THE WORD MADE FLESH. (Joh 1:1-14) In the beginning--of all time and created existence, for this Word gave it being (Joh 1:3, Joh 1:10); therefore, "before the world was" (Joh 17:5, Joh 17:24); or, from all eternity. w…
1En el principio era el Verbo, y el Verbo era con Dios, y el Verbo era Dios.
2Este era en el principio con Dios.
3Todas las cosas por él fueron hechas, y sin él nada de lo que ha sido hecho, fue hecho.
4En él estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres.
5La luz en las tinieblas resplandece, y las tinieblas no prevalecieron contra ella.
6Hubo un hombre enviado de Dios, el cual se llamaba Juan.
7Este vino por testimonio, para que diese testimonio de la luz, a fin de que todos creyesen por él.
8No era él la luz, sino para que diese testimonio de la luz.
9Aquella luz verdadera, que alumbra a todo hombre, venía a este mundo.
10En el mundo estaba, y el mundo por él fue hecho; pero el mundo no le conoció.
11A lo suyo vino, y los suyos no le recibieron.
12Mas a todos los que le recibieron, a los que creen en su nombre, les dio potestad de ser hechos hijos de Dios;
13los cuales no son engendrados de sangre, ni de voluntad de carne, ni de voluntad de varón, sino de Dios.
14Y aquel Verbo fue hecho carne, y habitó entre nosotros (y vimos su gloria, gloria como del unigénito del Padre), lleno de gracia y de verdad.
15Juan dio testimonio de él, y clamó diciendo: Este es de quien yo decía: El que viene después de mí, es antes de mí; porque era primero que yo.
16Porque de su plenitud tomamos todos, y gracia sobre gracia.
17Pues la ley por medio de Moisés fue dada, pero la gracia y la verdad vinieron por medio de Jesucristo.
18A Dios nadie le vio jamás; el unigénito Hijo, que está en el seno del Padre, él le ha dado a conocer.
19Este es el testimonio de Juan, cuando los judíos enviaron de Jerusalén sacerdotes y levitas para que le preguntasen: ¿Tú, quién eres?
20Confesó, y no negó, sino confesó: Yo no soy el Cristo.
21Y le preguntaron: ¿Qué pues? ¿Eres tú Elías? Dijo: No soy. ¿Eres tú el profeta? Y respondió: No.
22Le dijeron: ¿Pues quién eres? para que demos respuesta a los que nos enviaron. ¿Qué dices de ti mismo?
23Dijo: Yo soy la voz de uno que clama en el desierto: Enderezad el camino del Señor, como dijo el profeta Isaías.
24Y los que habían sido enviados eran de los fariseos.
25Y le preguntaron, y le dijeron: ¿Por qué, pues, bautizas, si tú no eres el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el profeta?
26Juan les respondió diciendo: Yo bautizo con agua; mas en medio de vosotros está uno a quien vosotros no conocéis.
27Este es el que viene después de mí, el que es antes de mí, del cual yo no soy digno de desatar la correa del calzado.
28Estas cosas sucedieron en Betábara, al otro lado del Jordán, donde Juan estaba bautizando.
29El siguiente día vio Juan a Jesús que venía a él, y dijo: He aquí el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo.
30Este es aquel de quien yo dije: Después de mí viene un varón, el cual es antes de mí; porque era primero que yo.
31Y yo no le conocía; mas para que fuese manifestado a Israel, por esto vine yo bautizando con agua.
32También dio Juan testimonio, diciendo: Vi al Espíritu que descendía del cielo como paloma, y permaneció sobre él.
33Y yo no le conocía; pero el que me envió a bautizar con agua, aquel me dijo: Sobre quien veas descender el Espíritu y que permanece sobre él, ese es el que bautiza con el Espíritu Santo.
34Y yo le vi, y he dado testimonio de que este es el Hijo de Dios.
35El siguiente día otra vez estaba Juan, y dos de sus discípulos.
36Y mirando a Jesús que andaba por allí, dijo: He aquí el Cordero de Dios.
37Le oyeron hablar los dos discípulos, y siguieron a Jesús.
38Y volviéndose Jesús, y viendo que le seguían, les dijo: ¿Qué buscáis? Ellos le dijeron: Rabí (que traducido es, Maestro), ¿dónde moras?
39Les dijo: Venid y ved. Fueron, y vieron donde moraba, y se quedaron con él aquel día; porque era como la hora décima.
40Andrés, hermano de Simón Pedro, era uno de los dos que habían oído a Juan, y habían seguido a Jesús.
