1 In The Son of God is of one and the selfsame eternity or everlastingness, and of one and the selfsame essence or nature with the Father. the From the beginning, as the evangelist says in (1Jo_1:1); it is as though he said that the Word did not begin to have his being when God began to make all that was made: for the Word was even then when all things that were made began to be made, and therefore he was before the beginning of all things. beginning Had his being. was This word «the» points out to us a peculiar and choice thing above all others, and puts a difference between this «Word», which is the Son of God, and the laws of God, which are also called the word of God. the Word, and the Word was This word «with» points out that there is a distinction of persons here. with God, and the This word «Word» is the first in order in the sentence, and is the subject of the sentence, and this word «God» is the latter in order, and is the predicate of the sentence. Word was God.
2 This same was in the beginning with God.
3 The Son of God declares that his everlasting Godhead is the same as the Father's, both by the creating of all things, and also by preserving them, and especially by the excellent gifts of reason and understanding with which he has beautified man above all other creatures.All Paul expounds on this in (Col_1:15-16). things were made by him; and That is, as the Father did work, so did the Son work with him: for the Son was a fellow worker with him. without him Of all those things which were made, nothing was made without him. was not any thing made that was made.
4 That is, by him: and this is spoken after the manner of the Hebrews, meaning by this that by his force and working power all life comes to the world.In him That is, even at that time when all things were made by him, for otherwise he would have said, «Life in him», and not «life was». was life; and the life was That force of reason and understanding which is kindled in our minds to acknowledge him, the author of so great a benefit. the light of men.
5 The light of men is turned into darkness, but yet there is enough clearness so that they are without excuse.And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness They could not perceive nor reach it to receive any light from it, no, they did not so much as acknowledge him. comprehended it not.
6 There is another more full manifestation of the Son of God, by the consideration of which men are in good time stirred up, even to John's voice, who is as it were the herald of Christ.There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] Through John. through him might believe.
8 He was not That light which we spoke of, that is, Christ, who alone can enlighten our darkness. that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.
9 When the Son of God saw that men did not acknowledge him by his works, although they were endued with understanding (which he had given to all of them), he exhibited himself unto his people to be seen by them with their physical eyes: yet not even then did they acknowledge him or receive him.[That] was Who alone and properly deserves to be called the light, for he shines by his own accord and borrows light from no one. the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 The person of the Word was made manifest even at that time when the world was made.He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came The Word showed himself again when he came in the flesh. unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 The Son being shut out by the majority of his people, and acknowledged but by a few, regenerates those few by his own strength and power, and receives them into that honour which is common to all the children of God, that is, to be the sons of God.But as many as received him, to them gave he He condescended to give them this power to take them to be his children. power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the Of that shameful and corrupt nature of man, which is throughout the scriptures described as an enemy of the spirit. will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 That Son who is God from everlasting took upon himself man's nature, so that one and the selfsame might be both God and man, who manifestly appeared to many witnesses that saw him, amongst whom he was conversant and unto whom by sure and undoubted arguments he showed both of his natures.And the Word was made That is, man: so that, by the figure of speech synecdoche, the part is taken for the whole: for he took upon himself our entire nature, that is to say, a true body, and a true soul. flesh, and For a time, and when that was ended, he went up into heaven: for the word which he uses is used with reference to tents: and yet nonetheless he is always present with us, though not in flesh, but by the power of his spirit. dwelt among us, (and we beheld his The glory which he speaks of here is that manifestation of Christ's majesty, which was as it were openly placed before our eyes when the Son of God appeared in the flesh. glory, the glory This word «as» does not indicate here a likeness, but rather the truth of the matter, for his meaning is this, that we saw such a glory which suited and was proper for the true and only begotten Son of God, who is Lord and King over all the world. as of the only begotten of the Father,) He was not only a partaker of grace and truth, but was full of the very substance of grace and truth. full of grace and truth.
