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Selected Verse: John 1:7 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 1:7 |
Strong Concordance |
The same [3778] came [2064] for [1519] a witness [3141], to [2443] bear witness [3140] of [4012] the Light [5457], that [2443] all [3956] men through [1223] him [846] might believe [4100]. |
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King James |
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. |
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] |
through him--John. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For a witness - To give testimony. He came to prepare the minds of the people to receive him Matt. 3; Luke 3; to lead them by repentance to God; and to point out the Messiah to Israel when he came, Joh 1:31.
Of the Light - That is, of the Messiah. Compare Isa 60:1.
That all men ... - It was the object of John's testimony that all people might believe. He designed to prepare them for it; to announce that the Messiah was about to come, to direct the minds of men to him, and thus to prepare them to believe on him when he came. Thus, he baptized them, saying "That they should believe on him who should come after him" Act 19:4, and thus he produced a very general expectation that the Messiah was about to come. The testimony of John was especially valuable on the following accounts:
1. It was made when he had no personal acquaintance with Jesus of Nazareth, and of course there could have been no collusion or agreement to deceive them, Joh 1:31.
2. It was sufficiently long before he came to excite general attention, and to fix the mind on it.
3. It was that of a man acknowledged by all to be a prophet of God - "for all men held John to be a prophet," Mat 21:26.
4. It was "for the express purpose" of declaring beforehand that he was about to appear.
5. It was "disinterested."
He was himself extremely popular. Many were disposed to receive him as the Messiah. It was evidently in his "power" to form a large party, and to be regarded extensively as the Christ. This was the highest honor to which a Jew could aspire; and it shows the value of John's testimony, that he was willing to lay all his honors at the feet of Jesus, and to acknowledge that he was unworthy to perform for him the office of the humblest servant, Mat 3:11.
Through him - Through John, or by means of his testimony.
Was not that Light - Was not "the Messiah." This is an explicit declaration designed to satisfy the disciples of John. The evidence that he was not the Messiah he states in the following verses.
From the conduct of John here we may learn,
1. The duty of laying all our honors at the feet of Jesus.
2. As John came that all might believe, so it is no less true of the ministry of Jesus himself. He came for a similar purpose, and we may all, therefore, trust in him for salvation.
3. We should not rely too much on ministers of the gospel. They cannot save us any more than John could; and their office, as his was, is simply to direct people "to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The same (οὗτος)
Compare Joh 1:2, and the pronoun ἐκεῖνος, he, in Joh 1:8.
For a witness (εἰς μαρτυρίαν)
Revised version of the New Testament, more correctly, for witness: a witness would be, μάρτυρα as Act 1:8. The sense is for witness-bearing or to bear witness. On the word, see Act 1:22; Pe1 5:1. It is one of John's characteristic words, occurring nearly fifty times in various forms in his Gospel, and thirty or forty times in the Epistles and Revelation. The emphatic development of the idea of witness is peculiar to this Gospel. "It evidently belongs to a time when men had begun to reason about the faith, and to analyze the grounds on which it rested" (Westcott). He develops the idea under the following forms: The witness of the Father (Joh 5:31, Joh 5:34, Joh 5:37); the witness of Christ himself (Joh 8:14; Joh 18:37); the witness of works (Joh 5:17, Joh 5:36; Joh 10:25; Joh 14:11; Joh 15:24); the witness of Scripture (Joh 5:39, Joh 5:40, Joh 5:46; Joh 1:46); the witness of the forerunner (Joh 1:7; Joh 5:33, Joh 5:35); the witness of the disciples (Joh 15:27; Joh 19:35; Joh 21:24; Jo1 1:2; Jo1 4:14); the witness of the Spirit (Joh 15:26; Joh 16:13, Joh 16:14; Jo1 5:6). Note the emphasis attached to the idea here, by the twofold form in which it is put: first, generally, for witness, and then by giving the subject of the testimony.
