John 13:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:34-35

The new commandment. I. IN ITS IMPORT . 1. That the disciples of Christ should love one another . "That ye love one another." 2. That the disciples of Christ are to lore one another as Christ loved them . "As I have loved you." In order to know the full import of this command, we must know what Christ's love to his disciples was. II. IN ITS IMPORTANCE AND OBLIGATION . It is important and obligatory: 1. As it is the natural law of spiritual life in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 13:34

A new commandment - This command he gave them as he was about to leave them, to be a badge of discipleship, by which they might be known as his friends and followers, and by which they might be distinguished from all others. It is called new, not because there was no command before which required people to love their fellow-man, for one great precept of the law was that they should love their neighbor as themselves Leviticus 19:18; but it was new because it had never before been made that by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 13:33-34

John 13:33-34. Little children An expression intended to signify both their weakness and his tenderness and compassion; as if he had said, Ye whom I love with parental tenderness, and whom my heart pities under all your trials and sorrows; yet a little while, &c. That is, It is but a very little while longer that I am to continue with you: a few hours more will part us; and ye shall seek me Shall wish for my presence and converse when I am gone; and as I said to the Jews, (see... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 13:21-35

141. A traitor among them (Matthew 26:20-25; Mark 14:17-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21-35)The apostles were surprised when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him, for they did not suspect treachery among them. Perhaps they thought that one of them might unintentionally betray him through speaking carelessly. But Judas knew what Jesus meant (Matthew 26:20-22; John 13:21-25). When Jesus took a piece of bread, dipped it in the dish and gave it to Judas, he was giving Judas a special... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 13:34

new. Greek. kainos. See note on Matthew 9:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 13:34

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye love one another.THE NEW COMMANDMENTIf this commandment had been merely a restatement of the Mosaic principle of loving one's neighbor as himself, it would not have been new. The newness of it is implicit in the words, "even as I have loved you." As Reynolds stated it:So a new type of love is given, as the Greek... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 13:34

John 13:34. A new commandment I give— Our Lord calls this a new commandment, not because mutual love had never been enjoined on mankind before, but because it was a precept of peculiar excellence: for the word new, in the Hebrew language, denotes excellence and truth. See Psalms 33:3.Mark 1:27; Mark 1:27. Revelation 2:17. And the reason of the idiom seems to have been, that novelty often has the same effect upon the mind with excellence, rendering an object acceptable, and raising admiration.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 13:34

34. a new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another—This was the new feature of it. Christ's love to His people in giving His life a ransom for them was altogether new, and consequently as a Model and Standard for theirs to one another. It is not, however, something transcending the great moral law, which is "the old commandment" ( :-, and see on :-), but that law in a new and peculiar form. Hence it is said to be both new and old... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 13:31-35

1. The new commandment 13:31-35Jesus began His instructions with His disciples’ most important responsibility. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 13:34

Having announced their inevitable separation, Jesus now began to explain what He expected of His disciples during their absence from Him. They were to love one another as He had loved them. They had seen His love for them during His entire earthly ministry and most recently in His washing of their feet, but they would only understand its depth through the Cross.The command to love one another was not completely new (1 John 2:7-8), but in the Mosaic Law the standard was "as you love yourself"... read more

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