John 5:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. ”

• John 5:35 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He was - It is probable that John had been cast into prison before this. Hence, his public ministry had ceased, and our Saviour says he was such a light. Light - The word in the original prop...

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• John 5:35 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for (q) a season to rejoice in his light. (q) A little while.

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• John 5:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Witness. The subject is introduced abruptly, but rises naturally out of the circumstances. The claims made, if less than the author represents them, were such as to raise the question of authority....

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• John 5:35 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a... light . the... lamp. Greek. luchnos. App-130. A common Rabbinic idiom for. famous man. In contrast with Christ ( John 8:12 ). for. Greek. pros. App-104. season . Greek. hour, put by Fi...

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• John 5:35 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  35. He was a burning and shining lamp. When he calls John a burning lamp, this proves their ingratitude; for it follows that they are only blind, because they choose to be so, since God k...

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• John 5:35 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1629 JOHN BAPTIST’S CHARACTER John 5:35 . He was a burning and a shining light . IT might well be expected that the advent of the Messiah should be marked by such concurrent circumst...

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• John 5:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. He was a burning and a shining light - Ην ὁ λυχνος ὁ καιομενος και φαινων, should be translated, He w...

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• John 5:35 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He was a burning and a shining light:— This is the character given of Elias, Sir 48:1 and is properly applied by our Lord to John, who came in the spirit and power of Elias, being both a shini...

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• John 5:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. He was a burning and a shining light, х ho ( G3588 ) luchnos ( G3088 ) ho ( G3588...

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• John 5:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly...

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• John 5:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He was a burning and a shining light. — Better, He was the lamp that is lighted and (then) giveth light. The statement of the Prologue, “He was not the Light, but came to bear witness of the Li...

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• John 5:35 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these thin...

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• John 5:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jesus' Works His Sufficient Witness John 5:30-38 The one desire and purpose of our Lord was to do God's will. We cannot penetrate the mystery of His ineffable being, but clearly, so far as His...

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• John 5:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter w...

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• John 5:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbat...

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• John 5:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He was a burning and a shining light ,.... He was not that light, the famous light, the Messiah, the sun of righteousness; yet he was the "phosphorus", the forerunner of that light, and was himself...

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• John 5:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. Ver. 35. He was a burning, &c. ] Burning in himself, and shining to others; or as it was said o...

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• John 5:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  If I bear witness of myself my witness is not true Heylin and Wesley read, is not valid; Doddridge, is not [ to be admitted as ] true; and Campbell, is not to be regarded; observing, “In e...

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• John 5:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of...

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• John 5:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved.       31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.   32 The...

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• John 5:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; I do not speak this to lessen John in any of your thoughts; he was a famous light, burning in the knowledge and love of the truth; shining both in his doctrine, in publishing the truth, and...

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• John 5:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Witnesses to the Genuineness of His Authority ( John 5:31-40 ). Jesus now goes on to describe the witnesses which support Him: · He is the One to Whom the Father has borne witness ( John 5:37 )...

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• John 5:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 5:19 . The Son can do nothing of Himself. —This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17 . He is still speaking of the eternal relation in wh...

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• John 5:35 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 5:24 . Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent h...

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• John 5:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for...

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• John 5:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

  If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of Me The witnesses of the Son I. A GREAT WITNESS, His forerunner. The Baptist as a witness for Christ...

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• John 5:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH...

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• John 5:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Witness of John, of the Father, and of Scriptures. A reference to John:

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• John 5:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 1:19 ; Ezekiel 33:31 ; Galatians 4:15 ; Galatians 4:16 ; John 1:7 ; John 1:8 ; John 6:66 ; Luke 1:15-17 ; Luke 1:76 ; Luke 1:77 ; Luke 7:28 ; Mark 6:20 ; Matthew 11:11 ; Matthew...

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• John 5:35 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Son of God and God the Son John 5:31-35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The greatest of all questions is the one suggested in the twenty-second chapter of Matthew: "What think ye of Christ? whose Son is He...

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• John 5:35 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He was a burning and a shining light — Inwardly burning with love and zeal, outwardly shining in all holiness. And even ye were willing for a season — A short time only.

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