John 5:44 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? ”

• John 5:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Which receive honour one of another - Who are studious of praise, and live for pride, ambition, and vainglory. This desire, Jesus says, was the great reason why they would not believe on him. The...

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• John 5:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  This summary suggests that Jesus-' opponents had accused Him of self-glorification. In answer He traces back their failure to accept His message to want of that love of God which their study of Scrip...

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• John 5:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  believe . App-150. one of another . from (Greek. para. App-104) one another. the. Note the Art. here, and not in the preceding clause. God only . the only God (App-98.) Compare 1 Timothy 1...

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• John 5:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  44. How can you believe? As it might be thought harsh to say that those who were from their childhood the trained disciples of the Law and the Prophets, should be charged with such gross ign...

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• John 5:44 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1633 FAITH INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE LOVE OF MAN’S APPLAUSE John 5:44 . How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? IT is c...

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• John 5:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? How can ye believe, which receive honor, etc. - The grand obstacle to the salvation of th...

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• John 5:44 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  How can ye believe, &c.— Our Lord observes, that this infidelity of the Jewish rulers (see on John 5:15 .) was owing in a great measure to their pride. They who had all along preached glorious...

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• John 5:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour th...

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• John 5:44 - 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 5:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  How can ye believe...? — The emphasis is again on the pronoun. It is not possible that ye should believe in Me, as our whole position is entirely different. Ye receive glory from men. I do not (...

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• John 5:44 - 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 5:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Willful Rejection of Truth Condemned John 5:39-47 Our Lord was accused by the Jews of Sabbath breaking. There were many grounds on which He might have claimed exoneration, but He forbore to use...

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• John 5:44 - 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 5:44 - 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 5:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another ?.... As the Scribes and Pharisees did, who were ambitious of honour and respect from one another, as well as from the common people; doing al...

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• John 5:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Ver. 44. Which receive honour one of another ] Faith empties a man of himself, purget...

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• John 5:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  How can ye believe which receive honour one of another That is, while ye seek the praise of men, rather than the praise of God? In other words, “How can such persons as you believe in me, whose cha...

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• John 5:44 - 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 5:44 - 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 5:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It is evident that by receiving honour from one another, is here to be understood the seeking and pursuing of honour and applause from men, without regard to the praise of God: so also 1 Thessalo...

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• John 5:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “How can you believe who receive praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?” He then questions how they can possibly believe when their main concern is not the...

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• John 5:44 - 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 5:44 - 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 5:44 - 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 5:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another? False and true glory Something is lost in this rendering of “honour” in the place of glory. More is lost by the substitution of “from Go...

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• John 5:44 - 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 5:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The authority of the Scriptures:

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• John 5:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 1 Peter 1:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:30 ; 2 Chronicles 6:8 ; 2 Corinthians 10:18 ; Galatians 5:19-21 ; Hebrews 3:12 ; James 2:1 ; Jeremiah 13:23 ; John 12:43 ; John 3:20 ; John 8:...

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• John 5:44 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  While ye receive honour — That is, while ye seek the praise of men rather than the praise of God. At the feast of pentecost, kept in commemoration of the giving the law from Mount Sinai, their serm...

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