And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.In Solomon's portico — Josephus informs us, that when Solomon built the temple, he filled up a part of the adjacent valley, and built a portico over it toward the east. This was a noble structure, supported by a wall four hundred cubits high: and continued even to the time of Albinus and Agrippa, which was several years after the death of Christ. read more
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.Ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep — Because ye do not, will not follow me: because ye are proud, unholy, lovers of praise, lovers of the world, lovers of pleasure, not of God27,28, 29. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, etc.-Our Lord still alludes to the discourse he had before this festival. As if he had said, My sheep are they who, 1. Hear my voice by faith; 2. Are known (that is,... read more
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, &c. - Our Lord still alludes to the discourse he had before this festival. As if he had said, My sheep are they who, Hear my voice by faith; Are known (that is, approved) by me, as loving me; and Follow me, keep my commandments, with a believing, loving heart. And to those who, Truly believe (observe three promises annexed to three conditions) I give eternal life. He does not say, I will, but I give. For he that believeth hath... read more
I and my Father are one.I and the Father are one — Not by consent of will only, but by unity of power, and consequently of nature.Are — This word confutes Sabellius, proving the plurality of persons: one - This word confutes Arius, proving the unity of nature in God. Never did any prophet before, from the beginning of the world, use any one expression of himself, which could possibly be so interpreted as this and other expressions were, by all that heard our Lord speak. Therefore if he was not... read more
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? Psalm 82:6. read more
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;If he (God) called them gods unto whom the word of God came, (that is, to whom God was then speaking,) and the Scripture cannot be broken - That is, nothing which is written therein can be censured or rejected. read more
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world — This sanctification (whereby he is essentially the Holy One of God) is mentioned as prior to his mission, and together with it implies, Christ was God in the highest sense, infinitely superior to that wherein those judges were so called. read more
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.That ye may know and believe — In some a more exact knowledge precedes, in others it follows faith. I am in the Father and the Father in me.I and the Father are one — These two sentences illustrate each other. read more
And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.To the desert place where John baptized, and gave so honourable a testimony of him. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 10:22
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.It was the feast of the dedication — Instituted by Judas Maccabeus, 1Macc. iv, 59, when he purged and dedicated the altar and temple after they had been polluted. So our Lord observed festivals even of human appointment. Is it not, at least, innocent for us to do the same? read more