Καὶ γογγυσμὸς πολὺς περὶ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις. Οἱ μὲν ἔλεγον· ὅτι ἀγαθός ἐστιν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἔλεγον· Οὐ· ἀλλὰ πλανα τὸν ὄχλον. And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. VER. 13. Οὐδεὶς μέντοι παῤῥησίᾳ ἐλάλει περὶ αὐτοῦ, διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Howbeit ano man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. a These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for ⚫ the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue, John ix. 22. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? and they cast him out, 33, 34. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God, xii. 42, 43. And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus, xix. 38. VER. 14. Ηδη δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς μεσούσης, ἀνέβη ὁ ̓Ιησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν, καὶ ἐδίδασκε. Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. A. D. 32. a See on Matt. xxi. ver. 12. clause 1. VER. 15. Καὶ ἐθαύμαζον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, λέγοντες" Πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδε, με μεμαθη κώς ; And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knowth this man letters, having never learned? * Or, learning. a See on Matt. vii. ver. 28. VER. 16. ̓Απεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν· Η ἐμὴ διδαχὴ οὐκ ἐστιν ἐμὴ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με Jesus answered them, and said, "My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. a Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness, John iii. 11. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifeth; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true, 32, 33. As my Father hath taught me, I speak these things, viii. 28. For I have not spoken of myself: but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak, xii. 49. The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works, xiv. 10. The word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me, 24. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me, xvii. 8. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world, 14. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass, Rev. i. 1. VER. 17. Εάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς, πότερον ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπ ̓ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ. *If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. a Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth, Hos. vi. 3. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall, Mal. iv. 2. The light of the body is the eye : if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light, Matt. vi. 22. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath, xiii. 12. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience, Luke viii. 15. And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee, Acts. x. 22. VER. 18. Ὁ ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ λαλῶν, τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἰδίαν ζητεῖ· ὁ δὲ ζητῶν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτὸν, οὗτος ἀληθής ἐστι, καὶ ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in kim. a Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own glory; there is one that seekéth and judgeth, John viii. 49, 50. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world, Gal. vi. 14. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; Who, being in A. D. 32. the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obe dient unto death, even the death of the cross, Phil. ii. 3—8. VER. 19. Οὐ Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον, τί με ζηTETE ȧπouTεival ; b a Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? a Moses commanded us a law, even Jacob, Deut. xxxiii. 4. the inheritance of the congregation of See also on chap. i. ver. 17. clause 1. b Now we know, that what things who are under the law; that every soever the law saith, it saith to them mouth may be stopped, and all the Therefore by the deeds of the law world may become guilty before God. sight: for by the law is the knowthere shall no flesh be justified in his ledge of sin, Rom. iii. 19, 20. VER. 20. ̓Απεκρίθη ὁ ὄχλος, καὶ εἶπε· Δαιμόνιον ἔχεις· τίς σε ζητεῖ ἀποκτεῖναι ; The people answered and said, "Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? a See on Matt. x. ver. 25. VER. 21. ̓Απεκρίθη ὁ ̓Ιησοῦς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἓν ἔργον ἐποίησα, καὶ πάντες θαυμάζετε. Jesus answered and said unto them, al have done one work, and ye all marvel. a See chap. v. ver. 1-9. VER. 22. Διὰ τοῦτο Μωσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν πε· ριτομὴν, (οὐχ ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Μωσέως ἐστὶν, ἀλλ ̓ ἐκ τῶν πατέρων·) καὶ ἐν σαββάτῳ από ριτέμνετε ἄνθρωπον a Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the Fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. a And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised, Lev. xii. S. bThis is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed, Gen. xvii. 10-12. And be received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also, Rom. iv. 11. VER. 23. Εἰ περιτομὴν λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος ἐν σαββάτῳ, ἵνα μὴ λυθῇ ὁ νόμος Μωσέως, ἐμοὶ χολᾶτε ὅτι ὅλον ἄνθρωπον ὑγιῆ ἐποίη. σα ἐν σαββάτῳ ; If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at a because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? me, * Or, without breaking the law of Moses. a See on chap. v. ver. 4. VER. 24. A. D. 32. τῷ λέγουσι. Μή ποτε ἀληθῶς ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἄρχοντες ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ Χριστός; But, alo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? a Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said, John xviii. 