41Este halló primero a su hermano Simón, y le dijo: Hemos hallado al Mesías (que traducido es, el Cristo).
42Y le trajo a Jesús. Y mirándole Jesús, dijo: Tú eres Simón, hijo de Jonás; tú serás llamado Cefas (que quiere decir, Pedro).
43El siguiente día quiso Jesús ir a Galilea, y halló a Felipe, y le dijo: Sígueme.
44Y Felipe era de Betsaida, la ciudad de Andrés y Pedro.
45Felipe halló a Natanael, y le dijo: Hemos hallado a aquel de quien escribió Moisés en la ley, así como los profetas: a Jesús, el hijo de José, de Nazaret.
46Natanael le dijo: ¿De Nazaret puede salir algo de bueno? Le dijo Felipe: Ven y ve.
47Cuando Jesús vio a Natanael que se le acercaba, dijo de él: He aquí un verdadero israelita, en quien no hay engaño.
48Le dijo Natanael: ¿De dónde me conoces? Respondió Jesús y le dijo: Antes que Felipe te llamara, cuando estabas debajo de la higuera, te vi.
49Respondió Natanael y le dijo: Rabí, tú eres el Hijo de Dios; tú eres el Rey de Israel.
50Respondió Jesús y le dijo: ¿Porque te dije: Te vi debajo de la higuera, crees? Cosas mayores que estas verás.
51Y le dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo: De aquí en adelante veréis el cielo abierto, y a los ángeles de Dios que suben y descienden sobre el Hijo del Hombre.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. The same, &c.--See what property of the Word the stress is laid upon--His eternal distinctness, i…
The same, &c.--See what property of the Word the stress is laid upon--His eternal distinctness, in unity, from God--the Father (Joh 1:2).
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II. All things, &c.--all things absolutely (as is evident from Joh 1:10; Co1 8:6; Col 1:16-17; but pu…
All things, &c.--all things absolutely (as is evident from Joh 1:10; Co1 8:6; Col 1:16-17; but put beyond question by what follows).
without Him was not any thing--not one thing.
made--brought into being.
that was made--This is a denial of the eternity and non-creation of matter, which was held by the whole thinking world outside of Judaism and Christianity: or rather, its proper creation was never so much as dreamt of save by the children of revealed religion.
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III. In Him was life--essentially and originally, as the previous verses show to be the meaning. Thus …
In Him was life--essentially and originally, as the previous verses show to be the meaning. Thus He is the Living Word, or, as He is called in Jo1 1:1-2, "the Word of Life."
the life . . . the light of men--All that in men which is true light--knowledge, integrity, intelligent, willing subjection to God, love to Him and to their fellow creatures, wisdom, purity, holy joy, rational happiness--all this "light of men" has its fountain in the essential original "life" of "the Word" (Jo1 1:5-7; Psa 36:9).
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IV. shineth in darkness, &c.--in this dark, fallen world, or in mankind "sitting in darkness and the …
shineth in darkness, &c.--in this dark, fallen world, or in mankind "sitting in darkness and the shadow of death," with no ability to find the way either of truth or of holiness. In this thick darkness, and consequent intellectual and moral obliquity, "the light of the Word" shineth--by all the rays whether of natural or revealed teaching which men (apart from the Incarnation of the Word) are favored with.
the darkness comprehended it not--did not take it in, a brief summary of the effect of all the strivings of this unincarnate Word throughout this wide world from the beginning, and a hint of the necessity of His putting on flesh, if any recovery of men was to be effected (Co1 1:21).
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V. The Evangelist here approaches his grand thesis, so paving his way for the full statement of it i…
The Evangelist here approaches his grand thesis, so paving his way for the full statement of it in Joh 1:14, that we may be able to bear the bright light of it, and take in its length and breadth and depth and height.
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VI. through him--John.
through him--John.
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VII. not that Light--(See on Joh 5:35). What a testimony to John to have to explain that "he was not t…
not that Light--(See on Joh 5:35). What a testimony to John to have to explain that "he was not that Light!" Yet was he but a foil to set it off, his night-taper dwindling before the Dayspring from on high (Joh 3:30).
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VIII. lighteth every man, &c.--rather, "which, coming into the world, enlighteneth every man"; or, is "…
lighteth every man, &c.--rather, "which, coming into the world, enlighteneth every man"; or, is "the Light of the world" (Joh 9:5). "Coming into the world" is a superfluous and quite unusual description of "every man"; but it is of all descriptions of Christ amongst the most familiar, especially in the writings of this Evangelist (Joh 12:46; Joh 16:28; Joh 18:37; Jo1 4:9; Ti1 1:15, &c.).
