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Selected Verse: John 11:52 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 11:52 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] not [3756] for that [5228] nation [1484] only [3440], but [235] that [2443] also [2532] he should gather together [4863] in [1519] one [1520] the children [5043] of God [2316] that were scattered abroad [1287]. |
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King James |
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. |
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] |
| and not for that nation only, &c.--These are the Evangelist's words, not Caiaphas'. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Should gather together in one - All his chosen among the Jews and Gentiles. See Joh 10:16.
The children of God - This is spoken not of those who were then Christians, but of all whom God should bring to him; all who would be, in the mercy of God, called, chosen, sanctified among all nations, Joh 10:16. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Nation (ἔθνους)
John does not used the word λαός, people, which Caiaphas had just employed. The Jews were no longer a people, only one of the nations of the world. He wishes to set the Gentiles over against the Jews, and this distinction was national. Moreover, John points out in this word the fact that the work of Christ was not to be for any people as specially chosen of God, but for all nations. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| But that, he might gather into one - Church, all the children of God that were scattered abroad - Through all ages and nations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And not for that nation only, etc. - These, and the preceding words in Joh 11:51, are John's explication of what was prophetic in the words of Caiaphas: as if John had said, He is indeed to die for the sins of the Jewish nation, but not for theirs alone, but for the sins of the whole world: see his own words afterwards, Jo1 2:1, Jo1 2:2.
Gather together in one - That he should collect into one body; - form one Church out of the Jewish and Gentile believers.
Children of God that were scattered abroad - Probably John only meant the Jews who were dispersed among all nations since the conquest of Judea by the Romans; and these are called the dispersed, Joh 7:35, and Jam 1:1; and it is because he refers to these only, that he terms them here, the children of God, which was an ancient character of the Jewish people: see Deu 32:5; Isa 43:6; Isa 45:11; Jer 32:1. Taking his words in this sense, then his meaning is this: that Christ was to die, not only for the then inhabitants of Judea, but for all the Jewish race wheresoever scattered; and that the consequence would be, that they should be all collected from their various dispersions, and made one body. This comports with the predictions of St. Paul: Romans 11:1-32. This probably is the sense of the passage; and though, according to this interpretation, the apostle may seem to confine the benefits of Christ's death to the Jewish people only, yet we find from the passage already quoted from his first epistle, that his views of this subject were afterwards very much extended; and that he saw that Jesus Christ was not only a propitiation for their sins (the Jews) but for the sins of the whole world: see his 1st epistle, Jo1 2:2. All the truths of the Gospel were not revealed at once, even to the apostles themselves. |
16 And [2532] other [243] sheep [4263] I have [2192], which [3739] are [2076] not [3756] of [1537] this [5026] fold [833]: them also [2548] I [3165] must [1163] bring [71], and [2532] they shall hear [191] my [3450] voice [5456]; and [2532] there shall be [1096] one [3391] fold [4167], and one [1520] shepherd [4166].
16 And [2532] other [243] sheep [4263] I have [2192], which [3739] are [2076] not [3756] of [1537] this [5026] fold [833]: them also [2548] I [3165] must [1163] bring [71], and [2532] they shall hear [191] my [3450] voice [5456]; and [2532] there shall be [1096] one [3391] fold [4167], and one [1520] shepherd [4166].
2 And [2532] he [846] is [2076] the propitiation [2434] for [4012] our [2257] sins [266]: and [1161] not [3756] for [4012] ours [2251] only [3440], but [235] also [2532] for [4012] the sins of the whole [3650] world [2889].
1 The word [01697] that came to Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068] in the tenth [06224] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], which was the eighteenth [08083] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019].
11 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478], and his Maker [03335], Ask [07592] me of things to come [0857] concerning my sons [01121], and concerning the work [06467] of my hands [03027] command [06680] ye me.
6 I will say [0559] to the north [06828], Give up [05414]; and to the south [08486], Keep not back [03607]: bring [0935] my sons [01121] from far [07350], and my daughters [01323] from the ends [07097] of the earth [0776];
5 They have corrupted [07843] themselves, their spot [03971] is not the spot of his children [01121]: they are a perverse [06141] and crooked [06618] generation [01755].
1 James [2385], a servant [1401] of God [2316] and [2532] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], to the twelve [1427] tribes [5443] which [1722] are scattered abroad [1290], greeting [5463].
35 Then [3767] said [2036] the Jews [2453] among [4314] themselves [1438], Whither [4226] will [3195] he [3778] go [4198], that [3754] we [2249] shall [2147] not [3756] find [2147] him [846]? will [3361] [3195] he go [4198] unto [1519] the dispersed [1290] among the Gentiles [1672], and [2532] teach [1321] the Gentiles [1672]?
2 And [2532] he [846] is [2076] the propitiation [2434] for [4012] our [2257] sins [266]: and [1161] not [3756] for [4012] ours [2251] only [3440], but [235] also [2532] for [4012] the sins of the whole [3650] world [2889].
1 My [3450] little children [5040], these things [5023] write I [1125] unto you [5213], that [3363] ye sin [264] not [3363]. And [2532] if [1437] any man [5100] sin [264], we have [2192] an advocate [3875] with [4314] the Father [3962], Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] the righteous [1342]:
51 And [1161] this [5124] spake he [2036] not [3756] of [575] himself [1438]: but [235] being [5607] high priest [749] that [1565] year [1763], he prophesied [4395] that [3754] Jesus [2424] should [3195] die [599] for that [5228] nation [1484];