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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:3

John 1:3. All things were made by him;— Although the word make is capable of an extensive sense, yet, as in other passages Jesus is said to have created all things, Col 1:16 we cannot doubt that St. John uses the word εγενετο in the sense of creation, a meaning which it often has in the Jewish scriptures. It is true, this and the other passages which speak of Christ's making all things, are by some explained of his erecting the Christian dispensation. But let it be observed here, once for all,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:4

John 1:4. In him was life,— The most ancient fathers who quote this text, so generally join the words at the end of the last verse, ο γεγονεν, which we render that was made, with this 4th verse; and St. John uses so frequently to begin the following sentence with what ended the foregoing, that many judicious commentators think it to be the true reading, and therefore render it,—that which was in him was life; "that fulness of power, wisdom, and benignity which was in him, was the fountain of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:5

John 1:5. And the light shineth in darkness;— We have observed in the former verse, that Christ is the fountain of all spiritual light, so that nothing can be spiritually discerned but by his Spirit. This light shone in the heathen world, and under the dispensation of Moses, and still shineth in darkness, even upon the minds of the most ignorant and wicked part of mankind; darkness being not only used for a state of ignorance, whether wilful or natural, but likewise for a state of obstinate... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:6

John 1:6. There was a man sent from God,— The evangelist, in giving the history of the Baptist's ministry, tells us, in the first place that he was merely a man, in opposition to article 10 in the argument wherein Cerinthus represents John as superior to our Saviour, whom the apostle has already shewn to be God. The evangelist tells us next, that John had aspecial commission from God, being called to his office by divine inspiration, as the prophets were of old; and that he was sent to bear... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:1

1. In the beginning—of all time and created existence, for this Word gave it being (John 1:3; John 1:10); therefore, "before the world was" (John 17:5; John 17:24); or, from all eternity. was the Word—He who is to God what man's word is to himself, the manifestation or expression of himself to those without him. (See on John 17:24- :). On the origin of this most lofty and now for ever consecrated title of Christ, this is not the place to speak. It occurs only in the writings of this seraphic... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:2

2. The same, &c.—See what property of the Word the stress is laid upon—His eternal distinctness, in unity, from God—the Father ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:3

3. All things, c.—all things absolutely (as is evident from John 1:10 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 1:17; but put beyond question by what follows). without Him was not any thing—not one thing. made—brought into being. that was made—This is a denial of the eternity and non-creation of matter, which was held by the whole thinking world outside of Judaism and Christianity: or rather, its proper creation was never so much as dreamt of save by the children of revealed religion. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:4

4. In Him was life—essentially and originally, as the previous verses show to be the meaning. Thus He is the Living Word, or, as He is called in 1 John 1:1; 1 John 1:2, "the Word of Life." the life . . . the light of men—All that in men which is true light—knowledge, integrity, intelligent, willing subjection to God, love to Him and to their fellow creatures, wisdom, purity, holy joy, rational happiness—all this "light of men" has its fountain in the essential original "life" of "the Word" (1... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:5

5. shineth in darkness, &c.—in this dark, fallen world, or in mankind "sitting in darkness and the shadow of death," with no ability to find the way either of truth or of holiness. In this thick darkness, and consequent intellectual and moral obliquity, "the light of the Word" shineth—by all the rays whether of natural or revealed teaching which men (apart from the Incarnation of the Word) are favored with. the darkness comprehended it not—did not take it in, a brief summary of the effect... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:6

6-9. The Evangelist here approaches his grand thesis, so paving his way for the full statement of it in John 1:14, that we may be able to bear the bright light of it, and take in its length and breadth and depth and height. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 1:6

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