ヨハネによる福音書 8:12-13 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:1-23

Excluded from the destination of Jesus. In one sense Jesus was very near to men, very closely connected with them. At the same time he was very far from them, separated in many ways. The Gospel of John abounds in indications of this felt difference and superiority. Yet there is much to help and cheer even in words like these: "Whither I go, ye cannot come." The truth of Jesus is the same, spoken to friends or to enemies, and everything Jesus said on the earth has something of gospel in it.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

(1) The solemn and formal assertion. If the passage we have just reviewed were an integral portion of the Gospel, and in its right place, the reference to the breaking of the morning, the first eye of the sun over the purple hills suddenly transforming their dark outline into the aspect of semitransparent jewellery, and their misty hollows into luminous folds of light, would be the obvious meaning or reason of the new imagery which he adopted: "I am the Light of the world." If, however,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

Jesus the Light of the world. As he had applied to himself one of the typical miracles of the wilderness, so here he represents himself as the antitype of the fiery pillar that led the Israelites during their long pilgrimage. I. JESUS AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD . "I am the Light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life." 1 . Jesus was a Light to the Gentiles as well as the Jews. ( Isaiah 42:6 .) Like the sun,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The world's true Light. Whether this figurative language was suggested by the morning sun, as it rose in the east over the crown of Olivet, or by the great lamps which were, during the Feast of Tabernacles, kindled in the temple court at evening, in either case its appropriateness and beauty are manifest. I. THIS SIMILITUDE EXHIBITS THE GLORY AND POWER OF CHRIST IN HIS OWN NATURE . Light is a form of universal force, proceeding from the sun, the vast reservoir... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The Light of the world. Our Lord was now in the temple. A crowd was around him. It was early in the morning. The sun rose over Olivet and looked through the porticoes of the temple on its Creator teaching the people within. The sun is an old and eminent missionary of God in nature. It was as seraphic and ready to convey new ideas and truths now as ever. The people naturally turned to greet its appearance. Our Lord took advantage of the occurrence to reveal himself as the world's Light.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The Light of the world. We shall hardly be wrong in assuming that Jesus said these words in the full warmth and radiance of a most sunshiny day. Surely the sun speaks so every day in his rising, "I am the light of the world." Sometimes he says it more emphatically. More emphatically in summer than in winter, more emphatically on a bright day than a cloudy one, but always saying it afresh every morning with the return of daylight to the earth. Jesus means that just as the sun gives light to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:13

The fact that the Pharisees respond shows that the circumstances of the previous day are changed. They have been the secret and organized opponents of Jesus throughout. The synoptic Gospels show with what perverse ingenuity and doggedness they followed him from place to place, venturing to assail him through his disciples, through his omissions of ritual, and by reason of his Divine freedom in interpreting the sacred Scripture; nor did they refrain from attributing his miracles to the power of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:13-18

The objection of the Pharisees, and the answer of our Lord. "Thou bearest testimony to thyself; thy testimony is not true." 1 . Superficially regarded, the objection was one of which Jesus himself had admitted the force. "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true" ( John 5:31 ). In that case he had spoken of himself as mere man. Now he speaks of himself in his Divine nature. 2 . But the essential characteristic of Christ ' s being was that he was, as the Light,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.