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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10

The unrecognized Creator. We have here three facts briefly stated in the history of our Lord, which are full of interest and significance. I. HIS APPEARANCE IN THIS WORLD . This involves: 1 . The greatest wonder. "He was in the world." But was he not ever in the world since its creation? Yes; in its laws, order, and beauty; in its conscience, reason, and religion; by his Word, Spirit, and revelations. But these words announce his special presence. He was in the world as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-11

(c) The twofold effect of the pre-Incarnation activity in the elected nation and individuals. The highest expression of this truth was seen in the unique "coming" of which the evangelist had been the spectator and witness; but the words cannot be limited to it—they stretch back to the beginning of the creation of the world and on to the final consummation. They explain or divide the solemn theme of the previous announcement into two related proofs of the fact that the Light which illumines... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-11

The double rejection of the Light. I. THE FIRST REJECTION . "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not." These words describe the world's unbelief before his incarnation. 1 . He was here invisibly, though the world had no eyes to see him. In him "all things live, and move, and have their being." The revelation of himself has been continuous since man was made. The Life has always been the Light of men. He was and has ever been in the world. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-12

Receiving Christ, and the result of it. I. CHRIST IGNORED . "The world knew him not." This statement is humiliating to the world, not to Christ. The world makes a great parade of its insight and its power to give deciding verdicts; but here is its very Maker in its midst, yet it knows him not. Here surely is the crowning sin of the world, that it knows not him who is the Fountain of all its boasted powers. Were the world what it ought to be, it would welcome its Maker, rejoicing in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-13

Christ rejected and accepted. It is related by an ancient historian that an Eastern tribe were so afflicted by the blazing and intolerable heat of the sun, that they were accustomed, when the great luminary arose in the morning, to assail him with their united and vehement curses. It is hard to believe that, the benefits of sunlight being so obvious as they are, any should be found other than glad and grateful for the shining of the orb of day. "The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11

It is not without interest that the ideas contained in these verses did not need a second century to evolve them; they were current in Paul's letters, a hundred years before the date assigned by some to this Gospel. Here the question arises—Has no more direct approach been made to our race than that which is common to every man? Undoubtedly the whole theocratic dispensation would be ignored if this were not the case—and consequently the evangelist continues the recital of the peculiarities... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11-12

The rejected and received Saviour. These words bring under our notice a most interesting subject—the great subject of the first fifteen verses of this chapter, viz. the coming of the Son of God, the manifestation of the Eternal Word in the flesh. We have here one of the peculiar aspects of his coming in order to carry out the great scheme of human redemption. We have Jesus here— I. AS COME TO HIS OWN . 1 . This is a special coming. He was in the world before and after... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:12-13

But before the apostle advances to the central statement of the entire proem, he stops to show that, though the whole world, though man as an organized mass, though Israel as a favoured and selected theocracy, have refused to know and confess his supreme claims, yet there has always been an election of grace. All have not perished in their unbelief. Some have received him. The twelfth and thirteenth verses do, indeed, in their full meaning, refer unmistakably to the entire ministry of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:12-13

The grace of adoption. The Jews might boast themselves of being children of Abraham, but Christ gives his disciples the far higher privilege of being sons of God. I. THE NATURE OF THE RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE ENJOYED BY TRUE BELIEVERS . "As many as received him, to them gave he the right to become the children of God." 1 . It is more than creation—sonship. It is more than the relationship of God as a Father to all men as rational and moral creatures; that sonship... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:14

(5) The incarnation of the Logos. And the Logos became flesh. The καὶ has been variously expanded, some giving it the force of "then" or "therefore," as though John was now resuming the entire argument from the beginning; others the sense of "for," as though the apostle needed to introduce a reason or justification for what had been said in verses 12, 13. It is enough to regard the καὶ as a simple copula, after the same manner in which it is used in verses 1, 4, 5, 10, introducing... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:14

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