John 5:39-40. Then (ver. Therefore, it seems to me, He adds verse 24. 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. In Him was life for this scene of death; and it is of faith that it might be by grace. And he saith, I am not. But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. I. Even now faith knows, that instead of sin being the great object before God, ever since the cross He has had before His eyes that sacrifice which put away sin. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Both of them were in relation to man on the earth; the one while He was here, the other from above. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. Verse 39. b. John was not yet cast into prison. 3. There were many witnesses to Christ's claim to deity and His role as Redeemer. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. John 5:24 . The same God who did not leave Himself without witness among the heathen, doing good, and giving from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, did not fail, in the low estate of the Jews, to work by providential power at intervals; and, by the troubled waters of Bethesda, invited the sick, and healed the first who stepped in of whatever disease he had. 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. Commentary on John 5:39-44 (Read John 5:39-44) The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. The dreadful truth comes out: the Lord did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men. (Verses John 1:41-44), On the morrow Jesus begins, directly and indirectly, to call others to follow Himself. "He that believeth on him is not judged: but he that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John. (Verses John 7:16-18) , The Jews kept not the law) and wished to kill Him who healed man in divine love. A second and wholly new man appears the bread of God, not of man, but for men. )7.30: Studio recital by Maurice Turley (boy singer). The issue of all is, that the will of man is the real cause and spring of enmity. Verse 4. . The allusion to the fig-tree confirms this. That these words are commonly read in the imperative mood is sufficiently known; but this reading can never accord well with . Details are not called for now, but just the outline of the truth. But "as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must ( ) the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." 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. Here (John 5:1-47) the first view given of Christ is His person in contrast with the law. ( 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. Leftists Backtrack on Being Wrong About Wuhan Lab Leak Former Communist from East Germany Warns Americans About the Nightmare of Living Under Authoritarian Rule Russia Warms to China as Zelensky Insists Sending America's "Sons & Daughters" to DIE For NATO - FULL SHOW 03/01/23 EcoHealth Alliance Whistleblower: I Believe Ukraine Conflict . Do they receive Him not? As the Lamb of God (of the Father it is not said), He has to do with the world. We have seen already that thus light was shed on men. "He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 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. Art thou Elias? It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? John 5:30-47 Blindness to the Truth of the Scriptures. (ver. Pharisaic jealousy had wrought; and Jesus, wearied, sat thus at the fountain of Jacob's well in Sychar. John 7:24) They reason and are in utter uncertainty. (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." He could be declared only by One who was a divine person in the intimacy of the Godhead, yea, was the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. 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. What can be more evident, or more instructive? not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. FOR SALE! What is there in God more truly divine than grace and truth? John 5:39-47 Search the Scriptures. Nathanael's call is just as clearly typical of Israel in the latter day. 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. They had the mine, and they dug in that mine in quest of the eternal riches. No doubt Jesus Himself had the Holy Ghost given to Him, as it was meet that He in all things should have the pre-eminence; but it shows yet more both the personal glory of Christ and the efficacy of His work, that He now gives the same Spirit to those who receive His testimony, and set to their seal that God is true. Hence, then, we have the Lord Jesus alluding to this fresh necessity, if man was to be blessed according to God. (2) Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, and that is surrounded by five covered colonnades. John Chapter 5 Bible Study Questions (Handout) JOHN 5:1-2 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Glory would be displayed in its day. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. John 1:26-27; John 1:26-27) For himself he was not the Christ, but for Jesus he says no more. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. 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. Christ was the true sanctuary, not that on which man had laboured so long in Jerusalem. It is not merely or most of all a great prophet or witness: He is the Son; and the Father has given all things to be in His hand. 1 t, I*-: I hilharmorut Orchestra "Baron Ncuh h;-> ' Suite (Mtlicnart T International Bible Lesson. Verse 41. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL The charge (Luke 5:33) The explanation (Luke 5:34-39) Hannah's Bible Outlines. 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. Get This Daily Devotional by Email. Lastly, closing this part, we have another most remarkable contrast. Fritzsche, p. 21). 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. Nicodemus, not understanding in the least such a want for himself, expresses his wonder, and hears our Lord increasing in the strength of the requirement. There is no other way in which the new nature is made good in a soul. Sons they might have been in bare title; but these had the right of children. (Ver. As to Himself, He does not go at that time to the feast of tabernacles; but later on He goes up "not openly, but as it were in secret" (verseJohn 7:10; John 7:10), and taught. They did indeed search the Scriptures . (John 5:19 .) "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." 39-44 The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. [Jesus continued,] "You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me. This would make all manifest. A greater work was in hand; and this, as the rest of the chapter shows us, not a Messiah lifted up, but the true bread given He who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world; a dying, not a reigning, Son of man. INTRODUCTION: Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale about a young woman who was tested to determine whether or not she was truly a princess. The contrasts are as strong, at least, as the resemblance with the healing of the centurion's servant in Matthew 13:1-58 and Luke 7:1-50, which some ancients and moderns have confounded with this, as they did Mary's anointing of Jesus with the sinful woman's in Luke 7:1-50. (Ver. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. Here He is not portrayed as the Son of man who must be lifted up, but as the Son of God who was given. 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 first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. 8.0: State Opera Orchestra 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. