John 3:18-30

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:19

John 3:19. And this is the condemnation,— That is, the cause of condemnation; they will not receive the light of the Logos, the God of Christians, because they will not obey him. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:21

John 3:21. He that doeth truth— He that practiseth truth: that is, "is exercised in righteousness and goodness." See Ephesians 5:9. This phrase often occurs as the character of a good man: compare. Psalms 119:30. Isa 26:2. 1 Peter 1:22. 1 John 1:6.; and it is used with peculiar propriety, since there is really truth or falsehood in actions as well as in words. Of the same kind is the phrase ποιειν ψευδος, to make a lie, used more than once by St. John, perhaps in a beautiful opposition to this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:22-24

John 3:22-24. After these things— Some time after the conference with Nicodemus, Jesus and his disciples, leaving Jerusalem, went into the land of Judea, or those parts of Judea which were remote from Jerusalem. As he took this journey that he might have an opportunity of baptizing his disciples, that is, the persons who believed him to be the Messiah, it is probable he went to Bethabara beyond Jordan, John having removed thence to Enon, a place in Samaria, about eight miles south of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:25

John 3:25. And the Jews— It should be observed, that the word Jews, in this place and some others, does not mean persons of that nation in general, but of the country of Judea (see John 3:22.), where baptism had just then been administered under the direction of Jesus; and where, as most of John's disciples were of Galilee, it was natural for persons of these two schools, to bring their respective disciples into competition; and that some Jews or men of Judea, baptized under Christ, would, by... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:27-28

John 3:27-28. A man can receive nothing, &c.— "A man of God, or prophet, can assume no greater dignity and authority, than God has thought fit to confer on him: you yourselves bear me witness, even by the words you have just now made use of, describing Jesus by the character of him, to whom I bear witness, that I said I am not the Christ, &c. I never pretended to be the Messiah, as you very well know; but when you asked me, I told you, I was only his harbinger, sent before to give you... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:29

John 3:29. He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom:— "So far am I from envying his growing fame, or the number of his disciples, that I greatly rejoice in both; just as the bridegroom's friend, who is appointed to stand and hear him converse with his bride, rejoices in the love that she expresses to him; of which love the friend forms an idea likewise, by what he hears, the bridegroom say to her in return. My highest joy therefore is, that men cheerfully submit to the Messiah, and pay him all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:30-31

John 3:30-31. He must increase,— "I am not ignorant that his fame and the number of his disciples shall every day increase, while mine shall decrease; for he is a person of infinitely greater dignity than I am, possesses far more intimate knowledge of the divine will; and the discoveries which he makes thereof as far transcend mine, as heaven exceeds earth." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:18

18. is not condemned—Having, immediately on his believing, "passed from death unto life" (John 5:24). condemned already—Rejecting the one way of deliverance from that "condemnation" which God gave His Son to remove, and so wilfully remaining condemned. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:19

19. this is the condemnation, &c.—emphatically so, revealing the condemnation already existing, and sealing up under it those who will not be delivered from it. light is come into the world—in the Person of Him to whom Nicodemus was listening. loved darkness, &c.—This can only be known by the deliberate rejection of Christ, but that does fearfully reveal it. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:20

20. reproved—by detection. read more

Grupo de marcas