John 1:14

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 1:1-18

Visions of the Lord Jesus Christ John 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious Deity. The first chapter of the Gospel gives us a view of the Lord, under different and distinct names. What the world needs today is a new vision of Christ; and, in Him, a new vision of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Men have been humanizing Christ, and deifying man, until they have all but... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 1:14

THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF RELIGION‘We beheld His glory … full of grace and truth.’ John 1:14 In what does the attractiveness of our religion consist? There are multitudes to whom the Christian religion has no attractiveness whatever. There are others to whom it is the supremest attraction of their lives. I. The religion of Jesus Christ is bound up in the Person of Christ, the Babe of Bethlehem. He is the attraction. For Who is He? He is God. He is the Eternal Son of the Eternal Father. He Who was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:1-17

The content of Jonah’s prophecy, which is described in the usual terms of ‘the word of YHWH’, is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its people. We learn later that this was because He intended to destroy it (Jonah 3:2; Jonah 3:4), but was giving prior warning so that they might have an opportunity to consider their ways. This is typical of a God Who would not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah without giving it its opportunity, even sending... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:1-18

The Word Was God (John 1:1-18 ). John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word’ (i.e. the One through Whom God has acted and spoken’), and later he adds, ‘all things were made by Him’ (John 1:3) and ‘the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us’ (John 1:14). It is thus made apparent that ‘the Word’ is Jesus Christ, depicted as the Creator and as God’s word come among man. The letter to the Hebrews contains a similar opening thought, ‘God -- has in these last days spoken to us by a Son, --... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:14

‘And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’ Now John declares openly the startling and unique nature of the Christian message. It is that ‘The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.’ The greatness that was the God of creation, the eternal Reason, became truly human. He was made genuine flesh. The gods were often thought of as taking on human bodies, of dwelling for a time among men, but never... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:14-18

John 1:14-Job : . The Full and Final Revelation.— The work of the Logos culminated in what alone could give to men a complete and intelligible revelation, so far as man can grasp it, of the nature and being of God. The Divine Logos, who, as God, has the knowledge of God which none else can have, entered into the life of men, under the ordinary conditions of humanity, so that He could speak to men in their own language. His disciples had seen how, when He dwelt in the tent of flesh ( cf. 2... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 1:14

The Word was made flesh; the Son of God, called the Word, for the reasons before specified, was made truly man, as flesh often signifieth in holy writ, Genesis 6:12; Psalms 65:2; Isaiah 40:5,Isaiah 40:6; not a vile, despicable, mortal man. The evangelist rather saith he was made flesh, than he was made man, more plainly to distinguish the two natures in Christ; to assert the truth of his human nature; to let us know that Christ assumed human nature in common, not the particular nature of any;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 1:1-18

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 1:1. In the beginning, etc.—ἐν . The בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1:0 denotes the beginning of that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the visible universe. The Evangelist’s words take us beyond this definite point into the immeasurable eternity. In the beginning the Word was. The Logos was not then called into being. He existed “before all worlds” (John 17:5; John 17:24), i.e. before time, which measures the visible universe, had begun.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 1:14

John 1:14 (with Revelation 7:15 and Revelation 21:3 ) The word rendered "dwelt" in these three passages is a peculiar one. It is only found in the New Testament in this Gospel, and in the Book of the Revelation. The word literally means "to dwell in a tent" or, if we may use such a word, "to tabernacle;" and there is, no doubt a reference to the Tabernacle in which the Divine Presence abode in the wilderness and in the land of Israel before the erection of the Temple. In all three passages,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 1:14

DISCOURSE: 1598INCARNATION AND CHARACTER OF CHRISTJohn 1:14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.IN treating on divine subjects, the mind should be impressed with holy awe: whenever we approach them, we should apply to ourselves the injunction given to Moses, and “pull off our shoes as standing upon holy ground.” But of all subjects, that of the incarnation of our blessed Lord should... read more

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