All
The Baptist took up the work of the prophets, as respects their preparation for the universal extension of the divine call (Isa 49:6). His message was to men, without regard to nation, sect, descent, or other considerations.
Through him
John the Baptist. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The same came for (that is, in order to give) a testimony - The evangelist, with the most strong and tender affection, interweaves his own testimony with that of John, by noble digressions, wherein he explains the office of the Baptist; partly premises and partly subjoins a farther explication to his short sentences. What St. Matthew, Mark, and Luke term the Gospel, in respect of the promise going before, St. John usually terms the testimony, intimating the certain knowledge of the relator; to testify of the light - Of Christ. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
That all men through him might believe - He testified that Jesus was the true light - the true teacher of the way to the kingdom of glory, and the lamb or sacrifice of God, which was to bear away the sin of the world, Joh 1:29, and invited men to believe in him for the remission of their sins, that they might receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost, Joh 1:32-34. This was bearing the most direct witness to the light which was now shining in the dark wilderness of Judea; and, from thence, shortly to be diffused over the whole world. |
11 I [1473] indeed [3303] baptize [907] you [5209] with [1722] water [5204] unto [1519] repentance [3341]: but [1161] he that cometh [2064] after [3694] me [3450] is [2076] mightier than [2478] I [3450], whose [3739] shoes [5266] I am [1510] not [3756] worthy [2425] to bear [941]: he [846] shall baptize [907] you [5209] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], and [2532] with fire [4442]:
26 But [1161] if [1437] we shall say [2036], Of [1537] men [444]; we fear [5399] the people [3793]; for [1063] all [3956] hold [2192] John [2491] as [5613] a prophet [4396].
31 And I [2504] knew [1492] him [846] not [3756]: but [235] that [2443] he should be made manifest [5319] to Israel [2474], therefore [1223] [5124] am [2064] I [1473] come [2064] baptizing [907] with [1722] water [5204].
4 Then [1161] said [2036] Paul [3972], John [2491] verily [3303] baptized [907] with the baptism [908] of repentance [3341], saying [3004] unto the people [2992], that [2443] they should believe [4100] on [1519] him which should come [2064] after [3326] him [846], that is [5123], on [1519] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424].
1 Arise [06965], shine [0215]; for thy light [0216] is come [0935], and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] is risen [02224] upon thee.
31 And I [2504] knew [1492] him [846] not [3756]: but [235] that [2443] he should be made manifest [5319] to Israel [2474], therefore [1223] [5124] am [2064] I [1473] come [2064] baptizing [907] with [1722] water [5204].
6 And he said [0559], It is a light thing [07043] that thou shouldest be my servant [05650] to raise up [06965] the tribes [07626] of Jacob [03290], and to restore [07725] the preserved [05341] [05336] of Israel [03478]: I will also give [05414] thee for a light [0216] to the Gentiles [01471], that thou mayest be my salvation [03444] unto the end [07097] of the earth [0776].
6 This [3778] is [2076] he that came [2064] by [1223] water [5204] and [2532] blood [129], even Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]; not [3756] by [1722] water [5204] only [3440], but [235] by [1722] water [5204] and [2532] blood [129]. And [2532] it is [2076] the Spirit [4151] that beareth witness [3140], because [3754] the Spirit [4151] is [2076] truth [225].
14 He [1565] shall glorify [1392] me [1691]: for [3754] he shall receive [2983] of [1537] mine [1699], and [2532] shall shew [312] it unto you [5213].
13 Howbeit [1161] when [3752] he [1565], the Spirit [4151] of truth [225], is come [2064], he will guide [3594] you [5209] into [1519] all [3956] truth [225]: for [1063] he shall [2980] not [3756] speak [2980] of [575] himself [1438]; but [235] whatsoever [3745] [302] he shall hear [191], that shall he speak [2980]: and [2532] he will shew [312] you [5213] things to come [2064].