15 John is a faithful witness of the excellency of Christ.John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh That is, «He before whom I am sent to prepare him the way»: so that these words refer to the time of his calling, and not of his age, for John was six months older than Christ. after me is preferred This sentence has in it a turning of the reason as we call it, as one would say, a setting of that first which should be last, and that last which should be first: for in plain speech it is this, «He that comes after me, is better than I am, for he was before me.» We find a similar turning of the reason in (Luk_7:47): «Many sins are forgiven her, because she loved much», which is this much to say, «She loved much, because many sins are forgiven her.» before me: for he was before me.
16 Christ is the most plentiful fountain of all goodness, but he gave out his gifts most bountifully at that time when he exhibited and showed himself to the world.And of his fulness have all we received, and That is, grace upon grace; as one would say, graces piled one upon another. grace for grace.
17 For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ.
18 The true knowledge of God proceeds only from Jesus Christ.No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the Who is nearest to his Father, not only in respect of his love towards him, but by the bond of nature, and by means of that union or oneness that is between them, by which the Father and the Son are one. bosom of the Father, he hath Revealed him and showed him unto us, whereas before he was hidden under the shadows of the law, so that our minds were not able to perceive him: for whoever sees him, sees the Father also. declared [him].
19 John is neither the Messiah, nor like any of the other prophets, but is the herald of Christ, who is now present.And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he He did acknowledge him, and spoke of him plainly and openly. confessed, and This repeating of the one and the selfsame thing, though in different words, is often used by the Hebrews, and it has great force, for they used to speak one thing twice in order to set it out more certainly and plainly. denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, The Jews thought that Elias would come again before the days of the Messiah, and they took as the basis of their opinion (Mal_4:5), which is to be understood as referring to John, see (Mat_11:14). And yet John denies that he is Elias, answering their question just as they meant it. I am not. Art thou They are inquiring about some great prophet, and not about Christ, for John denied before that he is Christ, for they thought that some great prophet would be sent like Moses, using to support this position (Deu_18:15), which is to be understood to refer to all the company of the prophets and ministers, which have been and shall be to the end, and especially of Christ who is the head of all prophets. that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they vnto him, Who art thou, that we may giue an answere to them that sent vs? What sayest thou of thy selfe?
23 He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
24 Christ is the author of baptism, and not John: and therefore the authority of this does not come from John, who is the minister, but wholly from Christ the Lord.And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, By this we may prove that the Jews knew there should be some change in religion under the Messiah. Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one Whom all the world sees, and sees even amongst you. among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Iordan, where Iohn did baptize.
29 The body and truth of all the sacrifices of the law, to make satisfaction for the sin of the world, is Christ.The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold This word «the» which is added has great force in it, not only to set forth the worthiness of Christ, and so to separate him for the «lamb» which was a symbol of him, and from all other sacrifices of the law, but also to remind us of the prophecies of Isaiah and others. the Lamb of God, which This word is in the present tense, and signifies a continuous act, for the Lamb rightfully has this power both now and forever to take away the sins of the world. taketh away the That is, that root of sins, namely, our corruption, and so consequently the fruits of sins, which are commonly called in the plural number, sins. sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I saide, After me commeth a man, which was before me: for he was better then I.
31 And I never knew him by face before. I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 Christ is proved to be the Son of God by the coming down of the Holy Spirit, by the Father's voice, and by John's testimony.And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is This word «the» points out to us some excellent thing, and makes a distinction between Christ and others, whom Moses and the prophets commonly call the sons of the most High. the Son of God.
35 John gathers disciples not to himself, but to Christ.Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 Christ is set before us to follow, not as a vain shadow, but as our Mediator.And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 In this first gathering of the disciples we have shown to us that the beginning of salvation is from God, who calls us unto his Son by the ministry of his servants: whom, as he guides us, we must also hear, and follow him home, so that being instructed by him we may also instruct others.And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) Where is your lodging? where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the It was getting later in the night. tenth hour.
40 Andrewe, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that followed him.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the That is, anointed, and king after the manner of the Jewish people. Christ.