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IX. He was in the world, &c.--The language here is nearly as wonderful as the thought. Observe its co…
He was in the world, &c.--The language here is nearly as wonderful as the thought. Observe its compact simplicity, its sonorousness--"the world" resounding in each of its three members--and the enigmatic form in which it is couched, startling the reader and setting his ingenuity a-working to solve the stupendous enigma of Christ ignored in His own world. "The world," in the first two clauses, plainly means the created world, into which He came, says Joh 1:9; "in it He was," says this verse. By His Incarnation, He became an inhabitant of it, and bound up with it. Yet it "was made by Him" (Joh 1:3-5). Here, then, it is merely alluded to, in contrast partly with His being in it, but still more with the reception He met with from it. "The world that knew Him not" (Jo1 3:1) is of course the intelligent world of mankind. (See on Joh 1:11-12). Taking the first two clauses as one statement, we try to apprehend it by thinking of the infant Christ conceived in the womb and born in the arms of His own creature, and of the Man Christ Jesus breathing His own air, treading His own ground, supported by substances to which He Himself gave being, and the Creator of the very men whom He came to save. But the most vivid commentary on this entire verse will be got by tracing (in His matchless history) Him of whom it speaks walking amidst all the elements of nature, the diseases of men and death itself, the secrets of the human heart, and "the rulers of the darkness of this world" in all their number, subtlety, and malignity, not only with absolute ease, as their conscious Lord, but, as we might say, with full consciousness on their part of the presence of their Maker, whose will to one and all of them was law. And this is He of whom it is added, "the world knew Him not!"
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X. his own--"His own" (property or possession), for the word is in the neuter gender. It means His o…
his own--"His own" (property or possession), for the word is in the neuter gender. It means His own land, city, temple, Messianic rights and possessions.
and his own--"His own (people)"; for now the word is masculine. It means the Jews, as the "peculiar people." Both they and their land, with all that this included, were "HIS OWN," not so much as part of "the world which was made by Him," but as "THE HEIR" of the inheritance (Luk 20:14; see also on Mat 22:1).
received him not--nationally, as God's chosen witnesses.
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XI. But as many--individuals, of the "disobedient and gainsaying people."
But as many--individuals, of the "disobedient and gainsaying people."
gave he power--The word signifies both authority and ability, and both are certainly meant here.
to become--Mark these words: Jesus is the Son of God; He is never said to have become such.
the sons--or more simply, "sons of God," in name and in nature.
believe on his name--a phrase never used in Scripture of any mere creature, to express the credit given to human testimony, even of prophets or apostles, inasmuch it carries with it the idea of trust proper only towards GOD. In this sense of supreme faith, as due to Him who "gives those that believe in Himself power to become sons of God," it is manifestly used here.
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XII. Which were born--a sonship therefore not of mere title and privilege, but of nature, the soul bei…
Which were born--a sonship therefore not of mere title and privilege, but of nature, the soul being made conscious of the vital capacities, perceptions, and emotions of a child of God, before unknown.
not of blood, &c.--not of superior human descent, not of human generation at all, not of man in any manner of way. By this elaborate threefold denial of the human source of this sonship, immense force is given to what follows,
but of God--Right royal gift, and He who confers must be absolutely divine. For who would not worship Him who can bring him into the family, and evoke within him the very life, of the sons of God?
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XIII. And the Word, &c.--To raise the reader to the altitude of this climax were the thirteen foregoing…
And the Word, &c.--To raise the reader to the altitude of this climax were the thirteen foregoing verses written.
was made flesh--BECAME MAN, in man's present frail, mortal condition, denoted by the word "flesh" (Isa 40:6; Pe1 1:24). It is directed probably against the DocetÃ&brvbr, who held that Christ was not really but only apparently man; against whom this gentle spirit is vehement in his Epistles (Jo1 4:3; Jo2 1:7, Jo2 1:10-11), [LUCKE, &c.]. Nor could He be too much so, for with the verity of the Incarnation all substantial Christianity vanishes. But now, married to our nature, henceforth He is as personally conscious of all that is strictly human as of all that is properly divine; and our nature is in His Person redeemed and quickened, ennobled and transfigured.
