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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. They who saw Christ on earth were highly privileged; but it is a spiritual sight of him alone that is to be desired, and we can have that even now. How full of grace, how full of truth, he is to all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Word was made flesh, Here was the incarnation of him who made all things. He that is God “was made flesh.” Joh_1:14. And dwelt among us, (and we — The apostles — Joh_1:14. Beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Oh, all ye who would know Christ, learn that he is worth the knowing! He is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
John bare witness of him,.... Which was his office and business, for which purpose he was sent, John 1:6 and cried; this agrees with his work and office, according to the prophecy of him in Isaiah 40:3 and with the time of his ministry, the year of jubilee; and with the nature of his ministry, which was clear, open, and public; and performed with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. I wish that we could all say that. Even out of this company, many can say it; and linking our hands with those who have gone before us, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; He is too high, too spiritual, to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. He was not before John in the order of human birth, yet he was truly before John, for he had an eternal pre-existence, as he was none other than the uncreated Son of God.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And of his fulness have all we received,.... These are the words not of John the Baptist; but of the evangelist carrying on his account of Christ, after he had inserted the testimony of the Baptist, in connection with John 1:14 where he is said to be full of grace and truth; and which fulness is here intended; for the fulness of the Godhead in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the law was given by Moses,.... Both moral and ceremonial. The moral law was given to Adam, in innocence, which having been broken, and almost lost out of the minds, and memories of men, was given by Moses, in a new edition of it in writing; and points out what is man's duty both to God and men; discovers sin, accuses of it, convicts of it,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. We know that the law came by Moses. The law has often burdened us, crushed us, convinced us, condemned us. Let us be equally clear that grace and truth come by this divine channel, “Jesus Christ.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
No man hath seen God at any time,.... That is, God the Father, whose voice was never heard, nor his shape seen by angels or men; for though Jacob, Moses, the elders of Israel, Manoah, and his wife, are said to see God, and Job expected to see him with his bodily eyes, and the saints will see him as he is, in which will lie their great happiness;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. We do not want to see God apart from Christ. I am perfectly satisfied to see the Eternal Light through his own chosen medium, Christ Jesus. Apart from that medium, the light might blind my eyes. “No man hath seen God at any time.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. What of God we need to know, we may see in Christ; enough to save us, enough to sanctify us, enough to make us all like the only-begotten Son of the Father.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And this is the record of John,.... The evangelist proceeds to give a large, and full account of the testimony John the Baptist bore to Christ, which he had hinted at before, and had signified was his work, and office, and the end of his being sent. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, who art thou? The Jews that sent...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, who art thou? that we may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. Then said thy unto him, Who art thou? That we may give...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. With indignation he must have repelled the idea that he was the Messiah: “I am not the Christ.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this in the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto Him, Who art thou? that we may...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. “I am not the One anointed of God to save mankind.”