Bible Commentary

When Jesus heard [that,] he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 4. is not unto death ] i.e. is not to have death as its final result. Christ foresaw both the death and the resurrection, and (as so often) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 11:4”

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 3. Therefore his sisters sent ] This shews that Joh 11:2 ought not to be made a parenthesis: ‘therefore’ refers to the previous statement. Because of the intimacy, which every one who knew of the anointing would understand, the sisters … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 11:3”

(It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 2. It was that Mary which anointed ] This of course does not necessarily imply that the anointing had already taken place, as those who identify Mary with the ‘sinner’ of Luk 7:37 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 11:2”

And many believed on him there. 42. many believed on him there ] ‘There’ is emphatic. ‘ There,’ Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 42. Many believed on him there.] The people believed on him: 1. because of the testimony of John the Baptist whom they knew to be a good and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:42”

And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 41. many resorted unto him ] There is no reason why the usual translation ‘came’ should be changed to ‘resorted.’ The testimony of the Baptist, and perhaps the miraculous voice at Christ’s Baptism, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:41”

And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 40. again beyond Jordan ] Referring back to Joh 1:28. The hostility of the hierarchy being invincible and becoming more and more dangerous Jesus retires into Peraea for quiet and safety before His Passion. This interval was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:40”

Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, 39 42. Opposite Results of the Discourse 39. Therefore they sought again ] ‘Therefore’ is of rather doubtful authenticity; some important witnesses omit ‘again’ also. ‘Again’ refers us back to Joh 7:30; Joh 7:32; Joh 7:44, and shews that ‘to take … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:39”

But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father [is] in me, and I in him. 38. believe the works ] ‘Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed’ (Joh 20:29); but it is better to have the faith that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:38”

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 37. believe me not ] A literal command. If His works are not those which His Father works, they ought not (not merely have no need) to believe what He says. Comp. Joh 5:24; Joh 5:46; Joh 6:30; Joh 8:31; Joh 8:45. His … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:37”

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 36. Say ye ] ‘Ye’ with great emphasis, ‘Do ye, in opposition to the Scripture, say?’ of him, whom the Father hath sanctified ] Omit ‘hath;’ both verbs are aorists. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 10:36”