John 3:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ John answered and said, A man can received nothing, except it be given him from heaven. ”

• John 3:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  John answered ... - John did not enter into their feelings or sympathize with their love of party. He came to honor Jesus, not to build up a sect, He rejoiced at the success of the Messiah, and b...

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• John 3:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  John answered and said, A man (u) can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. (u) Why are you trying to better my state? This is every man's lot and portion, that he cannot better himse...

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• John 3:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Last Appearance of the Baptist. Convinced that the nation is not ripe for Messianic teaching, Jesus falls back on preparatory work similar to that of John, who was continuing his work at Æ non...

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• John 3:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  receive . take [upon himself]. nothing. Greek. ou ouden. . double negative. be given . have been given.

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• John 3:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  27. A man cannot receive any thing. Some refer these words to Christ, as if John accused the disciples of wicked presumption in opposition to God, by endeavoring to deprive Christ of what th...

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• John 3:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. A man can receive nothing, etc. - Or, A man can receive nothing from heaven, unless it be given him. I have rece...

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• John 3:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  A man can receive nothing, &c.— "A man of God, or prophet, can assume no greater dignity and authority, than God has thought fit to confer on him: you yourselves bear me witness, even by the wo...

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• John 3:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, х ou ( G3756 ) dunatai ( G1410 ) anthroop...

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• John 3:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 3:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A man can receive nothing... — Do these words apply to the Baptist himself, or to Christ? Do they mean “I cannot assume this higher position which you wish to give me, because it is not given me by...

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• John 3:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  John Shows the Greatness of Humility John 3:22-30 It is expressly stated in John 4:2 that Jesus baptized through His disciples. This controversy arose with a Jew, who was comparing the respec...

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• John 3:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• John 3:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. (23) And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salem; because there was much w...

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• John 3:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  John answered and said ,.... The Syriac and Arabic versions add, "to them"; the answer being made to the disciples of John, who came to him with their complaint: a man can receive nothing ; the Sy...

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• John 3:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ver. 27. A man can receive nothing ] There is much in this word "man," as Beza thinks, to set forth the most...

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• John 3:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John answered With a humility and integrity agreeable to the rest of his character, A man can receive nothing Neither he, nor I, nor any man; unless it be given him from heaven Whence every goo...

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• John 3:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 3:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  John's Testimony to Christ.       22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with th...

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• John 3:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The ministry, and the success of the ministry, must both be given a man from heaven: doth he baptize? It is a sign he is sent of God. Do all men come to him? That also is from God. An excellent corre...

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• John 3:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  John the Baptiser Decreases ( John 3:22-36 ). At this stage Jesus began His ministry alongside that of John the Baptist in a supporting role. It was not His intention at this stage to supersede hi...

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• John 3:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 3:23 . Ænon near to Salim (Αἰνών, from עַין, Arab. عين, a spring).— Salim was long supposed to have been situated about eight miles from Beth-Shean, i.e....

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• John 3:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 3:13 . And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came...

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• John 3:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 3:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  After these things came Jesus and His disciples unto the land of Judaea (see also on John 3:30 for the whole paragraph) Jesus and John and their disciples I. A HUMBLING EXAMPLE OF THE PETTY...

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• John 3:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• John 3:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The dispute concerning purifying:

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• John 3:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 28:4 ; 1 Chronicles 28:5 ; 1 Corinthians 1:1 ; 1 Corinthians 12:11 ; 1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 ; 1 Corinthians 3:5 ; 1 Corinthians 4:7 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 1 Pete...

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• John 3:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A man can receive nothing — Neither he nor I. Neither could he do this, unless God had sent him: nor can I receive the title of Christ, or any honour comparable to that which he hath received from...

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