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Selected Verse: John 12:36 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 12:36 |
King James |
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them--He who spake as never man spake, and immediately after words fraught with unspeakable dignity and love, had to "hide Himself" from His auditors! What then must they have been? He retired, probably to Bethany. (The parallels are: Mat 21:17; Luk 21:37). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
While ye have light - This implied two things:
1. that he was the light, or was the Messiah.
2. that he was soon to be taken away by death.
In this manner he answered their question - not directly, but in a way to convey the truth to their minds, and at the same time to administer to them a useful admonition. Jesus never aroused the prejudices of men unnecessarily, yet he never shrank from declaring to them the truth in some way, however unpalatable it might be.
Believe in the light - That is, in the Messiah, who is the light of the world.
That ye may be the children ... - That ye may be the friends and followers of the Messiah. See the notes at Mat 1:1. Compare Joh 8:12; Eph 5:8; "Now are ye light in the Lord; walk as children of light."
Did hide himself from them - Joh 8:59. He went out to Bethany, where he commonly passed the night, Luk 21:37. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The children of light - The children of God, wise, holy, happy. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Children of light - Let the light, the truth of Christ, so dwell in and work by you that ye may be all light in the Lord: that as truly as a child is the produce of his own parent, and partakes of his nature, so ye may be children of the light, having nothing in you but truth and righteousness.
Did hide himself from them - Either by rendering himself invisible, or by suddenly mingling with the crowd, so that they could not perceive him. See Joh 8:59. Probably it means no more than that he withdrew from them, and went to Bethany, as was his custom a little before his crucifixion; and concealed himself there during the night, and taught publicly every day in the temple. It was in the night season that they endeavored to seize upon him, in the absence of the multitude. |
37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.