and dwelt--tabernacled or pitched his tent; a word peculiar to John, who uses it four times, all in the sense of a permanent stay (Rev 7:15; Rev 12:12; Rev 13:6; Rev 21:3). For ever wedded to our "flesh," He has entered this tabernacle to "go no more out." The allusion is to that tabernacle where dwelt the Shekinah (see on Mat 23:38-39), or manifested "GLORY OF THE LORD," and with reference to God's permanent dwelling among His people (Lev 26:11; Psa 68:18; Psa 132:13-14; Eze 37:27). This is put almost beyond doubt by what immediately follows, "And we beheld his glory" [LUCKE, MEYER, DE WETTE which last critic, rising higher than usual, says that thus were perfected all former partial manifestations of God in an essentially Personal and historically Human manifestation].
full of grace and truth--So it should read: "He dwelt among us full of grace and truth"; or, in Old Testament phrase, "Mercy and truth," denoting the whole fruit of God's purposes of love towards sinners of mankind, which until now existed only in promise, and the fulfilment at length of that promise in Christ; in one great word, "the SURE MERCIES of David" (Isa 55:3; Act 13:34; compare Sa2 23:5). In His Person all that Grace and Truth which had been floating so long in shadowy forms, and darting into the souls of the poor and needy its broken beams, took everlasting possession of human flesh and filled it full. By this Incarnation of Grace and Truth, the teaching of thousands of years was at once transcended and beggared, and the family of God sprang into Manhood.
and we beheld his glory--not by the eye of sense, which saw in Him only "the carpenter." His glory was "spiritually discerned" (Co1 2:7-15; Co2 3:18; Co2 4:4, Co2 4:6; Co2 5:16) --the glory of surpassing grace, love, tenderness, wisdom, purity, spirituality; majesty and meekness, richness and poverty, power and weakness, meeting together in unique contrast; ever attracting and at times ravishing the "babes" that followed and forsook all for Him.
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father--(See on Luk 1:35); not like, but "such as (belongs to)," such as became or was befitting the only begotten of the Father [CHRYSOSTOM in LUCKE, CALVIN, &c.], according to a well-known use of the word "as."
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XIV. A SAYING OF THE BAPTIST CONFIRMATORY OF THIS. (Joh 1:15)
A SAYING OF THE BAPTIST CONFIRMATORY OF THIS. (Joh 1:15)
after me--in official manifestation.
before me--in rank and dignity.
for he was before me--in existence; "His goings forth being from of old, from everlasting" (Mic 5:2). (Anything lower than this His words cannot mean); that is, "My Successor is my Superior, for He was my Predecessor." This enigmatic play upon the different senses of the words "before" and "after" was doubtless employed by the Baptist to arrest attention, and rivet the thought; and the Evangelist introduces it just to clinch his own statements.
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XV. SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. (Joh 1:16-18)
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. (Joh 1:16-18)
of his fulness--of "grace and truth," resuming the thread of Joh 1:14.
grace for grace--that is, grace upon grace (so all the best interpreters), in successive communications and larger measures, as each was able to take it in. Observe, the word "truth" is here dropped. "Grace" being the chosen New Testament word for the whole fulness of the new covenant, all that dwells in Christ for men.
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16. For, &c.--The Law elicits the consciousness of sin and the need of redemption; it only typifies t…
For, &c.--The Law elicits the consciousness of sin and the need of redemption; it only typifies the reality. The Gospel, on the contrary, actually communicates reality and power from above (compare Rom 6:14). Hence Paul terms the Old Testament "shadow," while he calls the New Testament "substance" (Col 2:17) [OLSHAUSEN].
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17. No man--"No one," in the widest sense.
No man--"No one," in the widest sense.
hath seen God--by immediate gaze, or direct intuition.
in the bosom of the Father--A remarkable expression, used only here, presupposing the Son's conscious existence distinct from the Father, and expressing His immediate and most endeared access to, and absolute acquaintance with, Him.
he--emphatic; As if he should say, "He and He only hath declared Him," because He only can.
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18. THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY TO CHRIST. (John 1:19-36)
THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY TO CHRIST. (John 1:19-36)
record--testimony.
the Jews--that is, the heads of the nation, the members of the Sanhedrim. In this peculiar sense our Evangelist seems always to use the term.
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19. confessed, &c.--that is, While many were ready to hail him as the Christ, he neither gave the sli…
confessed, &c.--that is, While many were ready to hail him as the Christ, he neither gave the slightest ground for such views, nor the least entertainment to them.
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Versículo 21
20. Elias--in His own proper person.
Elias--in His own proper person.
that prophet--announced in Deu 18:15, &c., about whom they seem not to have been agreed whether he were the same with the Messiah or no.
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21. Why baptizest thou, if not, &c.--Thinking he disclaimed any special connection with Messiah's kin…
Why baptizest thou, if not, &c.--Thinking he disclaimed any special connection with Messiah's kingdom, they demand his right to gather disciples by baptism.
