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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:35-51

3. The first disciples, and their testimony. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:36

And steadfastly regarding —with eager and penetrating glance, as though something might be learned from his slightest movements— Jesus as he walked ; "walked," not towards John, as on the previous day, But in some opposite direction. This implies that theft relative functions were not identical, and not to be confounded. This is the last time when the Baptist and the Christ were together, and the sublime meekness of John, and his surrender of all primary claims to deference, throw light on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:37

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed —became followers of— Jesus . This event, if not profoundly symbolic (as Godet says), is typical of the whole process which has gone on in augmenting rapidity from that day to this. If Jesus were what John said, if they were able on his showing to grasp this much concerning the Lord, they would find in him what John could never be to them. John might awaken the sense of sin, peril, shame, and fear; he had no power to allay it. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:38

Then Jesus turned —hearing their footfall, he welcomed their sincere approach, attentive as he ever was to the faintest indication of genuine faith and desire for his best gifts— and beheld them following , and he saith to them, What seek ye? The first words of Jesus, as recorded in this Gospel, reveal the incarnate Logos, anointed of the Holy Spirit, beginning to search the heart and anticipate the unuttered questions of humanity. He assumes their desire for that which he alone can... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:38

A question for seekers. I. A FIRST MEETING WITH SOME OF THE DISCIPLES . Interesting to look back from the concluding to the beginning chapters of this Gospel—from the days when the apostles were trusted friends to the days when Jesus and they were but as strangers. Here we have a record of the first meeting with some of them. Jesus is walking by the banks of the Jordan—a Teacher who has been made fit to teach, waiting now for scholars; and some of the scholars, all unknown... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:39

He saith to them, Come, and ye shall see . £ "A parable of the message of faith" (Westcott). Some have compared the expression with ἔρου καὶ βλέπε , thrice repeated (T.R.) in Revelation 6:1-17 .; but it is unnecessary to do so. Faith precedes revelation as well as follows it. They came, and saw where he was abiding. We cannot say where; it may have been some cave in the rocks, some humble shelter amid the hills, some chamber in a caravanserai; for he had not where to lay his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:40

One of the two who heard from John that Jesus was the Son of God and the Lamb of God, and who, on that astounding intelligence, and at their teacher's own suggestion, followed (became henceforth followers of, ἀκόλουθοι ) him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter (notice a similar construction at John 6:45 , where a clause commences with the copula). The other disciple, with the studied reticence ever preserved about his own designation, is left unnamed by the writer. "Simon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:40-42

A brother's love and service. Little as we know of Andrew, that little presents him in a most interesting and attractive light. The record of his conduct upon the occasion of his attaching himself to Jesus is especially full of instruction and of inspiration. The opportunity which family relationships afford to spiritual usefulness, and the employment of the feelings peculiar to human kinship, are brought out in this brief narrative with exquisite beauty. We have revealed in this incident—... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:40-49

(2) The naming and convictions of the disciples. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:41

(a) The Messiah. He (Andrew) first £ findeth his own brother Simon. Dr. Plummer here observes, "In Church history St. Peter is everything, and St. Andrew nothing: but would there have been an Apostle Peter but for Andrew?" Hengstenberg, De Wette, and others have explained the curious word "first," as though both the unnamed disciple and Andrew had gone together to search out Simon, and that Andrew had been the first of the two to be successful. This would leave the ἴδιον less... read more

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