John 3:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. ”

• John 3:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whom God hath sent - The Messiah. Speaketh the words of God - The truth, or commands of God. For God giveth not the Spirit - The Spirit of God. Though Jesus was God as well as man, yet, a...

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• John 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  words . Greek. Plural of rhema. See note on Mark 9:32 . for God , &c. Greek."for the Spirit giveth not [the words of God] by measure [unto Him]". God . [L]. [Tr.]. WH R., not Syriac, omit...

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• John 3:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God. He confirms the preceding statement, for he shows that we have actually to do with God, when we receive the doctrine of Christ; becau...

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• John 3:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him . For God giveth not the Spirit by measure - He is the most perfect of all teachers, as having...

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• John 3:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• John 3:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by m...

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• John 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For he whom God hath sent. — Better, he whom God sent. The acceptance of the witness of things seen and heard is the attestation by the human spirit of the truthfulness of God, for Jesus is as on...

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• John 3:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• John 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For he whom God hath sent ,.... Still meaning Christ, who was sent in human nature, in the likeness of sinful flesh, in the fulness of time; to be the Saviour of the world, of that which was lost, o...

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• John 3:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him . Ver. 34. Speaketh the words of God ] This the true believer is convinced of; and therefor...

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• John 3:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He whom God hath sent out of heaven, out of his bosom, not merely authorizing him as a minister, as the prophets and as John were sent, speaketh nothing but the words of God. The prophets and t...

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• John 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The value of Christ's testimony:

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• John 3:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 2:9 ; Colossians 1:19 ; Colossians 2:9 ; Ephesians 3:8 ; Ephesians 4:7-13 ; Isaiah 11:2-5 ; Isaiah 59:21 ; Isaiah 62:1-3 ; John 1:16 ; John 15:26 ; John 16:7 ; John 3:17 ; John 5...

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• John 3:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  God giveth not him the Spirit by measure — As he did to the prophets, but immeasurably. Hence he speaketh the words of God in the most perfect manner.

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