john-8:42-47,-acts-4:10-12-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-46

(5) The offer of spiritual freedom to the seed of Abraham provoked bitter hostility and misapprehension. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:37-47

The spiritual parentage of the faithless Jews. Jesus does not deny their legitimate descent from Abraham. Truth must be conceded to an adversary. I. THEIR MORAL PARENTAGE CANNOT BE TRACED TO ABRAHAM . "But ye seek to kill me, because my Word makes no progress in you." 1 . Our Lord concedes that his Word had somehow made an entrance, but national prejudices hindered its thorough acceptance in heart as well as mind. 2 . The explanation of the resistance given... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:41-47

True spiritual paternity. Notice— I. THEIR MISTAKEN SPIRITUAL PATERNITY . "We have one Father, even God." This in a sense is true. 1 . They failed to recognize his connection with God. 2 . They failed to understand his message. Although 3 . They failed to believe him and his message. Although: 4 . These sad failures flatly contradict their pretended relationship to God. ( John 8:42-47 .) II. THEIR TRUE SPIRITUAL PATERNITY . "Ye are of your... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:42

But Jesus will not allow them to claim the full privilege of sons of God. Said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would be loving me, not seeking to slay me. Seeing that you do not love me, God is not your Father in the sense in which you are boasting such relation to him. The reason is: For I came forth out ( ἐκ ) of God. This expression only occurs in one other passage ( John 16:28 ), and there the texts vary between ἐκ ἀπὸ , and παρά . It points to the momentous and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:43

Why do ye not understand —come to appreciate and penetrate the significance of— my speech? There is delicate subtle distinction between λαλιά and λόγος , corresponding to that between λαλέω and λέγω . The former word connotes the form, manner, and tone of utterance, and the latter its inner substance and power. λαλιά is a, word used for any manifestation of sound, a voice, the babble of children, the cries and songs of beasts or birds, for which purpose λὲγω and λόγος ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:44

Ye are of the father who is the devil. In this way the great bulk of the best commentators translate this difficult clause, Hilgenfeld, Volkmar, and Davidson translate, "You are of the father of the devil;" and suggest that here the evangelist betrays his fierce Gnostic (Ophite) antagonism to the Jews, and adopts the view that the God of the Old Testament, the "Creator," was the Father of the serpent. This is surely untenable. The Creator of all things, in the prologue, is none other than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:45

Then, turning to these children of the wicked one, Christ delivered a tremendous denunciation: But because I say the truth— because I am the Organ, Utterance, and Incarnation of the truth— ye believe me not . If he spake lies to them, they would greedily receive them. The very cause of their lack of credence is the utterance of truth. The "I" is emphatic, and set over against the "you" of the second clause. There is a tragic force about this charge almost unparalleled, implying the most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:46

Which of you convieteth me of sin? ἐλέγχω is used in the sense of John 16:6-8 (see note)—Which of you can justify a charge of sin against me? can bring it home to me or others? Sin ( ἁμαρτία ) is not mere "error," as Erasmus and some others have urged, because the word throughout the New Testament (and in the classics when not accompanied by some explanatory term) always means "contrariety to the will of God," moral offence not intellectual defect (so Meyer, Luthardt, Godet,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:46

The sinlessness of Christ. Had our Lord Jesus been guilty of sin (the very thought is to a Christian mind inexpressibly shocking!), he could not have been all that he actually is to us. As God manifest in the flesh, as the ideal Man, as the all-sufficient Saviour, Christ must needs have been without sin. I. THE WITNESS OF MEN TO OUR LORD 'S SINLESSNESS . 1 . That of his friends and apostles. Peter designated him "the Holy One and the Just," "who did no sin;" John,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:47

There was some pause after this searching inquiry. Silence showed that, if they could not convince him of sin, they were ready with no answer to his question. He assumes that his word is unanswerable; he is what he says he is, and is able to set men free from sin and to give them eternal life. Their position is still further explained by a distinct syllogism, of which the major premiss is: He that is of God heareth the words of God; words which it is obviously taken for granted he is... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:33-46

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:37-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:41-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:43

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:44

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:45

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:46

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:46

The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:47

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