42 And he brought him to Iesus; Iesus behelde him, and saide, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.
43 The day following, Iesus woulde goe into Galile, and founde Philip, and said vnto him, Followe me.
44 Nowe Philip was of Bethsaida, the citie of Andrewe and Peter.
45 God uses the good endeavours of the unlearned such that he makes them teachers of the learned.Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 We must especially take heed of false presumptions, which prevent us from entrance to Christ.And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Simple uprightness discerns the true Israelites from the false.Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 The purpose of miracles is to set before us Christ the Almighty, and also the only author of our salvation, in order that we may apprehend him by faith.Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, thou art that Sonne of God: thou art that King of Israel.
50 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him, Because I sayde vnto thee, I sawe thee vnder the figtree, beleeuest thou? thou shalt see greater things then these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God These words signify the power of God which would appear in Christ's ministry by the angels serving him as the head of the Church. ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
1 And Christ, declaring openly in an assembly by a notable miracle that he has power over the nature of things to feed man's body, leads the minds of all men to consider his spiritual and saving strength and power. the After the talk which he had with Nathanael, or after his departure from John, or after he came into Galilee. third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2 And Iesus was called also, and his disciples vnto the mariage.
3 Christ takes good enough care of our salvation, and therefore has no need of others to remind of it.And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine My appointed time. hour is not yet come.
5 His mother saide vnto the seruants, Whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you, doe it.
6 And there were set there six These were vessels made for the use of water, in which they washed themselves. waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three Every firkin contained one hundred pounds, at twelve ounces a pound: By this we gather that Christ helps them with one thousand and eight hundred pounds of wine. (about 135 imperial gallons or 600 litres Ed.) firkins apiece.
7 And Iesus sayde vnto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Then they filled them vp to the brim.
8 Then he sayde vnto them, Draw out nowe and beare vnto the gouernour of the feast. So they bare it.
9 Nowe when the gouernour of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he knewe not whence it was: but the seruants, which drewe the water, knewe) the gouernour of ye feast called the bridegrome,
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have Literally, «are drunken». Now this saying, to be drunken, does not always refer to being drunk in the evil sense in the Hebrew language, but sometimes signifies an abundant and plentiful use of wine, which is nonetheless a measured amount, as in (Gen_43:34). well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of miracles did Iesus in Cana a towne of Galile, and shewed forth his glorie: and his disciples beleeued on him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his That is, his cousins. brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
13 Christ being made subject to the law for us, satisfies the law of the passover.And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 Christ being ordained to purge the Church with great zeal begins his office both of Priest and Prophet.And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 Then hee made a scourge of small cordes, and draue them all out of the Temple with the sheepe and oxen, and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrewe the tables,
16 And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my fathers house, an house of marchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The «Zeal» in this place is taken for a wrathful indignation and displeasure of the mind, brought about when someone deals wickedly and evilly towards those whom we love well. zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Against those who so bind God to an ordinary calling, which they themselves most shamefully abuse, that they will not admit of an extraordinary calling, which God confirms from heaven (and they would have it extinguished, although in vain) unless it is sealed with outward and bodily miracles.Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What With what miracle do you confirm it, that we may see the heavenly power and strength which gives you authority to speak and to act in this manner? sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Destroy this Temple, and in three daies I will raise it vp againe.
20 Then said the Iewes, Fourtie & sixe yeeres was this Temple a building, and wilt thou reare it vp in three daies?
21 But he spake of the That is, of his body. temple of his body.
22 Assoone therefore as he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that hee thus sayde vnto them: and they beleeued the Scripture, and the worde which Iesus had saide.
23 Nowe when hee was at Hierusalem at the Passeouer in the feast, many beleeued in his Name, when they sawe his miracles which he did.
24 It is not good giving credit to those who trust only because of miracles.But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men],
25 Christ is the searcher of hearts, and therefore truly God.And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
1 There There are none sometimes more unlearned than the learned, but the learned as well as the unlearned must desire wisdom from Christ only. was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a A man of great estimation and a ruler amongst the Jews. ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a We know that you are sent from God to teach us. teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, But he in whom some part of the excellency of God appears. And if Nicodemus had rightly known Christ, he would not only have said that God was with him, but in him, as Paul does in (2Co_1:19). except God be with him.
