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The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2
Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896] · 490,594 words · 512 reading sections
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govemmeat aa~ th~ will _or God for tb&t etnte or riiscord which is the experience or the ant.ur~ _thRt 1s nhenatoo from the eternal Huie~ of nil. •ro be right with God is the first coad1t1on or human peace. Sncb concord it 1e the work of the Redeemer to bring nhout. 3. This peace is both a bequest and a gift of Chris…
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(4) Faith in one involvesfaoitl1 in the other. This is not an arbitrary, but a moral and philosophicnl, injunction. Such i~ tho rolationship between God and Christ that faith in ono ip.volvos faith in both. Whether faith begins from the human or Divine side, It will find itself embrnciug tho Father and Son, or neither.…
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Tgnornnec: is 'l'l"CAkness 1md trouble, knowl!!dge is strength and hBppincss. Christ re\"eRI~ himself to f11ith, 11nd giv'l'R eV{>ry neces~uy infomrntion. He !mvo this with l'i'g~rd to hie dep11rture, and faith followed him through the gloo'ln °of death nutl t'!~p<'CiRlly through the·eff'ulgenoe of his asccm1ion up …
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lmt mi~tnkcn Rtruggle~ (or this. (2) This want wri~ generally felt. "Show u~ tlio Father," It ,vns not the cry of one, but the cry of nil to a more or less extent. It wns the common prnycr of the human family, expres~ed in every a"'e, in differen& wnys, nnd through diffcrer.t mediums, God is the nnivcrsnl Father, :i.~d…
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been wit.h rou, nnd the n<lvRntngee en.ioyccl I "And yet h11st thou not," etc.? There is here a gentle rebuke. With whip of smnll cords faith is lnshcd to greater nctivity, t.o higher flights, nnd to open her eyes on the visiou eo much desired, (3) '!'here ia here a fuller revelatiOfl,, "He thnt ha th seen," etc. 'l…
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autliortty. Whero thoro is no Authority, there is neither rigl,t nor power to comman<i. 'l'hcre may be commands, but they are weak and powerless. Love to Christ recognize.,; his porsonol and administrative authority-hie authority over tho heart, lho will, the intellect, the conecience, Rnd over all the physical and …
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lovin: disciples. (2) As his Gift. to thom fo con.~quence of <Jh,;,t',praYfr, "l will pray the Fat.her, and he shall !tivo," et.a. Thore is M inseparablo connection betweou the Fnther's ~ifts e.nd tho Son's prayel"II. When the 80!1 pr~ys tho Father gi~s, and giveR becnuse he prays and whet he pr11.ys for. What an rn…
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J"egllrd to the gi'('llt ch11ngee of the future, The life of fRith le commensurate In duta- tion with the life of Christ, with which it is inscpnrnbly connected. 'l'hey hnd the C(lmfort of A continuous vision or AD evor-living Saviour, And of their life eternnlly enre in connection with hie. IV. THE OOllrl"ORT OF A …
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Ver. 27.-The special legacy of Jesus to his disciples. Notice- I. THIS LEGACY IN ITS RICH CONTENTS. 11 Peace l leave," etc. 1. The great system of reconciliation. The gospel is pre-eminently the gospel of peace. It is peace on earth, and good will to men. This gospel Christ committed to his apfJstles as its special a…
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fr?rn him is _R gunrantee _of it~ genuine~ees _a.nd worl,h. We ':"ll!e the gift of a. deBr fnt>nd, especJAlly his pe.rtmg gift a.nd his dymg keepsake. Thie 18 the pMting gift of ,TC!'ns t-0 his disciples; a.s ir he were to MY, "I he.ve no riches, no fortune, no eetBtee to give yon; but I give yon something fe.r bett…
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heart, as tho seat or emotion, ie the most vulnerable avenue to these foes. They were rushing in torrents upon the disciple& alreeily. The mere talk of hie departure hrvl filled tholr heart with sorrow. It was hie chief aim to strengthen their heart. 3. This aim he accomplished by the bestowment of his own peace. "Peac…
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Vere. 2, 3.-The work qf the ascended Jesus. And yet manifestly it is only part or the work. So much is spoken of as needed to be spoken of here. Jesus tells us that which will best blend with other things that have to be said at the time. Who- can imagine, who can describe, anything like the total of what Jesus has …
