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The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2
Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896] · 490,594 words · 512 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 481
Vere. 24.-29.-The unbelief of Thomas. I. THOMAS AND HIS FELLOW-AP:>STLEB. When they told '.I.'homas they had seen Jesus, and he refused to believe, they must he.ve been rather staggered at first. They would insist on how they had seen Jesus with their own eyes, and heard him with their own ears; not one of them, but al…
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EXPOSITION. ferent linee, with a diverse motive, and has CHAPTER XXL its own conclusion. Ven. 1-25.--3. The epilogue, a1U1111ering 3. The purpose is variously conceived by lo fAe prowgue. The post-resurrection life those who agree to regard it as an appendiz. ClllmlBpOnds with the pre-inca.rna.te energy (1) There a…
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Galihe~n BppcBmnoe, nna confines hie rC'<'ord and most ineffi\ccable illlpreiaion upon his to lh<' ~<'lf-manifcetaticme in the neigbbonr- own mind. R WM, indood, the third appenr- hr>nd of Jerns&lem, or on the Mount of e.noe to tbB apostles after bia res11rrectillll Olive11. John, wilh ohRmctcrietfo diff"cr- but not…
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Ver. 1.-After theae thing, .Jesua man!• 25 for Olnist'e we.lking "upon tho sea;" featerl himself again to the disoipleo at the but tho /,rl is itsolf explained here by the Ha of Tlberina. The opening formula is ml")l1a11.6v of ver. i, just ae the prepo8i tioo one ofton ndopted by John (seo pe.rticulnrly receives elsewh…
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from that time forw11r,l "flshe?'II of men " illustmtion of, &nd testimony to, the cha- (M11tL Iv. 21; Mink i. 19, 20; Lnko v. 10). motor of the msn who was so oonsplouous Thnt thev should here be mentionecl after an initiator. They 1ay to him, We al10 oome ThnmRsJLnd nft<-r Nathanael oorresponds with (or, go) with …
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true rc1vllng, it would imply that he stood voice which had often poured such mnsin forth, ns having come from some unperoeived into their ea.re. Children ; not T<1C11ia, the region. If the l1r! remnin, the idea is that phrase used in oh. xiii. 33, but 1ra16la, the morning light, as it WAS breaking over •• young people…
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qnent'.'c or the l"idit rl'mini~N!nco of the r,11st; posod, thRt P~tcr wnlkcd triumphnntly upon with Pud,kn intuition ginn to him by tho the wa.ten. Not e. hint of it ocours, 'l'he event. And R frePh !'eRliimtinn of tho identity hundred yards wero rapidly oovorcd. either oftbo risen Lord with the l\Jvster Jcms, that…
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to Christ'e creative power. LnthrmU thinks ftahe■, a hundred and Arty and th.reo, Various of the ministry of angels. Borne h11ve efforts have beon made from cnrly times to suggoeted thnt Poter prepared tho hasty give some symbolic meaning to this enume- ropnst during the interval that elnpsed ration. Canon Westcott has…
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alleg-ory of tl1e enooc-ss with which the final prepare,l nnd used by the seveu dliiciplc!r imralhering nf son le •hR.ll be effected. than the solitary lol\f and d,j,dp,ov which ''er. 12.-Jesns a&i.th to them, Come and were first seen upon the fire. The Loni breRk your f&1t. A word is neoo wbfoh gave them symbolically…
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to lovo, to thought, to ea.meet though trem- than any or them in refusing grace which bling Inquiry, to spirHunl vision only, so thou thonghtest it might dishonour m,i to here wo find thnt, nmicl the orrlinnry duties give. Thou didst indeed soy, "Thongh 111! of life nod the activities and disappoint- men should be o1fe…
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\\-hen, therefore;the Lord here a.eke Simon, Shepherd," nnd, RB Pctor put.a it in I Pet. •A;-a,rnr," Dost thou esteem me worthy of thy v. 4, the "chief She1.1ho1-d." Ho bns lnid t,,Tc? •· Simon, ";the. burst of ponone.1 clffe<-.• down bis life with R now of ta.king it e.goin, ti<'n. mye, yet with e. certain humility…
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la freely ooncedctl to tho Lord. All things tho.t so; I havo nnvrr eaten nnything common r,r Peter did, thought, or felt, nil hie bewilder- unclean I" Thusc a.re fnmilinr illnstmtiona ment, all hie mieta.kee, nil his impulsiveness of the childishness o.nrl infantile sirnpl icity, and mixture of motive, nil his self-…
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but to form the very focus and new oentral many antioipatlona, partial beginnlhge, ot for,•e of thy ,.-hole· being; and BO it will the final aoene muet Petor hl\ve paeeecl ,•ome to pa•• that thie new foroe will more through beforo, in utt.or human helpleesness thnn muter thoo; e.ncl when thou ■halt be but in Divine,…
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his converts, " Be ye followers of God, as Master from the first, u.nd clang to him dol\r chilclro11;" "IJo yo followers of me, ns (lµ.,11,), abode with him, from !hose early rlnys I am of Uhriat,"-then the Lord gnth1,re<i till the moment at which these memornhlo, e.11 the rulos of conduct which were involved words wer…
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hlo,P<l di~ciplc'• qufotmlc nnd BE'lf-po~ece- eensA, P<'mr too hllowod and tarl'led ILnd sinn. Cle:u·I)· the inquiry WIie not nltogether e.lx,<ie mt.h Christ till the dRy when ho was p!,·n-i11r: to the L<>rd, and. led him once tnkcn homt'. LulhRr<lt sugiraste that the rn"''" 1(1 reiternte the original injunction, Myi…
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to "the dieoiple whom Jesus loved"). No one alive who know (consider this!) '!'hie wns not nn nnnaturnl snpposition, as -Sa,v with his eyes e.nd handlocl with hie ago ndvnnoed, ancl ho wne regarded aa his hands tho "grcnt light of Aeill," the depositary That which was from the fuet, the Word of the latest tmclitione,…