3 The beginning of Christianity consists in this, that we know ourselves not only to be corrupt in part, but to be wholly dead in sin: so that our nature has need to be created anew, with regard to its qualities, which can be done by no other power, but by the divine and heavenly, by which we were first created.Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot That is, «go in», or «enter», as he expounds himself below in (Joh_3:5). see the The Church: for Christ shows here how we come to be citizens and to have anything to do in the city of God. kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How How can I who am old be born again? For Nicodemus answers as if Christ's words were only addressed to himself. can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Iesus answered, Verely, verely I say vnto thee, except that a man be borne of water and of the Spirite, hee can not enter into the kingdome of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is That is, fleshly, namely, wholly unclean and under the wrath of God: and therefore this word «flesh» signifies the corrupt nature of man: contrary to which is the Spirit, that is, the man ingrafted into Christ through the grace of the Holy Spirit, whose nature is everlasting and immortal, though the strife of the flesh remains. flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marueile not that I said to thee, Yee must be borne againe.
8 The wind bloweth where it With free and wandering blasts as it wishes. listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 The secret mystery of our regeneration which cannot be comprehended by man's capacity, is perceived by faith, and that in Christ only, because he is both God on earth, and man in heaven, that is to say, man in such a way that he is God also, and therefore almighty: and God in such a way that he is man also, and therefore his power is made manifest to us.Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Iesus answered, & saide vnto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our You handle doubtful things even though you have no solid basis for believing them, and yet men believe you: but I teach those things that are of a truth and well known, and you do not believe me. witness.
12 If when I tel you earthly things, ye beleeue not, howe should yee beleeue, if I shall tel you of heauenly things?
13 And no Only Christ can teach us heavenly things, for no man ascends, etc. man That is, has any spiritual light and understanding, or ever had any, but only the Son of God who came down to us. hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] Whereas he is said to have come down from heaven, this must be understood as referring to his Godhead, and of the manner of his conception: for Christ's birth upon the earth was heavenly and not earthly, for he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. the Son of man which That which is proper to the divinity of Christ, is here spoken of the whole Christ, to show us that he is but one person in which two natures are united. is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wildernesse, so must that Sonne of man be lift vp,
15 That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.
16 Nothing else but the free love of the Father is the beginning of our salvation, and Christ is he in whom our righteousness and salvation dwells: and faith is the instrument or means by which we apprehend it, and everlasting life is that which is set before us to apprehend.For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth It is not the same to believe in a thing, and to believe about a thing, for we may not believe in anything except in God alone, but we may believe about anything whatever, says Nazianzene in his Oration of the Spirit. in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 Christ does not condemn, but rather despising Christ condemns.For God sent not his Son into the world That is, to be the cause of the condemning of the world, for indeed sins are the cause of death; however, Christ will still judge the living and the dead. to condemn the world; but that the Not only the people of the Jews, but whoever will believe in him. world through him might be saved.
18 Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.
19 The only reason why men refuse the light that is offered to them is wickedness.And this is the That is, the cause of condemnation, which remains in men, unless through God's great benefit they are delivered from it. condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
21 But he that That is, he that leads an honest life, and is void of all cunning and deceit. doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought That is, with God, God as it were going before. in God.
22 After these things, came Iesus & his disciples into the lande of Iudea, and there taried with them, and baptized.
23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.
25 Satan inflames the disciples of John with a fond emulation of their master in order to hinder the course of the gospel: but John, being mindful of his office, not only puts a stop to their endeavours, but also takes occasion by that means to give testimony of Christ, that in him alone the Father has set forth everlasting life.Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came vnto Iohn, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Iorden, to whom thou barest witnesse, behold, he baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man Why are you trying to better my state? This is every man's lot and portion, that he cannot better himself in the slightest way. can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Yee your selues are my witnesses, that I sayde, I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voyce. This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is Is nothing else but man, a piece of work made of the slime of the earth. earthly, and Is characterized by nothing but corruption, ignorance, dulness, etc. speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath What he knows fully and perfectly. seen and heard, that he testifieth; and That is, very few. no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath receiued his testimonie, hath sealed that God is true.
