“ He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. ”
He that hath received his testimony - Hath received and fully believed his doctrine. Hath yielded his heart to its influence. Hath set to his seal - To “seal” an instrument is to make it sure...
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...
true . App-175. A characteristic word of this Gospel. See p. 1611.
33. But he who receiveth his testimony. Here he exhorts and encourages the godly to embrace boldly the doctrine of the Gospel, as if he had said that there was no reason why they should be a...
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. Hath set to his seal - That is hath hereby confirmed the truth of the testimony which he has borne; as a testator sets his s...
Hath set to his seal, &c.— Hath made a most becoming and substantial acknowledgment of the veracity of God, who by his prophets in antient times foretold what the nature of the Messiah's kingdo...
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true - gives glory to God whose words Christ sp...
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...
He that hath received. — Better, he that received. “Hath set to his seal,” better, set his seal. It had been so. Earlier disciples, as Andrew and John ( John 1:40 ), had passed from the Forerun...
a Witness to Be Trusted John 3:31-36 Let us all seek to live more habitually in heaven, that is, in contact with the spiritual world. To do our best work in the world it is not necessary to be...
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...
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...
He that hath received his testimony ,.... For there was here and there one that did, who believed in him as the Messiah, and embraced his Gospel, and submitted to his ordinances, and truly and since...
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. Ver. 33. Hath set to his seal, &c. ] Hath given God a testimonial, such as is that, Deuteronomy 32:4 . After which,...
And what he hath seen and heard This is spoken in allusion to what was said in the preceding verse, of his being from above, where he enjoyed the most intimate communications of the divine counsels...
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...
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...
He who hath so believed the testimony of Christ, as to accept him, and to believe in him as his Saviour, hath, by that his believing, set to his seal that God, in all his promises of the Messiah unde...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 value of Christ's testimony:
1 John 5:10 ; 1 John 5:9 ; 2 Corinthians 1:18 ; Hebrews 6:17 ; Romans 3:3 ; Romans 3:4 ; Romans 4:18-21 ; Titus 1:1 ; Titus 1:2
Hath set to his seal — It was customary among the Jews for the witness to set his seal to the testimony he had given. That God is true — Whose words the Messiah speaks.