John 1:18

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 1:1-51

The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringing together verses John 1:1; John 1:14; John 1:18. In these the Eternal is linked to the temporal, and the temporal is revealed as the interpretation of the Eternal. The rest of the prologue consists of three parentheses. 1. Verses John 1:2-13, in which the glories of the Word are revealed in... read more

Robert Neighbour

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 1:18

THE REVELATION OF GOD TO MAN‘No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.’ John 1:18 What is meant by Revelation.—Etymologically the term means the drawing aside of a veil. I. Christians believe that all knowledge is revelation, or the drawing back of the veil. The worldling speaks of invention and discovery, but the God-fearing man calls it revelation. The worldly man would speak of radium as a discovery, but we speak of... 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 1:18

‘No man has seen God at any time. God only begotten, (or ‘the only begotten Son’) who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.’ Indeed he sums up by declaring that Jesus is the final revelation of God, as the One Who alone partakes in His essence. He is ‘God only begotten’, alone enjoying the very nature and essence of God. ‘God only begotten.’ Many ancient authorities have here ‘God only begotten’ instead of ‘only begotten Son’, and the evidence for the former is very strong... 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 1:18

No man has seen God at any time; no man hath at any time seen the essence of God with his eyes, John 4:24; nor with the eyes of his mind understood the whole counsel and will of God, Matthew 11:27; Romans 11:34. Moses indeed saw the image and representation of God, and had a more familiar converse with God than others; upon which account he is said to have talked with God face to face; Numbers 12:7,Numbers 12:8, God saith he would speak unto him mouth to mouth, even apparently; but he tells us... 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 1:18

John 1:18 What the God-Man reveals of God and man. I. The Man Christ Jesus came expressly to show us the Father. That is, He came to teach us that God is our Father, that whatever we see or can imagine of pure parental love holds good of Him. Now we have known parents who would suffer anything, make any sacrifice, endure any pain for the welfare of their children, who would correct their faults with an untiring patience, who would confront the most shameless ingratitude with a constant and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 1:18

DISCOURSE: 1600THE MANIFESTATION WHICH CHRIST HAS GIVEN OF THE FATHERJohn 1:18. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.THE knowledge of God is the great source of blessings to mankind, but the heathen world were altogether ignorant of him, nor were the Jews themselves fully instructed concerning him: to make a full revelation of him to the world was a part of that work which was reserved for Christ himself; and this... read more

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