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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this man whence he is but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. They had a notion—perhaps derived from that passage in Isaiah, “who shall declare his generation? “—that the birth of Christ would be hidden...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Howbeit, we know this man whence he is,.... They signify, that if the rulers had altered their minds, and had gone into the belief of Jesus of Nazareth being the Messiah, they should not follow them in it, for this reason; because they knew from whence he came; meaning not so much the place of his birth, which they supposed was Galilee, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught,.... Overhearing the reasonings of these men, however, knowing what they said; so the Persic version adds, "having secretly known this"; exalted his voice as he was teaching in the temple, and in the midst of his discourse, publicly before all the people, in the temple, spoke out with a loud voice, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: “And yet you do not know me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. Something seemed to hold them back. Enraged as they were against him, a mysterious and mighty awe was upon them, so that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I know him,.... His nature and perfections, his purposes and promises, his council and covenant, his mind and will; and indeed none knows him but he, and those to whom he pleases to reveal him; and there is good reason why he should have intimate and perfect knowledge of him: for I am from him; being the only begotten of him, and as such lay...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then they sought to take him,.... By force, and carry him before the sanhedrim, in order to be tried and condemned as a blasphemer, being enraged to hear him claim a descent from God, whom they took to be a mere man, the son of Joseph the carpenter: but no man laid hands on him; though they had a good will to it, they had no power to do it, being...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? Well might they ask that question, for Jesus had wrought such marvellous miracles that they could not imagine anything...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And many of the people believed on him,.... Whilst some were displeased at his doctrine, others were induced by his miracles to believe on him, as an extraordinary person, if not the Messiah; and these were the common people, especially those that came out of the country; for the city Jews, and above all the rulers, were very averse to him: and it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus unto them, — As they came to take him;—perhaps to the very...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured,.... Or whispered, privately talked among themselves: such things concerning him; as that surely he must be the Messiah, since such wonderful things were done by him, and might also express some uneasiness and surprise, that the rulers did not receive him as such: and the Pharisees, and the chief...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; — Whispered these things, afraid to speak out boldly because of the Pharisees, and therefore they quietly said it among themselves, and, after all, there is no fire more to be dreaded than a smouldering fire.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. That was a blessed way for Christ to describe his return to the heavenly world: “I go unto him that sent me.” Possibly he said this to the very men who were sent to take him.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said Jesus unto them,.... To the officers that were sent to take him, and other unbelieving Jews that were about him: yet a little while am I with you; no longer than till the next passover, which was but about half a year at most: this he might say, partly to quicken the attention of the people to him, to make the best use and improvement of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. “You may well let me alone now, for it will only be a little while, and then I shall be delivered into your hands, and you will no more be troubled with me.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye shall seek me,.... That is, the Messiah, who he was; meaning, that after his departure they should be in great distress, and be very much on the inquiry after, and solicitous for the coming of the Messiah, to be a Redeemer and Deliverer of them out of their troubles: and shall not find [me]; no Messiah will appear, no Saviour will be sent, no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? That was always their fear. “Is he going to the Greeks? Will he be a teacher to them? Will he try to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. No officers can arrest him now that he has gone up into his Father’s glory; there is no fear of any of them being there to catch him in his speech, or to drag him before the ecclesiastical and secular judges, as they did when he was here;
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said the Jews among themselves,.... That is, the unbelieving, scoffing Jews; it may be the officers, at least some of them, that were sent to take him: whither will he go that we shall not find him? what distant, or obscure part of the world will he betake himself to, and there hide himself, that so he cannot be found? will he go unto the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the Jews among themselves, “Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? What manner of saying is this; that he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? They appear to have had some intimation of that glorious love of...