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Selected Verse: John 5:15 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 5:15 |
King James |
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The man departed, and told, &c.--little thinking how unwelcome his grateful and eager testimony would be. "The darkness received not the light which was pouring its rays upon it" (Joh 1:5, Joh 1:11) [OLSHAUSEN]. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Told (ἀνήγγειλεν)
See on Joh 4:25. The best texts, however, read εἶπεν, said. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The man went and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole - One might have expected, that when he had published the name of his benefactor, crowds would have thronged about Jesus, to have heard the words of his mouth, and to have received the blessings of the Gospel. Instead of this, they surround him with a hostile intent: they even conspire against his life, and for an imagined transgression in point of ceremony, would have put out this light of Israel. Let us not wonder then, if our good be evil spoken of: if even candour, benevolence, and usefulness, do not disarm the enmity of those who have been taught to prefer sacrifice to mercy; and who, disrelishing the genuine Gospel, naturally seek to slander and persecute the professors, but especially the defenders of it. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The man departed, and told the Jews - He did not say it was Jesus who had ordered him to carry his bed, but it was Jesus who had cured him; and he left them to draw the inference, viz. That this Jesus must be the miraculous power of God. |
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.