John 1:19-51 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 1:43-51

1:43-51 On the next day Jesus determined to go away to Galilee; and there he found Philip. Jesus said to him: "Follow me!" Now Philip came from Bethsaida, which was the town from which Andrew and Peter came. Philip went and found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law, and about whom the prophets spoke--I mean Jesus, the son of Joseph, the man from Nazareth." Nathanael said to him: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him: "Come... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:19

And this is the record of John ,.... The evangelist proceeds to give a large, and full account of the testimony John the Baptist bore to Christ, which he had hinted at before, and had signified was his work, and office, and the end of his being sent, When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, who art thou ? The Jews that sent were the great sanhedrim that sat at Jerusalem, whose business it was to inquire into, examine, and try prophets, whether true or false ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:20

And he confessed, and denied not ,.... He freely, and without any reserve, declared, and in the plainest and strongest terms professed to the messengers before all the people, that he was not the Messiah; nor did he retract his confession, or draw in his words again, or drop any thing that looked doubtful or suspicious, but confessed, I am not the Christ : he stood to it, and insisted on it, that he was not that illustrious person; nor had they any reason to entertain such an opinion of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:21

And they asked him, what then? art thou Elias ?.... Elijah, the prophet; the Tishbite, as Nonnus in his paraphrase expresses it; who was translated, soul and body, to heaven: the Jews had a notion that that prophet would come in person a little before the coming of the Messiah; See Gill on Matthew 17:10 wherefore these messengers inquire, that since he had so fully satisfied them that he was not the Messiah, that he would as ingenuously answer to this question, if he was Elias, or not: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:22

Then said they unto him, who art thou ?.... Since, as yet, he had only answered in negatives, who he was not, that he was not the Christ, nor Elias, nor that prophet; they desire he would give them a positive account who he was: that we may give answer to them that sent us ; that their labour might not be in vain; that they might not come so far for nothing, without knowing who he was; and that they might be capable of giving an account of him to the sanhedrim: what sayest thou of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:23

And he said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness ,.... These words are cited by the other evangelists, and applied to John the Baptist; but then they are only to be considered as their citation, and as an application of them to him by them: but here they are used by John himself, who both expresses them, and interprets them of himself; and in which he was undoubtedly under the infallible direction of the blessed Spirit; and which confirms the sense of the evangelists, who apply... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:24

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. Who were the straitest sect of religion among the Jews; were very zealous of the traditions of the elders, and professed an expectation of the Messiah; and were famous in the nation for their knowledge and learning, as well as for their devotion and sanctity: and many of them were in the sanhedrim, as appears from John 3:1 ; see Gill on Matthew 3:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:25

And they asked him, and said unto him ,.... They put a question, by saying to him, why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet ? since he denied that he was the Messiah, or Elias that was to come before the Messiah, according to the expectation of the Jews, or that prophet, or a prophet, they demand by what authority he introduced a new rite and ordinance among them, which they had never been used to; for though there were divers washings or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:26

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water ,.... Or in water, so the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions render it. The sense of the answer is, that he indeed baptized persons in water, which was all that he could do, or pretended to do; and he owned, that this was a new rite, and that he was the administrator of a new ordinance; but he suggests, as may be supplied from Matthew 3:11 that there was one at hand, and even now among them, that should baptize, and so it is read... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:27

He it is who coming after me ,.... Both into the world, and into the ministry of the word; for John was before Christ, in both these respects, though greatly behind him in others, and therefore he adds, is preferred before me : being not only of a more excellent nature, the Son of God, and of an higher extract, the Lord from heaven; but in an higher office, and having greater gifts, and the Spirit of God without measure on him; and also being more followed by the people; for John... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 1:43-51

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 1:27

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