Nay, "the world knew him not." This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and 115718567810 If He put forth His power, it was not only beyond man's measure, but unequivocally divine, however also the humblest and most dependent of men. He also stated he had engaged several contractors, one of which was supposedly set to begin work "in the next week or two.". Jesus raised the corpse of Lazarus from death to life. Nay, the Father has given all judgment to the Son. 4 5 One man was there who had been an . Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. John 1:19-37; John 1:19-37) It is here presented historically. This is the marked effect on the third day (ver. In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Si nous voulons avoir cognoissance de Christ. Flesh and world are judged morally. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. 17.30: Slat.' Oporn Orchestra 7.48: "Paul Clifford. Resurrection will be the proof; the two-fold rising of the dead, not one, but two resurrections. Alas! But even this sufficed not: the Son of man must be lifted up. All this, however, was abstract, whether as to the nature of the Word or as to the place of the Christian. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." In a certain sense, the principle of John 4:1-54 was made true in the woman of Samaria, and in others who received Christ then. John 6:1-14 Philip Fails the Exam . But there was this difference from the former occasion, that, at the marriage in Cana (John 2:1-25), the change of the water into wine was clearly millennial in its typical aspect. Clarke's John 5:39 Bible Commentary Search the Scriptures - . Life out of death was wanted by man, such as he is; and this the Father is giving in the Son. ( NASB: Lockman) Greek: ego de lego ( 1SPAI) umin me antistenai ( AAN) to ponero; all' ostis se rapizei ( 3SPAI) eis ten dexian siagona [sou], strepson ( 2SAAM) auto kai ten allen. Her life is laid before her by His voice, and she confesses to Him that God Himself spoke to her in His words: "Sir [said she], I perceive that thou art a prophet." Thus a despised Christ is not merely a crucified Son of man, and given Son of God, as in John 3:1-36, but Himself a divine giver in communion with the Father, and in the power of the Holy Ghost who is given to the believer, the source of worship, as their God and Father is its object for the worshippers in spirit and truth (though surely not to the exclusion of the Son, Hebrews 1:1-14). Sermon Bible Commentary. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. John 5:39-40 . But let them beware how they perverted it. The issue of all is, that the will of man is the real cause and spring of enmity. Observe: not which was, but "which is." TO-NIGHT (SATURDAY) IYA AUCKLAND (650 k.c. They spoke of the world; the world might hear them. It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? John 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! But this is not the question of grace: not what she was, but what He is who was there to win and bless her, manifesting God and the Father withal, practically and in detail. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. Verse 3. It is now eternal reality, and the name of Jesus Christ is that which puts all things to a final test. (Ver. Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. Their refusal to come to Jesus was despite their searching of the Scriptures ( John 5:39 ). John 6. All this clearly goes down to millennial days. Here was One on earth who knew all secrets. (Verse John 3:10). Now it is that the great question is decided; now it is that a man receives or refuses Christ. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. One needs no more than to read, as believers, these wonderful expressions of the Holy Ghost, where we cannot but feel that we are on ground wholly different from that of the other gospels. Amen. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. Were the Jews zealously keeping the sabbath? It was but preliminary, of course; still it was a deep reality, the then present grace in the person of the Son, the Saviour of the world, who filled their once dark hearts with light and joy. The Son had not come to execute the judgments of the law they knew, nor even to promulgate a new and higher law. It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. This leads Philip to Nathanael, in whose case, when he comes to Jesus, we see not divine power alone in sounding the souls of men, but over creation. THE FINAL THREE PROOFS OF DEITY - John 5:36-40. [Jesus continued,] "You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. The Father did not judge, but committed all judgment into the hands of the Son, because He is the Son of man. Thus, as in the former case the Lord's dealing in Galilee was a type of the future, this appears to be significant of His then present path of grace in that despised quarter of the land. John 7:38; John 7:38) And then we have the comment of the Holy Ghost: "(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)" There is, first, the thirsty soul coming to Jesus and drinking; then there is the power of the Spirit flowing forth from the inner man of the believer in refreshment to others. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? There is a crying need today for people to seek out the wisdom of God as revealed in His Scriptures and make application of it in their lives. But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. And they asked him, What then? God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. COMMENTARY ON THE Gospel of St. John by Anonymous - $70.39. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." "He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. Meanwhile there was a manifestation of goodness, active in love in the midst of evil, and toward such; active in the making known God and man, and every moral relation, and what He is toward man, through and in the Word made flesh. They did indeed search the Scriptures . Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. (Ver. Nevertheless, the heavenly part is little dwelt on, as John's gospel displays our Lord more as the expression of God revealed on earth, than as Man ascended to heaven, which fell far more to the province of the apostle of the Gentiles. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalidsblind, lame, and paralyzed. Why should He not show Himself to the world? These two are interwoven, because what he taught explained what he did, and what he did confirmed what he taught. What more glorious proof than that the Holy Ghost is given not a certain defined power or gift, but the Holy Ghost Himself; for God gives not the Spirit by measure! 29) on which, as it were, Jesus speaks and acts in His grace as here shown on the earth. John 1:17; John 1:17) The law, thus given, was in itself no giver, but an exacter; Jesus, full of grace and truth, gave, instead of requiring or receiving; and He Himself has said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. And while He does not hide the privilege of the Jews, He nevertheless proclaims that "the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. the 'bad people' and It passes over all question of dispensations, until it accomplishes, in all its extent, that purpose for which He thus died. His corporeal presence was not necessary; His word was enough. It is not a question of the law, but of hearing Christ's word, and believing Him who sent Christ: he that does so has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. See John 5:38-40 (printed below), note, especially, verse 38. John 5:19-29), It is evident, then, that the Lord presents life in Himself as the true want of man, who was not merely infirm but dead. (Ver. It finds, of course, a present application, and links itself with that activity of grace in which God is now sending out the gospel to any sinner and every sinner. Thus the Holy Ghost, given by the Son in humiliation (according to God, not acting on law, but according to the gift of grace in the gospel), was fully set forth; but the woman, though interested, and asking, only apprehended a boon for this life to save herself trouble here below. It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. In these two points of view, more particularly, John gives testimony to Christ; He is the lamb as the taker away of the world's sin; the same is He who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. It was sabbath-day. 'You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. ON THE AIR. Here we can see a glimpse of the promise by Jesus of eternal life. In verses 37 and 38, Jesus criticized the local religious leaders for never hearing the voice of God. Clarke's Commentary. Each had his own; all are harmonious, all perfect, all divine; but not all so many repetitions of the same thing. You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. John was not yet cast into prison. 2 Now there is . (VersesJohn 3:7-8; John 3:7-8), It is hardly necessary to furnish detailed disproof of the crude, ill-considered notion (originated by the fathers), that baptism is in question. not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? John 5:1-13 Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. John 5:14-18 Go And Sin No More. This we have had fully before. That these words are commonly read in the imperative mood is sufficiently known; but this reading can never accord well with . Changelog Sourced from browserslist's changelog. Observe, that blessed as the light is, being God's moral nature, truth is more than this, and is introduced by grace. The family later hosted a dinner for the honored . (3) Here a great number of disabled people used to liethe blind, the lame, the paralyzed. FOR SALE! Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher. Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. This gives occasion to Jesus to teach us the lesson that conscience must be reached, and sense of sin produced, before grace is understood and brings forth fruit. It is not simply the new birth such as a saint might, and always must, have had, in order to vital relations with God at any time. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. (Verses John 7:19-23) What judgment could be less righteous? Verse 1. There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. Verse 39. it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only God. This last is the figure of a truth deeper than incarnation, and clearly means communion with His death. infinite truth! The Light, on coming into the world, lightens every man with the fulness of evidence which was in Him, and at once discovers the true state as truly as it will be revealed in the last day when He judges all, as we find it intimated in the gospel afterwards. Hence, then, we have the Lord Jesus alluding to this fresh necessity, if man was to be blessed according to God. The distinctiveness of such a testimony to the Saviour's glory need hardly be pointed out. Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament, Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of). It is evident that the failure of many men to find Christ is not from any deficiency in th. Nor was it yet complete. "And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. And as life is in the person of the Son, so God in sending Him meant not that the smallest uncertainty should exist for aught so momentous. It is here we learn in what condition of His person God was to be revealed and the work done; not what He was in nature, but what He became. John 5:39-40 Searching Scripture and finding Christ I. It is not that He denies the truth of what they were thus desiring and attached to. