John 1:6

Acts 13:24; Isaiah 40:3-5; John 1:33; John 3:28; Luke 1:13; Luke 1:15-17; Luke 1:61-63; Luke 1:76; Luke 3:2-20; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:5; Malachi 4:6; Mark 1:1-8; Matthew 11:10; Matthew 21:25; Matthew 3:1-11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A man sent from God - See Matthew 3 . The evangelist proceeds now to show that John the Baptist was not the Messiah and to state the true nature...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John. (4) There is another more full manifestation of the Son of God, by the consideration of wh...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Preparation for the Final Manifestation. The way was prepared for the final revelation by the work of John. The author takes the opportunity of...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

There was . There arose. Not the same word as in John 1:1 . sent. Compare Malachi 3:1 . Greek apostello (App-174.), whence we have our "Apost...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. There was a man. The Evangelist now begins to discourse about the manner in which the Son of God was manifested in flesh; and that none ma...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. Whose name was John - This was John the Baptist; see his name and the nature of his office expl...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There was a man sent from God,— The evangelist, in giving the history of the Baptist's ministry, tells us, in the first place that he was merely a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. In approaching his grand thesis-the h...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Divinity and Incarnation of the Word. Witness of John. The First Disciples 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parenthesis: The mission of Christ's forerunner, John the Baptist. Perhaps this section is directed against those followers of the Baptist who main...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There was a man, or, There appeared a man. The word is the same as that which is used in John 1:3 , “were made,” “was made,” and, as contrasted...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 1 THE INCARNATION. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with Go...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH. John 1:1-18 . In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by which His relation to...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 1:15-34 Chapter 3 THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY. “There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for witness, that he mig...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John: (7) The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might bel...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There was a man sent from God ,.... John the Baptist: he was not the Logos, or word; nor was he an angel, but a man; yet an extraordinary one, in hi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There was a man sent from God The introducer of a new dispensation, the morning star, preceding the rise of the Sun of righteousness; whose name w...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13 , speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no be...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John the Baptist and the Logos:
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There was a man — The evangelist now proceeds to him who testified of the light, which he had spoken of in John 1:1-5 .

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Related Commentaries of John 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 1:6