Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) The word "for" connects this verse by way of explanation with what has gone before. The Old Testament thought of grace and truth has been already present in John 1:14. The fulness of these divine attributes has been beheld in the glory of th...
John 17:17 Meaning and Commentary John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth The Syriac version introduces this petition, with the appellation (aba) , "Abba, Father": and the sanctification prayed for regards the apostles, either as ministers of the word, and may intend their separation for ...
1 John 2:17 Meaning and Commentary 1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away Not the matter and substance, but the fashion, form, and scheme of it, (1 Corinthians 7:31) ; kingdoms, cities, towns, houses, families, estates, and possessions, are continually changing, and casting into diffe...
It goes down to the very depths of man’s weakness, wretchedness, and sin; and he may lay hold of it, and step by step ascend it. In the Incarnation, Divinity took human form on earth; in the Ascension, Humanity was raised to heaven. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary1:43-51 See ...
John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. Verse 4.- (a)The Life, and therefore inclusive of the fact that the Logos always has been and now is (b)the Lightof men.In him waslife. "Life" in all its fulness of meaning - that grand addition to things which...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Verily, verily, I say unto thee.—This phrase is peculiar to St. John. (Comp. Note on John 1:51.) The remainder of the verse contains three pairs of sentences answering to each other:— “Thou wast young,”. . . . “Thou shalt be old...
…and on to our cartoonists, another from Dunn, a bit of spot art featuring a not so subtle commentary on Lawrence Lee Bazley Angas’s book The Coming American Boom… …and some spot art from Isadore Klein… …Miguel Covarrubias contributed to the theater review section… …James Thurber en...
Recorded in 1983 and released in January 1984, the song was a commentary on television overtaking radio’s popularity and how one would listen to radio in the past for a favorite comedy, drama, or science fiction programme. It also pertained to the advent of the music video and MTV, which...
John 1:1 EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE) Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (1)In the beginning.—The reference to the opening words of the Old Testament is obvious, and is the more striking when we remember that a Jew would constantly speak of and quote from the book of Genesis as...
John 17:2 Meaning and Commentary John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh All men, in distinction from angels; and these as fallen, as weak, frail, sinful, and mortal creatures; men of every nation, Jew or Gentile, and of every character, elect or non-elect: not ...