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. There was purpose in it. for he knew He was the Christ. John 3:17; John 3:17) This decides all before the execution of judgment, Every man's lot is made manifest by his attitude toward God's testimony concerning His Son. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 39 You study[ a] the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. They entered not into His words more than His grace, but thought and spoke, like the Samaritan woman, about things of this life. Let them learn, then, that as Son of man (for which nature they despised Him, and denied His essential personal glory) He will judge; and this judgment will be no passing visitation, such as God has accomplished by angels or men in times past. That the Jews in the time of Jesus were expecting a future state. This language is said of both, but most strongly of the latter. What is there in God more truly divine than grace and truth? The Lord, it is true, could and did go farther than the prophets: even if He taught on the same theme, He could speak with conscious divine dignity and knowledge (not merely what was assigned to an instrument or messenger). (Verse John 3:16), Let it not be passed by, that while the new birth or regeneration is declared to be essential to a part in the kingdom of God, the Lord in urging this intimates that He had not gone beyond the earthly things of that kingdom. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. It is our evangelist's way of indicating His Galilean sojourn; and this miracle is the particular subject that John was led by the Holy Ghost to take up. So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Here, in suited circumstances to render the thought and way of God unmistakable, pure and boundless grace takes its own sovereign course, suitable to the love and personal glory of Christ. "Master, eat," said they. They could not deny Him to be man Son of man. Luke 5 - Disciples Are Called A. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he . Now, it is no longer a question of nature, but of relationship; and hence it is not said simply the Word, but the Son, and the Son in the highest possible character, the only-begotten Son, distinguishing Him thus from any other who might, in a subordinate sense, be son of God "the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father." All rights reserved. Ron DeSantis. By . Whosoever denieth the Son hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those. So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out . John 5. This was necessary for the kingdom of God; not for some special place of glory, but for any and every part of God's kingdom. Glory would be displayed in its day. Furthermore, you do not have his word living in you; for you do not believe the one whom he sent. For though the Son (that eternal life who was with the Father) was a man, in that very position had the Father given Him to have life in Himself, and to execute judgment also, because He is Son of man. Verse 41. But it is important we should know how He entered the world. His joy was that of a friend of the Bridegroom (to whom, not to him, the bride belonged), and now fulfilled as he heard the Bridegroom's voice. As this chapter sets forth the Lord Jesus with singular fulness of glory, on the side both of His Godhead and of His manhood, so it closes with the most varied and remarkable testimonies God has given to us, that there may be no excuse. Bear in mind though that treated wastewater is not This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 53rd verse of chapter 39 ( srat l-zumar ). Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. Man might pull Him down destroy Him, as far as man could, and surely to be the basis in God's hand of better blessing; but He was God, and in three days He would raise up this temple. Christ did not wait till the time was fully come for the old things to pass away, and all to be made new. He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of God. Still, such is the effect on man under law, that he could not take advantage of an adequate remedy. Salem Media Group. 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. One must be born again for God's kingdom a Jew for what was promised him, like another. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He did accept that place thoroughly, and in all its consequences. Check out LPL Financial Research's Weekly Commentary on the market: "Debt Ceiling Primer". The Jews, then, who could not help, and pitied not their fellow in his long infirmity and disappointment, are scandalized to see him, safe and sound, carrying his couch on that day. Hence the Son, being in this ineffable nearness of love, has declared not God only, but the Father. But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. If you're looking for an internship and want to learn from a great leader who is fun, passionate, and enthusiastic - this is it! "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God." How little they conceived of what was then said and done! * He says, One was among them of whom they had no conscious knowledge, "that cometh after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose." David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. (VerseJohn 4:10; John 4:10) Infinite grace! Was this false and blasphemous in their eyes? And Jesus answers, "I that speak unto thee am he." "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. The Word, in order to accomplish these infinite things, "was made. Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for Second Sunday in Lent (Year A), March 5, 2023. The Spirit of God uses that word; it is thus invariably in conversion. The president of the United Church of Christ writes to say he doesn't recognize the Christianity espoused by, and used as a defense for, the actions of Florida Gov. If He judges, it is not without full warning. Before the manner of His manifestation comes before us in verse 14, we have the secret explained why some, and not all, received Christ. You may be familiar with the story: "The Princess and the Pea". And they are they which testify concerning me. But see the blessed fruit of receiving it. It is there that we found the Lord, in the other synoptic gospels, fulfilling His ordinary ministry. The result immediately follows. He tells Philip to follow Him. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. john 8 32) John 5:39 (King James Version) 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. Exegetical Commentary on John 5. Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. John 5:39 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. The hour was one for faith, or unbelief. This brings all to a point; for the woman says, "I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things." Jesus explains: "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Spite of the most express signs, and the manifest finger of God that wrote the ten words on tables of stone, the law sinks into comparative insignificance. (Verses John 5:17-18). "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. (Ver. But the key phrase is "seek out the wisdom of God" because some have come to excel at misusing the Scriptures. It is not now the revelation of God meeting man either in essential nature, or as manifested in flesh; nor is it the course of dispensational dealing presented in a parenthetic as well as mysterious form, beginning with John the Baptist's testimony, and going down to the millennium in the Son, full of grace and truth. Then (ver. (Ver. . We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. I. John 3:31-36) he speaks of His person in contrast with himself and all; of His testimony and of the result, both as to His own glory, and consequently also for the believer on, and the rejecter of, the Son. No mere man, nor angel, not the highest, the archangel, but the Son. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. From the very first, man, being a sinner, was wholly lost. Deeper questions demanded solution. This, of course, supposes the setting aside of Jerusalem, its people and house, as they now are, and is justified by the great fact of Christ's death and resurrection, which is the key to all, though not yet intelligible even to the disciples. So it must be now; for God is revealed; and the Father in grace seeks true worshippers (be they Samaritans or Jews) to worship Him. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. But when the Lord speaks of His cross, and not God's judicial requirements only, but the gift of Himself in His true personal glory as the occasion for the grace of God to display itself to the utmost, then, and not till then, do we hear of eternal life, and this connected with both these points of view. Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. In the beginning of the chapter it was rather an essential indispensable action of the Holy Ghost required; here it is the privilege of the Holy Ghost given. Had it been meant, it was no wonder that Nicodemus did not know how these things could be. There were many witnesses to Christ's claim to deity and His role as Redeemer. What can be conceived more notably standing out in contrast with the governmental system God had set up, and man had known in times past? (Ed. (Verse John 7:39), Nothing can be simpler than this. John 5:19-29 Four Types of Resurrections. When we use the term "Scriptures," we are referring to the entire Bible. Friday, April 15, 2022. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? Rest is not the question now at all; but the flow of the Spirit's power while Jesus is on high. Man, dead in sins, was the object of His grace; but then man's state was such, that it would have been derogatory to God had that life been communicated without the cross of Christ: the Son of man lifted up on it was the One in whom God dealt judicially with the evil estate of man, for the, full consequences of which He made Himself responsible. Matthew 5:39 "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. (ver. Indeed, it is the total eclipse, not merely of law and remedial mercies, but even of promised Messianic glory, by everlasting life and resurrection at the last day. Nor would the rejected Christ, the Son of man; for if lifted up on the cross, instead of having the throne of David, the result would be not merely earthly blessing for His people according to prophecy, but eternal life for the believer, whoever. If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. website along with the . John 5:39-47 Search the Scriptures. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Choose a verse from 'John 5' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org . (39) You study the Scriptures diligently, because you think that eternal life is found in them. Expressly had He told the man to take up his couch and walk, as well as to rise. John 5:25. Search the Scriptures The writings of Moses, and the prophets, which were of divine inspiration and authority, and are often appealed unto by Christ, and his apostles, for the truth of what they delivered; and were the standard of faith, and the test of doctrines; and therefore to be searched diligently into, for finding divine knowledge and improvement in it, and for the trial of . How withering the words! It is not merely a Messiah, who comes and offers Himself, as we find in other gospels, with most painstaking diligence, and presented to their responsibility; but here from the outset the question is viewed as closed. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. Includes commnetary, questions, outline, and applications on John chapter 5:19-47 encouraging life change.
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