26 But [1161] when [3752] the Comforter [3875] is come [2064], whom [3739] I [1473] will send [3992] unto you [5213] from [3844] the Father [3962], even the Spirit [4151] of truth [225], which [3739] proceedeth [1607] from [3844] the Father [3962], he [1565] shall testify [3140] of [4012] me [1700]:
14 And [2532] we [2249] have seen [2300] and [2532] do testify [3140] that [3754] the Father [3962] sent [649] the Son [5207] to be the Saviour [4990] of the world [2889].
2 (For [2532] the life [2222] was manifested [5319], and [2532] we have seen [3708] it, and [2532] bear witness [3140], and [2532] shew [518] unto you [5213] that eternal [166] life [2222], which [3748] was [2258] with [4314] the Father [3962], and [2532] was manifested [5319] unto us [2254];)
24 This [3778] is [2076] the disciple [3101] which [3588] testifieth [3140] of [4012] these things [5130], and [2532] wrote [1125] these things [5023]: and [2532] we know [1492] that [3754] his [846] testimony [3141] is [2076] true [227].
35 And [2532] he that saw [3708] it bare record [3140], and [2532] his [846] record [3141] is [2076] true [228]: and he [2548] knoweth [1492] that [3754] he saith [3004] true [227], that [2443] ye [5210] might believe [4100].
27 And [1161] ye [5210] also [2532] shall bear witness [3140], because [3754] ye have been [2075] with [3326] me [1700] from [575] the beginning [746].
35 He [1565] was [2258] a burning [2545] and [2532] a shining [5316] light [3088]: and [1161] ye [5210] were willing [2309] for [4314] a season [5610] to rejoice [21] in [1722] his [846] light [5457].
33 Ye [5210] sent [649] unto [4314] John [2491], and [2532] he bare witness [3140] unto the truth [225].
7 The same [3778] came [2064] for [1519] a witness [3141], to [2443] bear witness [3140] of [4012] the Light [5457], that [2443] all [3956] men through [1223] him [846] might believe [4100].
46 And [2532] Nathanael [3482] said [2036] unto him [846], Can [1410] there any [5100] good thing [18] come [1511] out of [1537] Nazareth [3478]? Philip [5376] saith [3004] unto him [846], Come [2064] and [2532] see [1492].
46 For [1063] [1487] had ye believed [4100] Moses [3475], ye would have believed [4100] [302] me [1698]: for [1063] he [1565] wrote [1125] of [4012] me [1700].
40 And [2532] ye will [2309] not [3756] come [2064] to [4314] me [3165], that [2443] ye might have [2192] life [2222].
39 Search [2045] the scriptures [1124]; for [3754] in [1722] them [846] ye [5210] think [1380] ye have [2192] eternal [166] life [2222]: and [2532] they [1565] are they [1526] which testify [3140] of [4012] me [1700].
24 If [1508] I had [4160] not [1508] done [4160] among [1722] them [846] the works [2041] which [3739] none [3762] other man [243] did [4160], they had [2192] not [3756] had [2192] sin [266]: but [1161] now [3568] have they [3708] both [2532] seen [3708] and [2532] hated [3404] both [2532] me [1691] and [2532] my [3450] Father [3962].
11 Believe [4100] me [3427] that [3754] I [1473] am in [1722] the Father [3962], and [2532] the Father [3962] in [1722] me [1698]: or else [1490] believe [4100] me [3427] for [1223] the very [846] works [2041]' sake [846].
25 Jesus [2424] answered [611] them [846], I told [2036] you [5213], and [2532] ye believed [4100] not [3756]: the works [2041] that [3739] I [1473] do [4160] in [1722] my [3450] Father's [3962] name [3686], they [5023] bear witness [3140] of [4012] me [1700].
36 But [1161] I [1473] have [2192] greater [3187] witness [3141] than that of John [2491]: for [1063] the works [2041] which [3739] the Father [3962] hath given [1325] me [3427] to [2443] finish [5048] [846], the same [846] works [2041] that [3739] I [1473] do [4160], bear witness [3140] of [4012] me [1700], that [3754] the Father [3962] hath sent [649] me [3165].