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22. there standeth--This must have been spoken after the baptism of Christ, and possibly just after H…
there standeth--This must have been spoken after the baptism of Christ, and possibly just after His temptation (see on Joh 1:29).
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23. Bethabara--Rather, "Bethany" (according to nearly all the best and most ancient manuscripts); not…
Bethabara--Rather, "Bethany" (according to nearly all the best and most ancient manuscripts); not the Bethany of Lazarus, but another of the same name, and distinguished from it as lying "beyond Jordan," on the east.
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Versículo 29
24. seeth Jesus--fresh, probably, from the scene of the temptation.
seeth Jesus--fresh, probably, from the scene of the temptation.
coming unto him--as to congenial company (Act 4:23), and to receive from him His first greeting.
and saith--catching a sublime inspiration at the sight of Him approaching.
the Lamb of God--the one God-ordained, God-gifted sacrificial offering.
that taketh away--taketh up and taketh away. The word signifies both, as does the corresponding Hebrew word. Applied to sin, it means to be chargeable with the guilt of it (Exo 28:38; Lev 5:1; Eze 18:20), and to bear it away (as often). In the Levitical victims both ideas met, as they do in Christ, the people's guilt being viewed as transferred to them, avenged in their death, and so borne away by them (Lev 4:15; Lev 16:15, Lev 16:21-22; and compare Isa 53:6-12; Co2 5:21).
the sin--The singular number being used to mark the collective burden and all-embracing efficacy.
of the world--not of Israel only, for whom the typical victims were exclusively offered. Wherever there shall live a sinner throughout the wide world, sinking under that burden too heavy for him to bear, he shall find in this "Lamb of God," a shoulder equal to the weight. The right note was struck at the first--balm, doubtless, to Christ's own spirit; nor was ever after, or ever will be, a more glorious utterance.
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25. knew him not--Living mostly apart, the one at Nazareth, the other in the Judean desert--to preven…
knew him not--Living mostly apart, the one at Nazareth, the other in the Judean desert--to prevent all appearance of collusion, John only knew that at a definite time after his own call, his Master would show Himself. As He drew near for baptism one day, the last of all the crowd, the spirit of the Baptist heaving under a divine presentiment that the moment had at length arrived, and an air of unwonted serenity and dignity, not without traits, probably, of the family features, appearing in this Stranger, the Spirit said to him as to Samuel of his youthful type, "Arise, anoint Him, for this is He!" (Sa1 16:12). But the sign which he was told to expect was the visible descent of the Spirit upon Him as He emerged out of the baptismal water. Then, catching up the voice from heaven, "he saw and bare record that this is the Son of God."
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26. John stood--"was standing," at his accustomed place.
John stood--"was standing," at his accustomed place.
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27. looking--having fixed his eyes, with significant gaze, on Jesus.
looking--having fixed his eyes, with significant gaze, on Jesus.
as he walked--but not now to him. To have done this once (see on Joh 1:29) was humility enough [BENGEL].
Behold, &c.--The repetition of that wonderful proclamation, in identical terms and without another word, could only have been meant as a gentle hint to go after Him--as they did.
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28. FIRST GATHERING OF DISCIPLES--JOHN ANDREW, SIMON, PHILIP, NATHANAEL. (Joh 1:37-51)
FIRST GATHERING OF DISCIPLES--JOHN ANDREW, SIMON, PHILIP, NATHANAEL. (Joh 1:37-51)
What seek ye--gentle, winning question, remarkable as the Redeemer's first public utterance. (See on Mat 12:18-20.)
where dwellest thou--that is, "That is a question we cannot answer in a moment; but had we Thy company for a calm hour in private, gladly should we open our burden."
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29. Come and see--His second utterance, more winning still.
Come and see--His second utterance, more winning still.
tenth hour--not ten A.M. (as some), according to Roman, but four P.M., according to Jewish reckoning, which John follows. The hour is mentioned to show why they stayed out the day with him--because little of it remained.
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30. One . . . was Andrew--The other was doubtless our Evangelist himself. His great sensitiveness is …
One . . . was Andrew--The other was doubtless our Evangelist himself. His great sensitiveness is touchingly shown in his representation of this first contact with the Lord; the circumstances are present to him in the minutest details; he still remembers the Very hour. But "he reports no particulars of those discourses of the Lord by which he was bound to Him for the whole of His life; he allows everything personal to retire" [OLSHAUSEN].
Peter's brother--and the elder of the two.