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must be choson. l!'or that way we are respo<:iaible; none can compel us to take evnn one stop in lt. And what that way shall be depends on where we want to get. Those who want to be with Jesus hereafter must be with him here. And those who want to be with the Father hereafter, having knowledge of him, and receivincr…
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But fo 1.-nou· Je.su~, _as he wanu to be known, is not easy. Philip's experience proves thAt. If _length of acqu11m~noe_ and closeness of intim1tCy count for 11nything, Philip hl\d cn_1oycd these. But time 1s only an element in real knowledge, when eome pArt of the knowledge, At all eventll the &lphe.bet and rudiments,…
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Name of Jesus. Aelted with confidence 11nd undorstanding, even aR a servant docs in tho name of his master. If II known servant goes to tho bank with a cheque signed by his master, be gots the money at once; for his master has a claim there, and the claim is recognized, ne II maUer of course. Jesus was One who had gr…
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Ver. 19.-Separated, but not orpluutu!d. I. JESUS CONTINUALLY THOUGHTFUL FOB ms PEOPLE. These disciples could not for a moment place themselves in the present position of their Master. They knew not how be was feeling; they knew uot what mental agonies were impending for him. He, on the other hand, the nearer he drew to…
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Jesus should h11vo kingly honour 11nd kingly power they hRd not diRccrned. But tho disciples seem to h11ve thou.\(ht that Olle d11y ho woulrl 118Rumo outward royal pomps, and then everybody would ho forced to recognize him for what be truly waR. A glory that could be manif,·sted to some and not to all w11s beyond the c…
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Ver. 27.-.A price'less 'lega,cy. I. THE NEED OF SOME BUCH ASSURANCE. Jesus had already said perturbing things. We know the disciples were so perturbed, for we find the Master himself referring to their manifest disappointment and constel'Dation. "Because I have said these things unto you, sorrow bath filled your hea…
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EXPOSITION Ver. 1.-The vine of the Lorr] of hosta OHAPTER XV. (Ps. lxxx.) brought forth wild grapes (Isa. v.: Ezek. xix. 10); Israel beco.me "an empty Vere. 1-10.-(7) The parable of the vino" (Hoe. x. 1). The failure of Ismel to fline and its branches. InC(fl'pora!ion of the realize the ideal leads onr Lonl, as the…
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tione whi<'h he in otl,er pla,oea Rl!l!1lmoa, nor lEschines, and Tbcopbmstus (see LXX., representing hie own Pel"BOnality ae perfectly E1wk. xv. 2). pR.ei,·e in the mutt.er, but he is olaiming for Ver. a.-Now ye are olean-pruned, purged, ,Teho•rnh of hosts the Mme rcla,tion to the cleansed, of the Divine Owner-by re…
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Lord's. As he enicl (eh. xiv, 19), "Boonuse hume.n will nfter rightoousnoss, nor pro- I Ii ve, nncl yo shnll Ii vo ; " so now, As the no11noe a judgment on the grent controversy branoh oannot bear fruit from itaelf-from its between Augustinians e.nd Pelngi11ns. These own inherent vitallty-exoept it abide in the word…
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thoP<' 'll'ho do not obey lhe gospel &nd 11.?e never altogether realized. Just ns fnlth ign0mnt or th<' Le.w of Goo, the curee he1e l~R<ls t.o ftt.ith, an~ l_ove to love, and light to utt,,ml falls hennlyupon thosewbohave been hght, eo does d1smpleehlt1 to dieoipleehlp. on<'<' enlightcnC'd, <'to., and have 11.postnt…
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the good. Still, whioh m11y be shown, and hel\rd I me.de known unto you. This i■ li11s often boon ~hown in self-Bacrificing only in apparent contradiction with oh. xvi. den lh for those who are beloved, wh11tever 12, where he impliee that there wlll be other and "·ider ends me.y be dieoerned more for them to learn i…
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from hie Spirit, or divirle the link without -clearly pointing bnck to ver. 12-that ye which they could bear no fruit Rt e.ll. The may love one another. This entire medite,. "fruit" me.y hero, in He issues, suggest tion cnlmiMtes whore it began. The di- nnother ole.se of idoe.e. Jn the Jlret cose the gression comes b11…
