The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:6-8
(a) The prophetic dispensation. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:6-8
The witness of the Baptist to the true Light. We now come to the historic manifestation of the Word. I. THE PERSONALITY OF THE BAPTIST . "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John." 1 . He was the offspring of pious parents, and his birth was due to miraculous Divine interference. 2 . He was a Nazarite in the ascetic aspect of his life. 3 . He was the last prophet of the Old Testament dispensation—the link between the prophets of the old and the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:6-13
(4) The general manifestation of the revealing Logos. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:7
This man came (historic, ἦλθε ) for witness, that he might bear witness concerning the Light. The entire prophetic dispensation is thus characterized. That which the Baptist did, Malachi, Isaiah, Elijah, Hosea, Moses, had done in their day. He came, and by penetrating insight and burning word, by flashes of moral revelation and intense earnestness, "bare witness concerning the Light" which was ever shining into the darkness. His aim and theirs was to prevent the forces of darkness from... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:8
A solemn warning is given, which forever discriminates the ministry of man from the eternal ministry of the Logos. He (John, and with him all the prophetic, Levitical, ascetic teachers in all ages) was not the Light, but [ he was or came ] that he might bear witness of the Light. The ἵνα depends upon some unexpressed verbal thought; for even in the passages where it stands alone ( John 9:3 ; John 13:18 ; John 14:31 ; John 15:25 ) the reference is not obscure to some... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:6
A man sent from God - See Matthew 3:0. The evangelist proceeds now to show that John the Baptist was not the Messiah and to state the true nature of his office. Many had supposed that he was the Christ, but this opinion he corrects; yet he admits that he was “sent from God” - that he was divinely commissioned. Though he denied that he was “the Messiah,” yet he did not deny that he was sent from or by heaven on an important errand to human beings. Some have supposed that the sole design of this... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:7-8
For a witness - To give testimony. He came to prepare the minds of the people to receive him Matthew 3:0; Luke 3:0; to lead them by repentance to God; and to point out the Messiah to Israel when he came, John 1:31.Of the Light - That is, of the Messiah. Compare Isaiah 60:1.That all men ... - It was the object of John’s testimony that all people might believe. He designed to prepare them for it; to announce that the Messiah was about to come, to direct the minds of men to him, and thus to... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 1:6-9
John 1:6-9 . There was a man sent from God The introducer of a new dispensation, the morning star, preceding the rise of the Sun of righteousness; whose name was JOHN That is, grace; a name fitly given to the Messiah’s forerunner, who was sent to proclaim the immediate accomplishment of God’s gracious intentions toward men, the expectation of which had been raised in them by all his preceding dispensations. The same came for a witness Εις μαρτυριαν , for, or, in order to give, a... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 1:1-18
JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY14. The eternal Word (John 1:1-18)To Israelites of Old Testament times, God’s word was more than something merely written down or spoken out. It was something active, so that when God expressed his will, that will was carried out. God spoke, and it was done (Genesis 1:3; Psalms 33:9; Isaiah 55:10-11). By his active word, God created the universe (Genesis 1:6,Genesis 1:9,Genesis 1:14; Psalms 33:6). God’s word had such life and power that people thought of it almost as if... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:6
There was a man, sent from ( παρά θεοῦ ) God, whose name was John. Observe the contrast between the ἐγένετο of John's appearance and the ἦν of the Logos, between the "man" John sent from God and the ( λογοσ σαρξ εγενετο ) "Word became flesh" of verse 14. At this point the evangelist touches on the temporal mission and effulgence of the true Light in the Incarnation; yet this paragraph deals with far more general characteristics and wider ranges of thought than the earthly... read more