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he . Also one of the two thus drawn to Him first finds his own brother Simon (with the words, We have found the Messiah), and led him to Jesus, who forthwith gave him his new name in terms which surveyed, with equal ease and certainty, past, present, and future. God does not here condescend to call it His, though, of course, it was His and holy, just, and good, both in itself and in its use, if used lawfully. WITNESS. Changelog Sourced from browserslist's changelog. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? So bright was His glory, so concerned was the Father in maintaining it, so immense the blessing if received, so tremendous the stake involved in its loss, that God vouchsafed the amplest and clearest witnesses. No man hath seen God at any time. (Ver. "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." Search the Scriptures Because the Jews were exceedingly averse to acknowledge Jesus for their Messiah, notwithstanding that the evidences of his mission were so unexceptionable, he appeals, lastly, to their own scriptures, which, for further proof, and their full satisfaction, he desires them to search, because these writings, as they justly supposed, contained the knowledge . 41 "I do not accept glory from human beings, 42 but I know you. God never left Himself without witness; He did not even among the Gentiles, surely yet less in Israel. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. But what we learn is, that our Lord (viewed as having entered into heaven as man on the ground of redemption, i.e., ascended, after having passed through death, into glory) from that glory confers meanwhile the Holy Ghost on him that believes, instead of bringing in at once the final feast of gladness for the Jews and the world, as He will do by-and-by when the anti-typical harvest and vintage has been fulfilled. But Jesus finds him in the temple, and said, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." Jesus explains: "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Now they testify about me; (40) but you will not come to me so that you may receive life. 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 . Verse (39:53) - English Translation. There is the nicest care to maintain His personal glory, no matter what the subject may be. And He did accept that place thoroughly, and in all its consequences. Then He rebukes the carnality of His brethren. Verses 5:5, 6, 7, 8. But here these streams of the Spirit are substituted for the feast of tabernacles, which cannot be accomplished till Christ come from heaven and show Himself to the world; for this time was not yet come. It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. They spoke of the world; the world might hear them. No charge could be remoter from the truth. He acts as such. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. Search the Scriptures . It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. the 'bad people' and But this, however worthy of God, and indispensable for man, could not of itself give an adequate expression of what God is; because in this alone, neither His own love nor the glory of His Son finds due display. We look at how God defines salvation and work through the . 17.30: Slat.' Oporn Orchestra 7.48: "Paul Clifford. Abstract:Editorial on the Research TopicHomeostasis and Allostasis of Thyroid Function A basic understanding of thyroid control involving pituitary thyrotropin (TSH) has become a Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. Each had his own; all are harmonious, all perfect, all divine; but not all so many repetitions of the same thing. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. "Come, see a man that told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" 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. (Verse John 7:39), Nothing can be simpler than this. 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. The Father did not judge, but committed all judgment into the hands of the Son, because He is the Son of man. The man went off, and told the Jews that it was Jesus: and for this they persecuted Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath. 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." (39) Search the scriptures.--Better, Ye search the Scriptures. I apprehend the words the Authorised Version gives in italics should disappear. You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. He entered this world, became flesh, as born of woman; but there was no diminution of His own glory, when He, born of the virgin, walked on earth, or when rejected of man, cut off as Messiah, He was forsaken of God for sin our sin on the cross. On this basisJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 proceeds. Notably He is now applying it to the reconciliation of a people, who are also baptized by the Holy Ghost into one body. And so, in fact, it was and is. 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! And this in consequence of divine influx, so that whoever receives the knowledges of good and truth with his supreme affection, or love, experiences purification from evil, and restoration of spiritual life. (John 5:39) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. The result immediately follows. Believers Delivered from. This statement (verse John 1:15) is a parenthesis, though confirmatory of verse John 1:14, and connects John's testimony with this new section of Christ's manifestation in flesh; as we saw John introduced in the earlier verses, which treated abstractly of Christ's nature as the Word. Just as distinct and beyond comparison is His testimony who, coming from heaven and above all, testifies what He saw and heard, however it might be rejected. Thus it is not only the person of our Lord viewed as divine, and coming down into the world. Clarke's John 5:39 Bible Commentary Search the Scriptures - . So only is man born of God. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. In verses 37 and 38, Jesus criticized the local religious leaders for never hearing the voice of God. 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. How tiresome it is to hear people quote the Savior completely out of context . 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. Further, John attests that he saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and abiding on Him the appointed token that He it is who baptizes with the Holy Ghost even the Son of God. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. The family later hosted a dinner for the honored . Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. In truth, Christian baptism did not yet exist, but only such as the disciples used, like John the Baptist; it was not instituted of Christ till after His resurrection, as it sets forth His death. Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. What a witness all this to His person! This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and 115718567810 There He supposes His full rejection and death. Here, accordingly, it is not so much the means by which life is communicated, as the revelation of the full blessing of grace and communion with the Father and His Son by the Holy Ghost, in whom we are blessed. Thus solemnly does the meek Lord Jesus unfold these two truths. Following on from yesterday's share here is the wastewater treatment explanation, nice and simple as before. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. (See Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 13:11-13) Again, let me just remark in passing, that although, no doubt, we may in a general way speak of those who partake of the new nature as having that life, yet the Holy Ghost refrains from predicating of any saints the full character of eternal life as a present thing until we have the cross of Christ laid (at least doctrinally) as the ground of it.
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