in Jesus because of the miracles He wrought. But their belief was so imperfect that Jesus had “no faith”...
John 3:14-15 Consider some of the lessons of Gospel truth which seem to be foreshadowed in the story of the brazen serpent. I. There was contained in it a significant intimation that Christ would...
John 3:1-43 . There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for n...
John 3:1 . Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews. This rabbi is named by John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Ch...
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness The brazen serpent Nicodemus’s confession of faith was substantially that of many amongst us, only he went a bit further. Because he was honest...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated, hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an u...
The purpose of Christ's coming:
1 Corinthians 1:18 ; 1 John 2:25 ; 1 John 5:1 ; 1 John 5:11-13 ; 1 John 5:13 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 4:3 ; Acts 13:41 ; Acts 16:30 ; Acts 16:31 ; Acts 8:37 ; Galatians 2:16 ; Galat...
The New Birth John 3:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of Nicodemus is common to us all, and yet there is, perhaps, much in it which needs to be emphasized, and there may be some things hidden...
That whosoever — He must be lifted up, that hereby he may purchase salvation for all believers: all those who look to him by faith recover spiritual health, even as all that looked at that serpent...