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31. have found the Messias--The previous preparation of their simple hearts under the Baptist's minis…
have found the Messias--The previous preparation of their simple hearts under the Baptist's ministry, made quick work of this blessed conviction, while others hesitated till doubt settled into obduracy. So it is still.
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32. brought him to Jesus--Happy brothers that thus do to each other!
brought him to Jesus--Happy brothers that thus do to each other!
beheld him--fixed his eyes on him, with significant gaze (as Joh 1:36).
Cephas . . . stone--(See on Mat 16:18).
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33. would go . . . into Galilee--for from His baptism He had sojourned in Judea (showing that the cal…
would go . . . into Galilee--for from His baptism He had sojourned in Judea (showing that the calling at the Sea of Galilee [Mat 4:18] was a subsequent one, see on Luk 5:1).
Follow me--the first express call given, the former three having come to Him spontaneously.
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34. the city of Andrew and Peter--of their birth probably, for they seem to have lived at Capernaum (…
the city of Andrew and Peter--of their birth probably, for they seem to have lived at Capernaum (Mar 1:29).
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35. Nathanael--(See on Mat 10:3).
Nathanael--(See on Mat 10:3).
Moses--(See Joh 5:46).
son of Joseph--the current way of speaking. (See Luk 3:23).
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36. any good out of Nazareth--remembering Bethlehem, perhaps, as Messiah's predicted birthplace, and …
any good out of Nazareth--remembering Bethlehem, perhaps, as Messiah's predicted birthplace, and Nazareth having no express prophetic place at all, besides being in no repute. The question sprang from mere dread of mistake in a matter so vital.
Come and see--Noble remedy against preconceived opinions [BENGEL]. Philip, though he could not perhaps solve his difficulty, could show him how to get rid of it. (See on Joh 6:68).
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37. an Israelite indeed . . . no guile--not only no hypocrite, but with a guileless simplicity not al…
an Israelite indeed . . . no guile--not only no hypocrite, but with a guileless simplicity not always found even in God's own people, ready to follow wherever truth might lead him, saying, Samuel-like, "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth" (Sa1 3:10).
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38. Whence knowest thou me--conscious that his very heart had been read, and at this critical moment …
Whence knowest thou me--conscious that his very heart had been read, and at this critical moment more than ever before.
Before Philip called thee--showing He knew all that passed between Philip and him at a distance.
when . . . under the fig tree, &c.--where retirement for meditation and prayer was not uncommon [LIGHTFOOT]. Thither, probably--hearing that his master's Master had at length appeared, and heaving with mingled eagerness to behold Him and dread of deception--he had retired to pour out his guileless heart for light and guidance, ending with such a prayer as this, "Show me a token for good!" (See on Luk 2:8). Now he has it, "Thou guileless one, that fig tree scene, with all its heaving anxieties, deep pleadings and tremulous hopes--I saw it all." The first words of Jesus had astonished, but this quite overpowered and won him.
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39. Son of God . . . King of Israel--the one denoting His person, the other His office. How much loft…
Son of God . . . King of Israel--the one denoting His person, the other His office. How much loftier this than anything Philip had said to him! But just as the earth's vital powers, the longer they are frost-bound, take the greater spring when at length set free, so souls, like Nathanael and Thomas (see on Joh 20:28), the outgoings of whose faith are hindered for a time, take the start of their more easy-going brethren when loosed and let go.
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40. Because I said, &c.--"So quickly convinced, and on this evidence only?"--an expression of admirat…
Because I said, &c.--"So quickly convinced, and on this evidence only?"--an expression of admiration.
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41. Hereafter, &c.--The key to this great saying is Jacob's vision (Gen 28:12-22), to which the allus…
Hereafter, &c.--The key to this great saying is Jacob's vision (Gen 28:12-22), to which the allusion plainly is. To show the patriarch that though alone and friendless on earth his interests were busying all heaven, he was made to see "heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon a" mystic "ladder reaching from heaven to earth." "By and by," says Jesus here, "ye shall see this communication between heaven and earth thrown wide open, and the Son of man the real Ladder of this intercourse."
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Nuevo Testamento
John — Capítulo 1
THE WORD MADE FLESH. (Joh 1:1-14) In the beginning--of all time and created existence, for this Word gave it being (Joh 1:3, Joh 1:10); therefore, "before the world was" (Joh 17:5, Joh 17:24); or, from all eternity. w…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1En el principio era el Verbo, y el Verbo era con Dios, y el Verbo era Dios.
2Este era en el principio con Dios.
3Todas las cosas por él fueron hechas, y sin él nada de lo que ha sido hecho, fue hecho.
4En él estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres.
