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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:21

Verse 21 21.I go. Perceiving that he is doing no good among these obstinate men, he threatens their destruction; and this is the end of all those who reject the Gospel. For it is not thrown uselessly into the air, but must breathe the odour either of life or of death, (2 Corinthians 2:16.) The meaning of these words amounts to this. “The wicked will at length feel how great loss they have suffered by rejecting Christ, when he freely offers himself to them. They will feel it, but it will be too... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:22

Verse 22 22.Will he kill himself? The scribes persevere not only in fearless scorn, but likewise in effrontery; for they ridicule what he had said, that they cannot follow whither he shall go; as if they had said, “If he kill himself, we acknowledge that we cannot accompany him, because we do not choose to do so.” They regarded Christ’s absence as a matter of no moment, and thought that in all respects they would gain a victory over him; and so they bid him begone wherever he pleases. Shocking... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:23

Verse 23 23.You are from beneath, I am from above. As they did not deserve that he should teach them, he wished only to strike them with reproofs conveyed in few words, as in this passage he declares that they do not receive his doctrine, because they have an utter dislike of the kingdom of God. Under the words,world andbeneath, he includes all that men naturally possess, and thus points out the disagreement which exists between his Gospel and the ingenuity and sagacity of the human mind; for... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:24

Verse 24 24.You shall die in your sins. Having formerly employed the singular number, in your sin, he now resorts to the plural number,in your sins; but the meaning is the same, except that in the former passage he intended to point out that unbelief is the source and cause of all evils. Not that there are no other sins but unbelief, (223) or that it is unbelief alone which subjects us to the condemnation of eternal death before God, as some men too extravagantly talk; but because it drives us... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:25

Verse 25 25.From the beginning. They who translate the words τὴν ἀρχὴν, as if they had been in the nominative case, I am the beginning, (227) and as if Christ were here asserting his eternal Divinity, are greatly mistaken. There is no ambiguity of this sort in the Greek, but still the Greek commentators also differ as to the meaning. All of them, indeed, are agreed that a preposition must be understood; but many give to it the force of an adverb, as if Christ had said, “This ought first ( τὴν... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:1-23

Excluded from the destination of Jesus. In one sense Jesus was very near to men, very closely connected with them. At the same time he was very far from them, separated in many ways. The Gospel of John abounds in indications of this felt difference and superiority. Yet there is much to help and cheer even in words like these: "Whither I go, ye cannot come." The truth of Jesus is the same, spoken to friends or to enemies, and everything Jesus said on the earth has something of gospel in it.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

(1) The solemn and formal assertion. If the passage we have just reviewed were an integral portion of the Gospel, and in its right place, the reference to the breaking of the morning, the first eye of the sun over the purple hills suddenly transforming their dark outline into the aspect of semitransparent jewellery, and their misty hollows into luminous folds of light, would be the obvious meaning or reason of the new imagery which he adopted: "I am the Light of the world." If, however,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

Jesus the Light of the world. As he had applied to himself one of the typical miracles of the wilderness, so here he represents himself as the antitype of the fiery pillar that led the Israelites during their long pilgrimage. I. JESUS AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD . "I am the Light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life." 1 . Jesus was a Light to the Gentiles as well as the Jews. ( Isaiah 42:6 .) Like the sun,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The world's true Light. Whether this figurative language was suggested by the morning sun, as it rose in the east over the crown of Olivet, or by the great lamps which were, during the Feast of Tabernacles, kindled in the temple court at evening, in either case its appropriateness and beauty are manifest. I. THIS SIMILITUDE EXHIBITS THE GLORY AND POWER OF CHRIST IN HIS OWN NATURE . Light is a form of universal force, proceeding from the sun, the vast reservoir... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The Light of the world. Our Lord was now in the temple. A crowd was around him. It was early in the morning. The sun rose over Olivet and looked through the porticoes of the temple on its Creator teaching the people within. The sun is an old and eminent missionary of God in nature. It was as seraphic and ready to convey new ideas and truths now as ever. The people naturally turned to greet its appearance. Our Lord took advantage of the occurrence to reveal himself as the world's Light.... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:25

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:12

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