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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;
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,— I think I see him standing up in the midst of the great throng. That congregation would soon be scattered, never to come together again; so he stood up in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly- Or, “out of the very midst of him”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, — Shouted, spoke with all his might; and he stood, although he usually sat to deliver his message. But now, as if his whole being was roused to it utmost energy, on account of the last day of the gathering having come, when perhaps the people would go home, and he would be unable...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Shall flow rivers of living water. What a glorious gospel sermon that was! It comes to us down through the ages, and is as true now as when Jesus spake it. Ho, thirsty ones, come ye to him, and drink; and he will slake your thirst, and create in you a well of living water which shall bubble up for ever and ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. He will not only drink enough to satisfy his own thirst, but he will himself become a fountain, streams of grace shall be communicated to his fellow-men through him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(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.) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. The Prophet about whom Moses spoke.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(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.) He was not given then; but later, on the day of Pentecost, he was given, and he has never been withdrawn.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Others said, This is the Christ. The Messiah.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? This was blessed testimony even out of the mouth of Christ’s enemies. They objected against Christ what was indeed the fact, for he did come of the seed of David, and from the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So there was a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. He was immortal till his work was done. The hour for his death had not yet struck, and he must live on till the appointed time.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And some of them would have taken him but no man laid hands on him. In the 30th verse of this chapter, and in the 20th verse of the next chapter, we are told why they did not take him: “His hour was not yet come.” And, like their Lord, saints are immortal till their work is done.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. The charm of his eloquence, the dignity of his person, his awe-inspiring demeanour, and a singular something,—they knew not what,—that Divinity that doth hedge about such a King as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came the officers to the chief priest and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? They professed to be the spiritual leaders of the nation, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? “You sheriffs’ officers are generally hard-hearted enough; are you also deceived?”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? This was as much as to say, “If we have not believed on him,—we who are the great dons of the nation,—the rulers and the Pharisees,—why, then, there cannot be anything in his claims. Just as some people seem to think that, unless there is a lord in a Society, unless there is an honourable...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. They regarded the poor, common people as ignorant and accursed, whereas they, probably, knew as much about the law and the real spirit of it as these learned teachers did.