5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. His Unity with the Father. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." They could not deny Him to be man Son of man. John 5:39-42New International Version. It is not John's business here to call attention to His Messiahship, not even when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask, Who art thou? It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. The effect is thus final, even as His person, witness, and glory are divine. Salem Media Group. "Come, see a man that told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" John 5:39 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. It was not the time now to demonstrate in public power these coming, yea, then present truths. John 5:25. Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. "He that believeth on him is not judged: but he that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." And He did accept that place thoroughly, and in all its consequences. ( NASB: Lockman) Greek: ego de lego ( 1SPAI) umin me antistenai ( AAN) to ponero; all' ostis se rapizei ( 3SPAI) eis ten dexian siagona [sou], strepson ( 2SAAM) auto kai ten allen. International Bible Lesson. None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. ON THE AIR. How truly it is man under law! John 5:31-38 Bear Witness. (Verses John 6:59-71) What and if they should see Him, who came down and died in this world, ascend up where He was before? If a man looks at the Lord Jesus as One who entered the world in a general way, and calls this the incarnation, he will surely stumble over the cross. This should be translated, not in the imperative, but in the indicative mood-thus, Ye search the Scriptures diligently.That these words are commonly read in the imperative mood is sufficiently known; but this reading can never accord well with the following verse, nor can the force and energy of the . I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." They had eyes, but they saw not; ears had they, but they heard not, nor did they understand His glory. 1 After this there was a a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Jesus not only could go up, as He did later, but He had come down thence, and, even though man, He was the Son of man that is in heaven. john 8 32) John 5:39 (King James Version) 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He could, therefore, tell them of heavenly things as readily as of earthly things; but the incredulity about the latter, shown in the wondering ignorance of the new birth as a requisite for God's kingdom, proved it was useless to tell of the former. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Sermon Bible Commentary. by . John 1:19-37; John 1:19-37) It is here presented historically. pokkari, 2010. But let them beware how they perverted it. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. See John 5:38-40 (printed below), note, especially, verse 38. INTRODUCTION: Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale about a young woman who was tested to determine whether or not she was truly a princess. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. It was impossible that there should not be righteous dealing with human evil against God, in its sources and its streams. The one, like the other, contributes to this great end, whether the Son of man necessarily lifted up, or the only begotten Son of God given in His love. Such are the grand emphatic points to which the Lord leads. This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? John 6. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. We have seen already that thus light was shed on men. Ye do search the Scriptures, and ye do well to do so. Remark, too, the extent of the work involved in verse 29. Verse . This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. No mere man, nor angel, not the highest, the archangel, but the Son. (VerseJohn 4:1; John 4:1) It was strange to her that a Jew should thus humble himself: what would it have been, had she seen in Him Jesus the Son of God? And while He does not hide the privilege of the Jews, He nevertheless proclaims that "the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. (Ver. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. And so, in fact, it was and is. Then (ver. There He supposes His full rejection and death. When Jesus said, "You search the Scriptures" (John 5:39), the New Testament had not yet been written; the "Scriptures," which in the original language is (graphas) and literally means "writings," Jesus is referring to is just the Old Testament. So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out . (39) You study the Scriptures diligently, because you think that eternal life is found in them. Surely He was there, a weary man outside Judaism; but God, the God of all grace, who humbled Himself to ask a drink of water of her, that He might give the richest and most enduring gift, even water which, once drank, leaves no thirst for ever and ever yea, is in him who drinks a fountain of water springing up unto everlasting life. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. 41 "I do not accept glory from human beings, 42 but I know you. But the Lord reproaches him, the master of Israel, with not knowing these things: that is, as a teacher, with Israel for his scholar, he ought to have known them objectively, at least, if not consciously. Here the Lord introduces the cross. I do not mean by this all individuals, but creation; for nothing can be more certain, than that those who do not receive the Son of God are so much the worse for having heard the gospel. No charge could be remoter from the truth. (ver. John 5:39-40 Searching Scripture and finding Christ I. Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. It was but preliminary, of course; still it was a deep reality, the then present grace in the person of the Son, the Saviour of the world, who filled their once dark hearts with light and joy. John noted, "Jesus loved Martha, her sister and Lazarus" (John 11:5). through "sin." "For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved." 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But all that is historically related of the Lord Jesus inJohn 1:1-51; John 1:1-51; John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36; John 4:1-54. was before the imprisonment of the Baptist. Search the Scriptures The writings of Moses, and the prophets, which were of divine inspiration and authority, and are often appealed unto by Christ, and his apostles, for the truth of what they delivered; and were the standard of faith, and the test of doctrines; and therefore to be searched diligently into, for finding divine knowledge and improvement in it, and for the trial of . The call of four fishermen. It was not so. Nevertheless, the heavenly part is little dwelt on, as John's gospel displays our Lord more as the expression of God revealed on earth, than as Man ascended to heaven, which fell far more to the province of the apostle of the Gentiles. Alas! Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. The resurrection of the Lord is not more truly a demonstration of His power and glory, than the only deliverance for disciples from the thraldom of Jewish influence. How little they conceived of what was then said and done! He who, living, was received for eternal life, is our meat and drink in dying, and gives us communion with His death. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Si nous voulons avoir cognoissance de Christ. They are rejecting Jesus and His message (John 5: . Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life . It is not a question of the law, but of hearing Christ's word, and believing Him who sent Christ: he that does so has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." "Master, eat," said they. John 5:39-40. So it must be now; for God is revealed; and the Father in grace seeks true worshippers (be they Samaritans or Jews) to worship Him. John the Baptist was one such human witness, for He proclaimed: "This is the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world." And both the Father and the Holy Sprit were heavenly witnesses of Jesus at His baptism in the Jordan (an act . (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." The same God who did not leave Himself without witness among the heathen, doing good, and giving from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, did not fail, in the low estate of the Jews, to work by providential power at intervals; and, by the troubled waters of Bethesda, invited the sick, and healed the first who stepped in of whatever disease he had. Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. He reminds them of his previous disclaimer of any place beyond one sent before Jesus. That the Jews in the time of Jesus were expecting a future state. But the meaning here is, that they imagined, by having these writings in their hands, and by their reading them, and hearing them expounded every sabbath day, they should obtain and inherit everlasting life: hence they call F18 the law eternal life, and say F19 concerning the reading of it, that. Why should He not show Himself to the world? Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary; John; Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary John 5. What sayest thou of thyself? He gave them title to take the place of children of God, even to those that believe on His name. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. Now they testify about me; (40) but you will not come to me so that you may receive life. Sermon Brainwave 891: Second Sunday In Lent - March 5, 2023. This would make all manifest. For them, Israel, or the world, all is over. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. Even now faith knows, that instead of sin being the great object before God, ever since the cross He has had before His eyes that sacrifice which put away sin. John 5:39-44. I fear that many of you who hear my voice week after week, and have learned the scriptures, are relying on faithful attendance on Sunday morning, and your knowledge of the scriptures that you have gained for your salvation. Christ did not wait till the time was fully come for the old things to pass away, and all to be made new. There is but one unfailing test the Son of God God's testimony to Him. Recorded via Riverside on Feb. 3, 2023, for Working Preacher. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." (Ver. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 53rd verse of chapter 39 ( srat l-zumar ). The ignorance of the world has been proved, the rejection of Israel is complete: then only is it that we hear of this new place of children. (Ver. It is there that we found the Lord, in the other synoptic gospels, fulfilling His ordinary ministry. Here again, apart from this divine insight, the change or gift of the name marks His glory. Do not resist evil. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. (Verses John 1:41-44), On the morrow Jesus begins, directly and indirectly, to call others to follow Himself. (2) Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, and that is surrounded by five covered colonnades. The sacrificial death of Him who is God goes far beyond the thought of Israel. John 5. Nicodemus, not understanding in the least such a want for himself, expresses his wonder, and hears our Lord increasing in the strength of the requirement. Proud member Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for Second Sunday in Lent (Year A), March 5, 2023. Changelog Sourced from browserslist's changelog. but He, who is the Word made flesh, is the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, and so competent to declare, as in fact He has. The healing of the courtier's son, sick and ready to die, is witness of what the Lord was actually doing among the despised of Israel. And this in consequence of divine influx, so that whoever receives the knowledges of good and truth with his supreme affection, or love, experiences purification from evil, and restoration of spiritual life. Here He is not portrayed as the Son of man who must be lifted up, but as the Son of God who was given. On the third day is the marriage in Cana of Galilee, where was His mother, Jesus also, and His disciples. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. Do I lose my ticket to heaven if I sin too much? Still the Lord refused the crown then: it was not the time or state for His reign. He who inspired them to communicate His thoughts of Jesus in the particular line assigned to each, raised up John to impart the highest revelation, and thus complete the circle by the deepest views of the Son of God. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. It finds, of course, a present application, and links itself with that activity of grace in which God is now sending out the gospel to any sinner and every sinner. We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. Thus it is not the Spirit of God simply giving a new nature; neither is it the Holy Ghost given as the power of worship and communion with His God and Father. Thus the Holy Ghost, given by the Son in humiliation (according to God, not acting on law, but according to the gift of grace in the gospel), was fully set forth; but the woman, though interested, and asking, only apprehended a boon for this life to save herself trouble here below. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology. The dreadful truth comes out: the Lord did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men. "But He said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of." But this, however worthy of God, and indispensable for man, could not of itself give an adequate expression of what God is; because in this alone, neither His own love nor the glory of His Son finds due display. John. The distinctiveness of such a testimony to the Saviour's glory need hardly be pointed out. Ron DeSantis. John 3:17; John 3:17) This decides all before the execution of judgment, Every man's lot is made manifest by his attitude toward God's testimony concerning His Son. (Ver. 00:00:00 / 00:29:15. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. Choose a verse from 'John 5' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org . For this, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill Him; because He added the greater offence of making Himself equal with God, by saying that God was His own Father. Flesh and world are judged morally. But see the blessed fruit of receiving it. )7.30: Studio recital by Maurice Turley (boy singer). Bear in mind that one of the points of instruction in this first part of our gospel is the action of the Son of God before His regular Galilean ministry. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." This last is the figure of a truth deeper than incarnation, and clearly means communion with His death. 5:39 The indicative of eJrauna'te fits the context better (indicative and imperative forms are the same here). John 5:19-29 Four Types of Resurrections. Hence, then, we have the Lord Jesus alluding to this fresh necessity, if man was to be blessed according to God. The family later hosted a dinner for the honored . Do any believe on His name? He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that disobeys the Son, in the sense of not being subject to His person, "shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" Such is the issue of the Son of God present in this world an everlasting one for every man, flowing from the glory of His person, the character of His testimony, and the Father's counsels respecting Him. He was God. It is the final setting aside of Judaism then, whose characteristic hope was the display of power and rest in the world. I apprehend the words the Authorised Version gives in italics should disappear. Jesus heals an invalid on the SabbathHe explains why men must honor the SonJesus promises to take the gospel to the deadMan is resurrected, judged, and assigned his glory by the SonJesus obeys the divine law of witnesses. John 4:27-38 The Harvest is Ready. In vain did any come to the Baptist to report the widening circle around Christ. Nay, "the world knew him not." This brings all to a point; for the woman says, "I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things." "He must, increase, but I decrease." If she turned aside to questions of religion, with a mixture of desire to learn what had concerned and perplexed her, and of willingness to escape such a searching of her ways and heart, He did not refrain graciously to vouchsafe the revelation of God, that earthly worship was doomed, that the Father was to be worshipped, not an Unknown. (VersesJohn 5:8-12; John 5:8-12), But were the Jews mistaken after all in thinking that the seal of the first covenant was virtually broken in that deliberate word and warranty of Jesus? 42). ON THE AIR. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. Verse John 1:29 opens John's testimony to his disciples. FOR SALE! "They search the Scriptures, but they will not come to Jesus. (VersesJohn 3:20-21; John 3:20-21). Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? Hence the Lord, while fully owning the labours of all preceding labourers, has before His eyes the whole boundless expanse of grace, the mighty harvest which His apostles were to reap in due time. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. If he receives Him, it is everlasting life, and Christ is thus honoured by him; if not, judgment remains which will compel the honour of Christ, but to his own ruin for ever. (Ver. This language is said of both, but most strongly of the latter. it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only God. The man went off, and told the Jews that it was Jesus: and for this they persecuted Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. Thus former things pass away; the old man is judged, dead, and clean gone. 3. (Verses John 3:1-6), But the Lord goes farther, and bids Nicodemus not wonder at His insisting on this need. He entered this world, became flesh, as born of woman; but there was no diminution of His own glory, when He, born of the virgin, walked on earth, or when rejected of man, cut off as Messiah, He was forsaken of God for sin our sin on the cross. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." Thus, in fact, we have the Lord setting aside what was merely Messianic by the grand truths of the incarnation, and, above all, of the atonement, with which man must have vital association: he must eat yea, eat and drink. By . The refusal of His precious blood will, on the contrary, make their case incomparably worse than that of the heathen who never heard the good news. John 5:1-13 Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda. Thus we have traced, first, hearts not only attracted to Him, but fresh souls called to follow Him; then, in type, the call of Israel by-and-by; finally, the disappearance of the sign of moral purifying for the joy of the new covenant, when Messiah's time comes to bless the needy earth; but along with this the execution of judgment in Jerusalem, and its long defiled temple. What can be conceived more notably standing out in contrast with the governmental system God had set up, and man had known in times past? Man might pull Him down destroy Him, as far as man could, and surely to be the basis in God's hand of better blessing; but He was God, and in three days He would raise up this temple. No man hath seen God at any time. Thus, as in the former case the Lord's dealing in Galilee was a type of the future, this appears to be significant of His then present path of grace in that despised quarter of the land. Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment.
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