5La luz en las tinieblas resplandece, y las tinieblas no prevalecieron contra ella.
6Hubo un hombre enviado de Dios, el cual se llamaba Juan.
7Este vino por testimonio, para que diese testimonio de la luz, a fin de que todos creyesen por él.
8No era él la luz, sino para que diese testimonio de la luz.
9Aquella luz verdadera, que alumbra a todo hombre, venía a este mundo.
10En el mundo estaba, y el mundo por él fue hecho; pero el mundo no le conoció.
11A lo suyo vino, y los suyos no le recibieron.
12Mas a todos los que le recibieron, a los que creen en su nombre, les dio potestad de ser hechos hijos de Dios;
13los cuales no son engendrados de sangre, ni de voluntad de carne, ni de voluntad de varón, sino de Dios.
14Y aquel Verbo fue hecho carne, y habitó entre nosotros (y vimos su gloria, gloria como del unigénito del Padre), lleno de gracia y de verdad.
15Juan dio testimonio de él, y clamó diciendo: Este es de quien yo decía: El que viene después de mí, es antes de mí; porque era primero que yo.
16Porque de su plenitud tomamos todos, y gracia sobre gracia.
17Pues la ley por medio de Moisés fue dada, pero la gracia y la verdad vinieron por medio de Jesucristo.
18A Dios nadie le vio jamás; el unigénito Hijo, que está en el seno del Padre, él le ha dado a conocer.
19Este es el testimonio de Juan, cuando los judíos enviaron de Jerusalén sacerdotes y levitas para que le preguntasen: ¿Tú, quién eres?
20Confesó, y no negó, sino confesó: Yo no soy el Cristo.
21Y le preguntaron: ¿Qué pues? ¿Eres tú Elías? Dijo: No soy. ¿Eres tú el profeta? Y respondió: No.
22Le dijeron: ¿Pues quién eres? para que demos respuesta a los que nos enviaron. ¿Qué dices de ti mismo?
23Dijo: Yo soy la voz de uno que clama en el desierto: Enderezad el camino del Señor, como dijo el profeta Isaías.
24Y los que habían sido enviados eran de los fariseos.
25Y le preguntaron, y le dijeron: ¿Por qué, pues, bautizas, si tú no eres el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el profeta?
26Juan les respondió diciendo: Yo bautizo con agua; mas en medio de vosotros está uno a quien vosotros no conocéis.
27Este es el que viene después de mí, el que es antes de mí, del cual yo no soy digno de desatar la correa del calzado.
28Estas cosas sucedieron en Betábara, al otro lado del Jordán, donde Juan estaba bautizando.
29El siguiente día vio Juan a Jesús que venía a él, y dijo: He aquí el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo.
30Este es aquel de quien yo dije: Después de mí viene un varón, el cual es antes de mí; porque era primero que yo.
31Y yo no le conocía; mas para que fuese manifestado a Israel, por esto vine yo bautizando con agua.
32También dio Juan testimonio, diciendo: Vi al Espíritu que descendía del cielo como paloma, y permaneció sobre él.
33Y yo no le conocía; pero el que me envió a bautizar con agua, aquel me dijo: Sobre quien veas descender el Espíritu y que permanece sobre él, ese es el que bautiza con el Espíritu Santo.
34Y yo le vi, y he dado testimonio de que este es el Hijo de Dios.
35El siguiente día otra vez estaba Juan, y dos de sus discípulos.
36Y mirando a Jesús que andaba por allí, dijo: He aquí el Cordero de Dios.
37Le oyeron hablar los dos discípulos, y siguieron a Jesús.
38Y volviéndose Jesús, y viendo que le seguían, les dijo: ¿Qué buscáis? Ellos le dijeron: Rabí (que traducido es, Maestro), ¿dónde moras?
39Les dijo: Venid y ved. Fueron, y vieron donde moraba, y se quedaron con él aquel día; porque era como la hora décima.
40Andrés, hermano de Simón Pedro, era uno de los dos que habían oído a Juan, y habían seguido a Jesús.
41Este halló primero a su hermano Simón, y le dijo: Hemos hallado al Mesías (que traducido es, el Cristo).
42Y le trajo a Jesús. Y mirándole Jesús, dijo: Tú eres Simón, hijo de Jonás; tú serás llamado Cefas (que quiere decir, Pedro).
43El siguiente día quiso Jesús ir a Galilea, y halló a Felipe, y le dijo: Sígueme.
44Y Felipe era de Betsaida, la ciudad de Andrés y Pedro.