17 But [1161] Jesus [2424] answered [611] them [846], My [3450] Father [3962] worketh [2038] hitherto [2193] [737], and I [2504] work [2038].
37 Pilate [4091] therefore [3767] said [2036] unto him [846], Art [1488] thou [4771] a king [935] then [3766]? Jesus [2424] answered [611], Thou [4771] sayest [3004] that [3754] I [1473] am [1510] a king [935]. To [1519] this [5124] end was [1080] I [1473] born [1080], and [2532] for [1519] this [5124] cause came I [2064] into [1519] the world [2889], that [2443] I should bear witness [3140] unto the truth [225]. Every one [3956] that is [5607] of [1537] the truth [225] heareth [191] my [3450] voice [5456].
14 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto them [846], Though [2579] I [1473] bear record [3140] of [4012] myself [1683], yet my [3450] record [3141] is [2076] true [227]: for [3754] I know [1492] whence [4159] I came [2064], and [2532] whither [4226] I go [5217]; but [1161] ye [5210] cannot [3756] tell [1492] whence [4159] I come [2064], and [2532] whither [4226] I go [5217].
37 And [2532] the Father [3962] himself [846], which hath sent [3992] me [3165], hath borne witness [3140] of [4012] me [1700]. Ye have [191] neither [3777] heard [191] his [846] voice [5456] at any time [4455], nor [3777] seen [3708] his [846] shape [1491].
34 But [1161] I [1473] receive [2983] not [3756] testimony [3141] from [3844] man [444]: but [235] these things [5023] I say [3004], that [2443] ye [5210] might be saved [4982].
31 If [1437] I [1473] bear witness [3140] of [4012] myself [1683], my [3450] witness [3141] is [2076] not [3756] true [227].
1 The elders [4245] which are among [1722] you [5213] I exhort [3870], who [3588] am also an elder [4850], and [2532] a witness [3144] of the sufferings [3804] of Christ [5547], and also [2532] a partaker [2844] of the glory [1391] that shall [3195] be revealed [601]:
22 Beginning [756] from [575] the baptism [908] of John [2491], unto [2193] that same day [2250] that [3739] he was taken up [353] from [575] us [2257], must [1163] one [1520] be ordained [1096] to be a witness [3144] with [4862] us [2254] of his [846] resurrection [386].
8 But [235] ye shall receive [2983] power [1411], after that the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] is come [1904] upon [1909] you [5209]: and [2532] ye shall be [2071] witnesses [3144] unto me [3427] both [5037] in [1722] Jerusalem [2419], and [2532] in [1722] all [3956] Judaea [2449], and [2532] in Samaria [4540], and [2532] unto [2193] the uttermost part [2078] of the earth [1093].
8 He was [2258] not [3756] that [1565] Light [5457], but [235] was sent to [2443] bear witness [3140] of [4012] that Light [5457].
2 The same [3778] was [2258] in [1722] the beginning [746] with [4314] God [2316].
32 And [2532] John [2491] bare record [3140], saying [3004], [3754] I saw [2300] the Spirit [4151] descending [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772] like [5616] a dove [4058], and [2532] it abode [3306] upon [1909] him [846].
33 And I [2504] knew [1492] him [846] not [3756]: but [235] he that sent [3992] me [3165] to baptize [907] with [1722] water [5204], the same [1565] said [2036] unto me [3427], Upon [1909] whom [3739] [302] thou shalt see [1492] the Spirit [4151] descending [2597], and [2532] remaining [3306] on [1909] him [846], the same [3778] is [2076] he which baptizeth [907] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151].
34 And I [2504] saw [3708], and [2532] bare record [3140] that [3754] this [3778] is [2076] the Son [5207] of God [2316].
29 The next day [1887] John [2491] seeth [991] Jesus [2424] coming [2064] unto [4314] him [846], and [2532] saith [3004], Behold [2396] the Lamb [286] of God [2316], which [3588] taketh away [142] the sin [266] of the world [2889].