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nnotbc>r nnrl t.n me)-would be loving itl Snrely the whole canto.et with the world own. Th<' world lo'l"<'B its priests &nd mouth- wns not Rn utter fl\llure. Ohrist did win pi<'r0a. i1• own orgnuization (" Oai&phRe persons from all ol1LSSes, and they loved I'iln1<', Hc>rod, nnd Jude.a, and all deYils,'l !Jim, with 11.…
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In this respeot would not have been a and which tr1meoonrl all other simil!lr rleP,rls. violation of the most solemn e.nd gmoious They are works of tho Son of God, workR -,f demnncle of the Father. Tho greatest sin creation a.ntl of hettling, triumpha.nt conllkt la the refusal of the most complete revela- with the forc…
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the worl<I'• hate by the mission of the Com- Greeks, iu 1mcient timea, never limited their forter. 'rl1is great miseion is mid to be hie statement to "prooet>dlng from the Father own. Whenaoever the Paraolete of whom I onlt; '' nor did they object to add, "through ha~e spoken 1ha.ll have oome, whom I will or y the S…
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I. TDl!l NATURE OF THE Nl!lW SITUATION 0REATED BY PENTECOST. " I nm the true Vine, and my Father is the Hushan<lman," 1. Ohri8t i8 the true and e.,sential lflfe of his people. Ho lives in his people by his Spirit. He is at once the Root and the Stock from which the branches derive their so.p and nourishment, 2. The F…
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they are caTlcd is con-trated ,n brotherl~ love, " This is my comml\ndment, Thnt ye love one another, as I hnve loved you. (1) The commandment. (a) It ls a now oorumandment (John xiii. 84). (b) It is au old romme.ndment (2 John 6), (c) If C'ommends itself to the moral nature of m,m. (d) It is the mBinspring or sociB…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1-8.-The vine and the branches. If these words were spoken in the house, they may have been suggested by a creeping, clinging vine trained against the wall ; if upon the footpath, by the vineyards on the slope of Olivet; if in the temple, by the ,golden ;vine wrought upon the gates…
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@bl.t~. "Severed from me ye oan do nothing." 2. The doom of unfrultrulneBB 11 anticipnt.ed. To _be CIL9t out ILnd burnt, like the vine-p1Lrings In the Kedron valley, 3. 'l'he condit.ion of fruitfulness is mentioned. Close union with Christ. 4. The means of inCl"('ILsed fruitfulness is also expl1Lined. Divine prnning an…
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lord, the soldier nothing without bis comma.n<ler, the hand nothing without the hearl, the Ohristia.n nothing without Christ. 2. This aesertion brings out into clear light the absolute dependence ef Ohriseians. Withont our Lord'R teacMn,q and example, we should have no conception of the highest moral excellence. Wit…
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tions c>f bygone :"<'Rl'II ;--&11 fornish enmples of the power and the beauty of friendship even nmongst fA.ulty nnd impc.-rfect bcin11:s, Who is not grnteful for friends? Who wonld be without the.m? Who bas not found friendship a chArm, a stimulus a power in life? Dut whether cRrt.bly friends are few or many, faith…
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pllrUee. On both e)dee it ie v_oluntary. It ie mutnal and reciprocal. We have ee11n how Ohrlet ebowe hie friendship towarrle us. We have to consider how we prove our friendship towards Christ, whnt he justly expects and re<Jnires from us. I. Oun P'RIENDSHIP FOR CnRIBT IS SHOWN IN THE FEELINGS OF O1JJ\ llJl:ART~ TOWARD…
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l'eAl!ODB why Jesus chose those whom he did choose in preference to others. Not all were worthy of his choice, e.nd amongst those who adhered to him there were degrees of at.tachment, degreee of merit, de~rees of ueefulnees. Considerin~ the Clllle of the tweh·e, we observe: l. Their call. This took place early in th…
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personal and spiritual elements in religion, imperilled their own rulers' authority, and the whole system of form and ceremony with which they were associated. 2. Our Lord doubtless looked forward to the time when the vessel of the Church should quit the narrow straits of Judaism, and should sail out into the open se…