20, 21. In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me, Matt. xxvi. 55. Then gathered the Chief Priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation, John xi. 47, 48. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue, xii. 42. VER. 27. ̓Αλλὰ τοῦτον οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν· ὁ δὲ Χριστὸς ὅταν ἔρχηται, οὐδεὶς γινώσκει πό θεν ἐστίν. Howbeit we know this man whence Μὴ κρίνετε κατ ̓ ὄψιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δικαίαν he is : bbut when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. κρίσιν κρίνατε. ance, a Judge not according to the appear- And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears, Isa. xi. 3. no man, John viii. 15. VER. 26. a Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? Matt. xiii. 55, 56. b But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, Mic. v. 2. VER. 28. Εκραξεν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων ὁ ἸηΚαὶ ἴδε, παῤῥησίᾳ λαλεῖ, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτ σοῦς, και λέγων· Καμὲ οἴδατε, καὶ οἴδατε πόθεν εἰμί· καὶ ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλήλυθα, ἀλλ ̓ ἔστιν ἀληθινὸς ὁ πέμψας με, ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε, and Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye know both me, ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he bthat sent me cis true, whom ye know not. a See on chap. v. ver. 43. clause 1. See on chap. viii. ver. 42. clause S. He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal that God is true, John iii. 33. He that sent me is true, viii. 26. But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay, 2 Cor. i. 18. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began, Tit. i. 2. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us, Heb. vi. 18. Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also, John viii. 19. Yet ye have not known him: but I know him and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying, 55. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father nor me, xvi. 3. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD, 1 Sam. ii. 12. Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD, Jer. ix. 6. Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor,Hos. v. 1. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 1 John ii. 4. VER. 29. VER. 30. A. D. 32. Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι· καὶ οὐδεὶς επέβαλεν ἐπ ̓ αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ. a Then they sought to take him: bbut no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. a See on Matt. xii. ver. 14. These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple : and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come, John viii. 20. And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit, xii. 23. Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end, xiii. 1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee, xvii. 1. And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples, Matt. xxvi. 18. VER. 31. Πολλοὶ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔλεγον· Ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς, ὅταν ἔλθῃ, μήτι πλείονα σημεῖα τούτων αποιήσει ὧν OUTO Toincev; And a many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? a See on chap. ii. ver. 23. clause 2. VER. 32. Ηκουσαν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τοῦ ὄχλου γογγύ ζοντος περὶ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα· καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς ὑπηρέτας, ἵνα Ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα αὐτὸν, ὅτι παρ ̓ αὐτοῦ πιάσωσιν αὐτόν. εἶμι, κακεῖνός με ἀπέστειλεν. b The a Pharisees heard that the people a But I know him: for I am from murmured such things concerning him; him, and he hath sent me. a See on Matt. xi. ver. 27. clause 3. See on chap. iii. ver. 13. clause 1. and the Pharisees and the Chief Priests csent officers to take him. a See on Matt. iii. ver. 7. clause 1. A. D. 32.. C JOHN VII. 32-36. b See on Matt. ii. ver. 4. clause 2. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the Chief Priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons, John xviii. 3. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. Acts v. 26. VER. 33. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ετι μικρόν χρόνον μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντά με. Then said Jesus unto them, a Yet a little while am I with you, and then bl go unto him that sent me. a Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth, John xii. 35. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come so now I say to you, 33. A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, a little while, and ye shall see me and, Because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 16-19. b What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? John vi. 62. Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come, viii. 21. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God and went to God, xiii. 3. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told A. D. 32. you. I go to prepare a place for you, xiv. 2. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father, 12. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? xvi 5. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more, 10. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father, 28. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thine own name those whom thou thee. Holy Father, keep through hast given me, that they may be one, as we are, xvii. 11. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves, 13. See also on Mark xvi. ver. 19. clause 2. |