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Jiis gospel of the love of God, hie memorice word in the :New Teelflment) is possibly of "lb<' Wor,1 maile flesh," of "the Light accounted for l.ly the recolh,-ction which somo 0f the world," l1ie doctrini, of the" etern&l of those who had often he!U'd U10 beloved Jife wbicb WBB with the Father, and hAB apostle spea…
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HOMILETICS. Vore. 1-8.-The fishing in 0alil~ This chapter is e.n e.ppendix to the Gospel written by the Apostle John, I. TnE B0ENE 01!' OUR Loan's NEXT APPEARAN0E TO THE DIBC!l'LEB. "After theRe things Jesus showed himseU again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberiae." 1. Ie was not at Je1"1111alem, which was now for…
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?°Is first fo1"m seems to remi11d the apostle of the p'l'flSwmptuous superiority he had claimed for him•e?f al>oveaJl o~ discir,la. "Though all men forAakc thee, yet will not I." 11 Lovost tbo11 me more than these? '-these other disciples. It is a suggestive fact that Petor's RSsertion of extreme devotion hnd occurr…
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II. 'fnl!l LORD DETERMINER THE MANNER OJ' PmEB'e DEATH. It wa~ to b~ <\ death of violence. He was to become a. me.rtyr of the Christian faith. "When th011 wast young "-Peter WBI! now a. middle-aged ma.n-" thou girdedst thyself"-posse~sirw ruu liberty of life-" a.nd we.lkedst whHher thou wouldest "-with fu II freedom ot…
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to interest one'e eclf unduly in other people's concerns. 6. The ans1»or qf our Lord implies that we are bound to follow him through all the mystery that surrounds our p1,th " Fol low thou me." Peter is to follow Christ whether he knows or not the future destiny of his hclov!'d fellow-dieciple, (1) Men are sometimes…
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their unep_irituality, are a complete 1?arrier to their really knowing him; they are witho11t, the receptiveness and sympathy which are necessary in order to such knowlerlge. 3. H may be through human perplexity and despondency. In the case of the diaciples this seems to have been the explanation of their failure to …
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J f. THE l'OUI, IIIAT BE DETERRED BY 1TB VERY REVEBENOE FBOll INTELLECTUAL rnQumT n,,-o CBRIST'e ~EDENTIALB; No doubt there are ~ho~e who believe 61 they hHc been taught and tramed to believe, and whose belief 1e simply the refleotlon of chRt of olhers. Yet 1here are natures, refined and sensitive, who are so perfeotly…
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Ver. 18.- 77ie primacy of Peter. The career of St. Peter Is a striking instance of elevation from obscurity to fame. From a Galilman fisherman he was promoted to the leadership of the college of apostles, and has for cer.turies been revered by a great part of the Christian world as the earthly head of the Church. The a…
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Ver. 19.-God g1,ori,fi«J, in death. There is something startling in this language of our Lord. God is the Giver of life; and death, according to the scriptural teaching, comes by sin. In life God is glorified. Yet, as Chrietianity transmutes dross into gold, it is credible that even death may tend to the Divine glor…
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Vere, 21, 22.-0uriosity rebulced. Peter and John were the two amon" the twelve who were nearest to Obrist, and they were peculiarly intimate in their fri~ndship and congenial in their disposition. It Wl\8 very natura! that when the risen Jesus had ~ttered so explicit B prediction concerning the future of th; a.postls--…
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curiosity. or nn intimation that John should survive until the d8tructlon of Jerusnlem; yet tlwre went 11.brond A notion that Jesus haJ expressly assured his beloved disciple thRt he should never die! Could there be a. more rema.rka.ble perversion of the Lord's word~? a. more i:ignal instance of the untrustworthines…
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God. Tho love !equired _of the shepherd is the latter, 11lthough the former is by no :!1eans to be despise~, but _is B;dvante.goous. (2) It is the highest order of love to <Jhri.~t. Lovest thou me 1 ThlB high honour, devotion, and attachment must be felt towards J~sus-his Person, his chare.cter, his co.use, e.nd gre.n…
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(5) '!'be direct evidenoe qf Jestts. "Feed my lambs." This was a final proof that his love was g~nuine. Christ would not entrust his lambs but to the bosom of genuine love, nor bis sheep but to the arms of warm affection. His employment in We service w~s the etron,rcet proof of the sinoeri ty of hie love. II. THE B…
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Ver. 1.-.A ne10 manifestation on an old scene. I. THE OLD SCENE. This verse "ets all its B'llggestiveness just as we remember the place which Jesus chose for this par- ticular manifestation. Persons and time and place were all combined together into one complete lesson of truth. Capernaum stood on that sea, the one pla…
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VOLUME II. PA.OK CHAPTER IX. TREUB TRl?:'.llB PAGE Allegory of the Good Shepherd 55 Cure of the Man born Blind 15 AnotheT Visit to Jerusalem ancl The Investigation of the Miracle 16 Another Address 56 The Moral Result of the Miracle 18 The Charge of Blasphemy ... 56 Moral Result of Christ's Coming into The Brief Sojo…
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TRBMB PAO& TnEJl'JI PAtJJI The Revelation mo.clo to F11ith 23G The Sin of neglecting tlie Se.viour 29\! The Wo.y to Ood 2:l8 Abiding in the Love of Jesus 295 Christ the 'rruth .. , 239 Servants o.nd Friends 296 Christ tho Life 2'10 Jesus, the Decider o.nd Provider 2!)7 The Gren.tar Works 2H Tho WOYld ho.ting the S…
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