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Von;. 26, 27.-Witne.5s, Divim and human. The work of God in the world eo f&r as it is spiritual, is effected by huma.n agency, Upon man's heart the Authdr of life and salvation \ll'orks by means of truth a.ud love, embodied in human lanaunge 0 and human actions. The W-0rd, in acting as "the faithful and true Witne…
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R,1vionr and Lord; and it is the part of all who receive this witness in the power of the snme Spirit to repeat 1Lnd extend the testimony.-T. Var. 1. Tho Vine and the Husbandman. I. CnnrBT AB THE TRUl!l VmY.. We have here: 1. The idea of an importation. It is a foreign vine, and not indigenous to this soil ; for it i…
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11s !'n•ry_ rc,·iving 11nd comfortin~ grRoe. .And there ie Abundnnce for 1111. (4) Fruitrul- nes~ which make8 all connected with him .fruitful,. The vine le II propagRtlng and diffusive plant, and sends its br&nches forth on the right and lert. It le difficult to know how many branches even a single st&lk, by proper dr…
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that of p1Uonts tmd children. The children mn.y lenve the parents nnd form other con- nections, and still go on in prospe~ity. Bu~ this can never he.ppen with regar<l to the vine nod the branches. 8uch 1s the nmon between Obrist and believers. It is so near that they are ever in him and he in them, imparlin~ to them…
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and ye shRll m:~ci,e." (3) Complete and perma'lleTlt disci'pleship, ".And eo shall ye be m~· rlisciple1<." Union with Chtist N!llults in fmit-bearing, and fruit-bearing results in permanent discipleship. "So aball ye be," ero. Not probationers, but full disolplea • not only in name, but in reality; not for a time, b…
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out 11n ebb, True, be we.s "e. Mnn or sorrows, e.nd acquainted with grief." But thi~ wri~ not hie own, "Surely he bore our griefs," etc. His soul was continually joyous, nnd hie no.tnre continu111ly he.ppy. And now, when his earthly work wo.e not actually completed, with tho terrible bo.ttle e.nd more than human pain b…
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with II Divine life, the joy of infinite c11re 1md 1mpport. Chriet rejoiced nt hie union with the disciples, 11nd they onght to rejoice at theirs with him. If it was a source of joy t-0 the BridegToom to be united "ith a poor bride, certainly it ouaht to ho a greater source of joy to the bride to be nnited with mch …
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others ore sml\11, and almost fade into nothingneeR? Ite enormity will 11ppe11r if we conei<ler: 1. it ia the greateBt inBult to the greatest and best Being. Who is dis be! ieverl anrl rejected? The eternnl Son and the eternal Father-the supreme Being whom they profosseu to acknowlodgo nnd worship. For the rejection of…
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3. Want of adeqvate knowledge of 1tim. This would be " valid excnse. Dut this they could not plcRd. He not only sent the Baptist to herald his immedie.te coming, nut came himself in person, and spoke to them, taught daily in their streets and eyM- goguee, a,•Riled bimel'lf or every opportnnity to addreBB them in the…
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or not receiving Christ. Beware or rejecting him. Deware of the excuseless sin. 5. Ou,- great Advocate can find an ezcusefor every 8in but thiR. For this there is no dofence; for he is rojectetl for whose sake God alone can forgive. There is in him no CBWIO of hatred or rejection; but there is in hir,1 11.n infinitely …
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II. PABT MTh.STRY OF JEsue TO RIB LOVED ONES, The love of the Falher to the Son was not an empt,v ~entimcnt. 'l'he Son being "·hat he was, he became the Agent, of ll comp11ssion11ting omnipotence to do good to men. The Father's love to the Son was proved by what he did for him and through him. But the Father could n…
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eeeldng in 1111 its forms. In nll the work theso diRciples l1a<l hit,herto been rloing, they wore t!Jinking of themselves rather than of JesuR nn<l others. That is the way of eorvico according to a worldly spirit. We must learn to act as Jes11s himself would net if ho were one of his own servants; and that can only be …
