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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice — Humbly he reduces himself to a voice; but he was not “a voice and nothing more.” There was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias ? “Art thou Elijah come back to earth?” Joh_1:21. And he saith, I am not. For, though indeed he was the true spiritual Elijah who was to come as the forerunner of the Messiah, yet, in the sense in which they asked the question, the only truthful answer was, “I am not.” Joh_1:21. Art thou that prophet ?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice – That is all; a voice and nothing more. John did not profess to be the Word; he was only the voice which vocalized that Word, and made it audible to human ears. He came to bear witness...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, who art thou that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice-- Not “the Word.”— Christ is that, but John was “the voice.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. You see, even as a voice, John was not original. That straining after originality, of which we see so much today, finds no warrant among the true servants of God. Even though John is only a voice, yet he is a voice that quotes the Scriptures: “Make...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. and they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordon, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: “When first I saw him,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John preached a sacrificial Saviour, a sin-bearing Saviour, a sin-atoning Saviour. You and I have nothing else to preach. Let each of us say — “Tis...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Now is he bringing out his message; now is he pointing out his Master.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing, The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the-sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. You know, dear friends, that Christ existed from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. I think I hear the Elijah-like tones of that son of the desert, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of the world. John lost no time. He had no sooner discovered the Saviour than he bore witness of him. “The next day.” As soon as ever his eyes lighted upon Jesus, he had his testimony ready for him. “Behold!” said he, “the Lamb of God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The next day — This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hundred ordinary years. It is well for us to try to live by the day, and not to let any day pass without some good action having been done in it. Let us never have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: Although John knew the Saviour personally, he did not know him officially. He had a token given to him by God, by which he was to know the Messiah; and he did not officially know him till he had that token fulfilled.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: John knew Jesus very well; but he did not know him as the Sent One of God, the Messiah, till after he had received the sign and token at his baptism: “I knew him not.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. Ah! how infinitely before John; how before him? Having no beginning of days, before him in his exalted nature, before him in his superior rank and office!