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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 1:5

shineth . Greek. phaino. App-106 . darkness = the darkness. Pre supposing the Fall. Genesis 3:18 . comprehended it . This is direct from the Vulgate. The Greek kata is so rendered only here. It means, overcame or overpowered Him not. See 1 Thessalonians 5:4 (overtake). Mark 9:18 . Mark 8:3 , Mark 8:4 (take); John 12:35 (come upon hostilely). it. Referring grammatically to phos, the light (neuter); but logically to the Word. Quoted by Tatian (AD 150-170), Greek t. ad Graecos, xiii. Note... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:1

This chapter falls easily into five divisions: (1) the prologue, John 1:1-18; (2) the deputation from Jerusalem to John the Baptist, John 1:19-28; (3) the events of the next day after that deputation, John 1:29-34; (4) the events of the second day after the deputation, John 1:35-42; and (5) the events of the third day following the historic interview with John the Baptist, John 1:48-51. Thus, aside from the prologue, this chapter records the events of only four days of Jesus' ministry.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:2

The same was in the beginning with God.The three propositions of John 1:1 are here reduced to a single declaration and re-affirmed. As Hovey said:This emphatic repetition of the first verse prepares the way for the statement that follows in verse third; and the practice of repeating an important truth for the sake of emphasis, or of preparing the mind for connected truth, is characteristic of this evangelist's style.[7] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:3

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.Other New Testament passages which attribute the creation of the universe to Jesus Christ are as follows:For in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; and he is before all things, and in him all things consist (Colossians 1:16-17).... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:4

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.In him was life ... Life was a favorite term with the author of John. "The noun occurs thirty-six times, and eleven are in conjunction with the adjective ETERNAL."[19] The use of the past tense shows that true spiritual life was in Christ before the incarnation, emphasizing the truth that all of the hopes of worshipers under Israel's law were actually in the Lord Jesus Christ, just as it is with all who ever lived. Physical life does not seem... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:5

And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.The dramatic shift to the present tense shows that John was not here dealing merely with a past phenomenon, but with a present reality. In the very nature of that ineffable light in Christ Jesus, it is at once past, present, and future, ever shining in the gloom of mortal darkness; and in the remarkable truth of this Gospel, that light was viewed as a blazing sun illuminating the night of human sin and rebellion against... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:1

John 1:1. In the beginning was the Word,— "In the beginning, before the foundation of the world, or the first production of any created being, a glorious Person existed, who may properly be called the Word of God, not only because God the Father at first created, and still governs, all things by him, but because, as men discover their sentiments and designs to one another by the intervention of words, speech, or discourse, so God, by his Son, discovers his gracious designs in the fullest and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:2

John 1:2. The same was in the beginning with God.— The Socinians, who have laboured hard to subvert the authority of this stubborn portion of scripture, most perversely understand this passage of Christ's being taken up into heaven after his baptism, in order to be instructed in the will of God; for which they think they have Christ's own testimony, John 3:13. But they mistake the meaning of that passage (see the note). Besides, the evangelist is here describing the existence of the Word before... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:3

John 1:3. All things were made by him;— Although the word make is capable of an extensive sense, yet, as in other passages Jesus is said to have created all things, Col 1:16 we cannot doubt that St. John uses the word εγενετο in the sense of creation, a meaning which it often has in the Jewish scriptures. It is true, this and the other passages which speak of Christ's making all things, are by some explained of his erecting the Christian dispensation. But let it be observed here, once for all,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:4

John 1:4. In him was life,— The most ancient fathers who quote this text, so generally join the words at the end of the last verse, ο γεγονεν, which we render that was made, with this 4th verse; and St. John uses so frequently to begin the following sentence with what ended the foregoing, that many judicious commentators think it to be the true reading, and therefore render it,—that which was in him was life; "that fulness of power, wisdom, and benignity which was in him, was the fountain of... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 1:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 1:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 1:4

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