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Ver. 18.-The 'fJJO'rld hating tlie servants of JesU3. Jesus speaks here of love and fo1t-e, and of no third thing lying between them, and being neither one thing nor another. Wbat looks like indifference is only sleeping love or sleeping bate. 'fhere are those who only need sufficient stirring up in order to become …
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EXPOSITION. Vere. 2,3.-They (used impersonally, us the CHAPTER XVI. German man, or the French ou) sho.ll make Vera. 1-6.-(c) The bitter issues of the (or, declare) you excommunicate-ci1ro<ruvc,- hostility of the world. 'YW'Yous, "put you out of the synagogue," Ver. 1.-These things. What things? expel yon from the f…
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intenaitv of the renaticil!ID WM well exhibitro. 11long they must have bittl>rly felt the in t.11c jwre('('ution in whioh Stephen fell, nnto.gonism which their Lord m1countore<1. and wliich 8t. Paul deemed wo1thy l!ervice, Tho difficulty is removed by including In ond one whioh he ought to ha\"e rendored the TIIV'l'…
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Ver. 7.-Though yon nre oruehed with 11 So, without any hyperbole, nothing hn.d ever 8enee of your appro11ohi ng bereavement, and been so wonderful and blessed to the human 80 imperfootly npprehend the conditions of spirit o.s the fellowship whfoh had prevo.ilerJ your future power and the mothod which between the Son of…
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c,ompelloo to eee thRt it ie altogether in me no more. Not merely thl\t the world the w1·N1~. The dieoiplee are to ovel'<'ome will be led to form a new conception of the whole world by the intensity with righteouenese, seeing that God has exalted whi~h they will be inetrumentAUy the him whom they ht\ve condemned as …
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will, like that or righleousnees, be preceded at thia epooh of year training. Ghrist (eh. by two stupendous objective foots-the exal- xiv. 18, etc., in a pnsso.ge which he procccrla tation of Ohriet ond the jodgment of Satan. to enlarge and deepen) he.e already so.hi The gloriflootion or the Bon of man, to the thnt the…
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have b('('n able t.o supply with referenc,e epnken of heing etmightway glorified, lirtod to Chri@I_ nnd ~alvation, glory, dnty, and inoo the fulnose of the Godhead, glorified in l'temal hfo, Rnd Rll the lawa of tho king- God himself (oh. xiii. 82). This stntement dom. From this VllBt promise we ece the ie partly exp…
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J, tha.t ha (the ~pirit of truth, in being yonr Ver. 16.-A little while. A phrase re- Ouida Into e.11 the truth) 1 te.keth of mine, pel\ted seven times in this brief passo.ise, and wil1 deole.re (H) unto you. Beoe.uee emphatically encouro.ging hie own disciples "mlno is the Fe.ther'e, e.nd the Father'e ie to rise above…
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and tl'llnl!itory· preBC'D<'O, (!I) doparture to roll a stone to his eepulohre, and m&ke U the FBI.her and &biding preaenoe-form B ea sure Ra they oan, sealing the atone and gronp of ideM very difficult el"en for us now setting a watch. Phuise.lam will exult that to rel\lil'lll! cir "to """'~" fully what he saith. t…
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In newness of life by the power of his re- Verily, verily, I ea:, unto you, Whnteoevet 1 surrection. thing ye ahe.11 e.sk (niT1f,n1T•) the J'ather, he Ver. 22.-And, so he continues, ye there- will give it yon in my Ne.me. The modem fore I indeed now have sorrow-your henrte editors, by placing the ,v T<p ov&µa.Tl µou …
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Veno. 25-3::l.-{d) The final ront'tolion of a Mediator, one by whom they drew ne11r trrouolrl fl,af .le,m• ,,,as ,nhat he 1,ad Baid to God, and tl111t Obrist plnoee himself here thnt hr ,,,a•. Tl,ejoy of 01irut., with it,, note in the stead of the whole propitint.cry of '"""''"g. ~ervice and ritual of tho temple. " …
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Ver. 27.-'lor the 'lather himaelf loveth light h11s hegun to irradi&t.e the whole of 7ou (cp,11.,i), with love of a fatherly nffection, this sublime hnt partially renlized reveln- BUoh 11e mine to you, beoauae 7e have loved tion of God in Christ. The doubts vauish me (tho perfoct pretorite, in the eenso of the in this …
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