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The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:2

The same Logos whom the writer has just affirmed to have been God himself, was , though it might seem at first reading to be incompatible with the first or third clause of the first verse, nevertheless in the beginning with God —"in the beginning," and therefore, as we have seen, eternally in relation with God. The previous statements are thus stringently enforced, and, notwithstanding their tendency to diverge, are once more bound into a new, unified, and emphatic utterance. Thus the ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3

All things ( πάντα , not τὰ πάντα ) taken one by one, rather than all things regarded in their totality—"all things," i.e. all beings and elements of things visible or invisible, in heaven, earth, and under the earth (see Colossians 1:16 , etc.), came into being through him, through the Logos, who was in the beginning with God, and was God. The Logos is the organ or instrument by which everything, one by one, was made. Two other words are used in the New Testament to denote... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-4

(2) The creation of all things through the Logos, as the instrument of the eternal counsel and activity of God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-5

Jesus Christ in relation to creation. The apostle next shows the relation between the finite and the infinite, the Divine and the human. I. THE WORD MADE FLESH . "All things were made by him." Therefore he must be God. "He that built all things is God" ( Hebrews 3:4 ). This creation has a double aspect. 1 . He made the worlds, tie made matter. 2 . He made man, who is the crown of creation; for "in him was life." II. THE WORD IS THE LIFE OF THE WORLD... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

(a) The Life, and therefore inclusive of the fact that the Logos always has been and now is (b) the Light of men. In him was £ life . "Life" in all its fulness of meaning—that grand addition to things which confers upon them all their significance for men. There is one impassable chasm which neither history, nor science, nor philosophy can span, viz. that between nothing and something. The evangelist has found the only possible method of facing it—by the conception of One who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

The life that gives light to men. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth:" so runs the first verse of the Book of Genesis. "In the beginning was the Word:" so runs the first verse in the Gospel of John. This resemblance prompts us to look for other resemblances. "God said, Let there be light: and there was light:" so runs the third verse of the Book of Genesis. And then we perceive that John, correspondingly, would lead his readers to think of the greatest of all lights... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:5

(3) The antagonism between light and darkness. The highest manifestation and proof of the following statement will be found in that great entrance of the Eternal Logos into human life which will shed the most complete ray of Divine light upon men; but before that great event, during its occurrence, and ever since, i.e. throughout all times and nations, the light shineth in the darkness. Many expositors, like Godet, after long wavering and pondering, resolve this expression into a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:1

In the beginning - This expression is used also in Genesis 1:1. John evidently has allusion here to that place, and he means to apply to “the Word” an expression which is there applied “to God.” In both places it clearly means before creation, before the world was made, when as yet there was nothing. The meaning is: that the “Word” had an existence before the world was created. This is not spoken of the man Jesus, but of that which “became” a man, or was incarnate, John 1:14. The Hebrews, by... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:2

The same - The Word, or the λόγος Logos.Was in the beginning with God - This seems to be a repetition of what was said in the first verse; but it is stated over again to “guard the doctrine,” and to prevent the possibility of a mistake. John had said that he existed before the creation, and that he was “with God;” but he had not said in the first verse “that the union with God existed in the beginning.” He now expresses that idea, and assures us that that union was not one which was commenced... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:3

All things - The universe. The expression cannot be limited to any part of the universe. It appropriately expresses everything which exists - all the vast masses of material worlds, and all the animals and things, great or small, that compose those worlds. See Revelation 4:11; Hebrews 1:2; Colossians 1:16.Were made - The original word is from the verb “to be,” and signifies “were” by him; but it expresses the idea of creation here. It does not alter the sense whether it is said “‘were’ by him,”... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:3

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