John 1:9-10

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - John 1:9-13

John THE WORD IN ETERNITY, IN THE WORLD, AND IN THE FLESH Joh_1:1 - Joh_1:14 . The other Gospels begin with Bethlehem; John begins with ‘the bosom of the Father.’ Luke dates his narrative by Roman emperors and Jewish high-priests; John dates his ‘in the beginning.’ To attempt adequate exposition of these verses in our narrow limits is absurd; we can only note the salient points of this, the profoundest page in the New Testament. The threefold utterance in Joh_1:1 carries us into the depths... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 1:1-13

the Light for the New Year’s Path John 1:1-13 The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen God. God spake and it was done. His words preceded the act of creation, but Christ was the Word or utterance of God. He who created time preceded time, and that which is before time is eternal and divine. Christ is the organ or medium by which God goes forth in creation, providence, and redemption. The life of God... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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 1:10

BLINDNESS OF HEART‘He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.’ John 1:10 These are the words in which the last of the Apostles summed up the direct and visible results of the Incarnation. He is above all impressed with the awful paradox that, when God became man, men were so blind as not to perceive it.A sad text, and yet it has its consolations. I. It teaches us that the Presence of our Lord does not depend on our faith, or our love, or our keenness of... 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 1:8-9

‘He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light, which was the true light, which lights every man coming into the world.’ The stress now is on the fact that John was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. He pointed away from himself to Another. He was not himself ‘the Light’ in the fullest sense of the word (although Jesus would later say that ‘he was a burning and a shining light’ - John 5:35) because this coming light was unique, He would be the true... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:10

‘He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world did not know him.’ This verse reflects the different meanings of the word ‘world’ in the Gospel. In the Gospel ‘the world’ generally refers to the whole of mankind in contrast with God and His true people. God loved ‘the world’ and wanted to save them (John 3:16). The Pharisees were ‘of this world’ (John 8:23-24). Jesus’ disciples were ‘not of the world’ (John 17:14; John 17:16). The ‘world’ does not know God (John 17:25, and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:9-13

John 1:9-1 Chronicles : . The Work of the Light before the Incarnation.— But in truth the light, “ which lighteth every man,” was always coming into the world. Possibly John 1:9 means that when John was “ witnessing,” the true light was on the point of “ coming” and was actually in the world, which He had created, though men knew Him not. But this interpretation is less natural. He was always in the world that He had made, though it was ignorant of its Maker. His coming was to His own ... read more

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