45Felipe halló a Natanael, y le dijo: Hemos hallado a aquel de quien escribió Moisés en la ley, así como los profetas: a Jesús, el hijo de José, de Nazaret.
46Natanael le dijo: ¿De Nazaret puede salir algo de bueno? Le dijo Felipe: Ven y ve.
47Cuando Jesús vio a Natanael que se le acercaba, dijo de él: He aquí un verdadero israelita, en quien no hay engaño.
48Le dijo Natanael: ¿De dónde me conoces? Respondió Jesús y le dijo: Antes que Felipe te llamara, cuando estabas debajo de la higuera, te vi.
49Respondió Natanael y le dijo: Rabí, tú eres el Hijo de Dios; tú eres el Rey de Israel.
50Respondió Jesús y le dijo: ¿Porque te dije: Te vi debajo de la higuera, crees? Cosas mayores que estas verás.
51Y le dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo: De aquí en adelante veréis el cielo abierto, y a los ángeles de Dios que suben y descienden sobre el Hijo del Hombre.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. The same, &c.--See what property of the Word the stress is laid upon--His eternal distinctness, i…
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II. All things, &c.--all things absolutely (as is evident from Joh 1:10; Co1 8:6; Col 1:16-17; but pu…
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III. In Him was life--essentially and originally, as the previous verses show to be the meaning. Thus …
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IV. shineth in darkness, &c.--in this dark, fallen world, or in mankind "sitting in darkness and the …
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V. The Evangelist here approaches his grand thesis, so paving his way for the full statement of it i…
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VI. through him--John.
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VII. not that Light--(See on Joh 5:35). What a testimony to John to have to explain that "he was not t…
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VIII. lighteth every man, &c.--rather, "which, coming into the world, enlighteneth every man"; or, is "…
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IX. He was in the world, &c.--The language here is nearly as wonderful as the thought. Observe its co…
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X. his own--"His own" (property or possession), for the word is in the neuter gender. It means His o…
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XI. But as many--individuals, of the "disobedient and gainsaying people."
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XII. Which were born--a sonship therefore not of mere title and privilege, but of nature, the soul bei…
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XIII. And the Word, &c.--To raise the reader to the altitude of this climax were the thirteen foregoing…
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XIV. A SAYING OF THE BAPTIST CONFIRMATORY OF THIS. (Joh 1:15)
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XV. SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. (Joh 1:16-18)
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16. For, &c.--The Law elicits the consciousness of sin and the need of redemption; it only typifies t…
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17. No man--"No one," in the widest sense.
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18. THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY TO CHRIST. (John 1:19-36)
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19. confessed, &c.--that is, While many were ready to hail him as the Christ, he neither gave the sli…
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20. Elias--in His own proper person.
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21. Why baptizest thou, if not, &c.--Thinking he disclaimed any special connection with Messiah's kin…
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22. there standeth--This must have been spoken after the baptism of Christ, and possibly just after H…
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23. Bethabara--Rather, "Bethany" (according to nearly all the best and most ancient manuscripts); not…
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24. seeth Jesus--fresh, probably, from the scene of the temptation.
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25. knew him not--Living mostly apart, the one at Nazareth, the other in the Judean desert--to preven…
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26. John stood--"was standing," at his accustomed place.
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27. looking--having fixed his eyes, with significant gaze, on Jesus.
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28. FIRST GATHERING OF DISCIPLES--JOHN ANDREW, SIMON, PHILIP, NATHANAEL. (Joh 1:37-51)
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29. Come and see--His second utterance, more winning still.
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30. One . . . was Andrew--The other was doubtless our Evangelist himself. His great sensitiveness is …
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31. have found the Messias--The previous preparation of their simple hearts under the Baptist's minis…
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32. brought him to Jesus--Happy brothers that thus do to each other!
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33. would go . . . into Galilee--for from His baptism He had sojourned in Judea (showing that the cal…
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34. the city of Andrew and Peter--of their birth probably, for they seem to have lived at Capernaum (…
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35. Nathanael--(See on Mat 10:3).
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36. any good out of Nazareth--remembering Bethlehem, perhaps, as Messiah's predicted birthplace, and …
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37. an Israelite indeed . . . no guile--not only no hypocrite, but with a guileless simplicity not al…
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38. Whence knowest thou me--conscious that his very heart had been read, and at this critical moment …
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39. Son of God . . . King of Israel--the one denoting His person, the other His office. How much loft…
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40. Because I said, &c.--"So quickly convinced, and on this evidence only?"--an expression of admirat…
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41. Hereafter, &c.--The key to this great saying is Jacob's vision (Gen 28:12-22), to which the allus…