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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? “What dost thou pretend to be? Someone greater than Abraham and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is our God: yet ye have not knownt him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham — “As ye call him “—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? They allowed a wide margin in specking of our Saviour’s age, for he was only thirty-three years old. It may be true that the sorrows of his life had so marred his countenance that he looked more like a man...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Before there was any Abraham, there was this glorious Christ of ours existing as the Eternal I AM, in all the infinity of his glory. Now comes a thoroughly characteristic Jewish...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Why, he was hardly thirty, but sorrow had made him appear old.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was I am. Here he claims his Deity to the fullest extent, and those who can read the New Testament, and profess to believe it, and yet not see Christ as a claimant of Deity, must be sinfully blind.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. They had asked him, “Whom makest thou thyself?” and now they have his answer: “Before Abraham was, I am,” saith Christ. It is the very name by which God revealed himself to Moses at the burning bush, “I AM.” Yet Jesus takes this title to himself: “Before Abraham was,”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them. and so passed by. They believed that he claimed to be God, as he certainly did, and therefore they tried to stone him; and there is no foothold for those who say that Christ was a very good man, but only a man. If he was not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then, took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. This is always the sinner’s argument against the right: first, hard words, and then stones. This exposition consisted of readings from Joh_8:29-59. Mar_14:1-9. Joh_12:1-7.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then took they up stones to cast at him: They counted him a blasphemer, and so he was if he was not all he claimed to be. I have heard of some who reverence Christ, but do not believe him to be God; but how can that be? He evidently made himself out to be God, and this was the great charge the Jews brought against him. For this, indeed, they put...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: That is to say, their sin was not the cause of his blindness.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind Christ’s disciples were often inquisitive even when their Master was bent upon giving proofs of his practical benevolence. Fools may sometimes ask questions which wise men...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. The man could not see Jesus, but sight came to the man from Jesus. If there are any here who cannot look to Christ as yet, our prayer is that he may look on them as he looked on this blind man.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: That is, the sin of the man or of his parents was not the cause of his being blind.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. We are not to look upon such afflictions as any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth, And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? The procedure of these disciples is very much like that of many people in these days; they are much more ready to ask questions about sufferers than they are to sympathize...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. Therefore the man could not see Jesus, but the more important matter was that Christ could see the blind man. And you, dear heart, may not yet have learned to look on Christ, but he can look on you in your blindness, and a look from him will speedily work a wondrous change in you.