34 For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath Committed them to his power and will. given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not Shall not enjoy. see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
1 When This balance is to be kept in doing our duty, that neither by fear are we terrified from going forward, and neither by rashness procure or bring dangers upon ourselves. therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Iesus himselfe baptized not: but his disciples)
3 Hee left Iudea, and departed againe into Galile.
4 And he must needes goe through Samaria.
5 Christ, leaving the proud Pharisees, communicates the treasures of everlasting life with a poor sinful woman and stranger, refuting the gross errors of the Samaritans, and defending the true service of God, which was delivered to the Jews, but yet in such a way that he here calls both Samaritans and Jews back to himself, as one whom only all the fathers, and also all the ceremonies of the law, regarded, and had respect for.Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat Even as he was weary, or because he was weary. thus on the well: [and] it was about the It was almost noon. sixth hour.
7 There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke.
8 For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate.
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews There is no familiarity nor friendship between the Jews and the Samaritans. have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest By this word «the» we are shown that Christ speaks of some excellent gift, that is to say, even about himself, whom his Father offered to this woman. the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee This everlasting water, that is to say, the exceeding love of God, is called «living» or «of life», to make a difference between it and the water that should be drawn out of a well: and these metaphors are frequently used by the Jews. living water.
11 The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life?
12 Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?
13 Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:
14 But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.
15 The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to drawe.
16 Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered, and saide, I haue no husband. Iesus said vnto her, Thou hast well said, I haue no husband.
18 For thou hast had fiue husbands, and he whom thou nowe hast, is not thine husband: that saidest thou truely.
19 The woman saide vnto him, Sir, I see that thou art a Prophet.
20 All the religion of superstitious people stands for the most part upon two pillars, but very weak, that is to say, upon the perverted examples of the fathers, and a foolish opinion of outward things: and to refute such errors we have to turn to the word and nature of God.Our fathers worshipped in this The name of this mountain is Gerizim, upon which Sanabaletta the Cuthite built a temple with the permission of Alexander of Macedonia, after the victory of Issica: and he made high priest there Manasses his son in law; Josephus, book 11. mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Iesus saide vnto her, Woman, beleeue me, the houre commeth, when ye shall neither in this mountaine, nor at Hierusalem worship ye Father.
22 Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in This word «spirit» is to be taken here as it is set against that commandment which is called carnal in (Heb_7:16), as the commandment is considered in itself: and so he speaks of «truth» not as we set it against a lie, but as we take it in respect of the outward ceremonies of the law, which only shadowed that which Christ indeed performed. spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God [is] a By the word «spirit» he means the nature of the Godhead, and not the third person in the Trinity. Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman said vnto him, I knowe well that Messias shall come which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell vs all things.
26 Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speake vnto thee.
27 And vpon that, came his disciples, and marueiled that he talked with a woman: yet no man said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the citie, and said to the men,
29 Come, see a man which hath tolde me all things that euer I did: is not he that Christ?
30 Then they went out of the citie, and came vnto him.
31 In the meane while, the disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eate.
32 We may have care of our bodies, but in such a way that we prefer willingly and freely the occasion which is offered us to enlarge the kingdom of God before all necessities of this life, whatever else they may be.But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33 Then said ye disciples betweene themselues, Hath any man brought him meate?
34 Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.
35 When the spiritual corn is ripe, we must not linger, for so the children of this world would condemn us.Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 The doctrine of the prophets was as it were a sowing time, and the doctrine of the gospel, as the harvest: and there is an excellent agreement between them both, and the ministers of them both.And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37 And herein is that That proverb. saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reape that, whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entred into their labours.
39 The Samaritans most joyfully embrace that which the Jews most stubbornly rejected.And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40 Then when the Samaritans were come vnto him, they besought him, that he woulde tarie with them: and he abode there two dayes.
41 And many moe beleeued because of his owne word.
42 And they said vnto the woman, Nowe we beleeue, not because of thy saying: for we haue heard him our selues, and knowe that this is in deede that Christ the Sauiour of the world.
43 The despisers of Christ deprive themselves of his benefit: yet Christ prepares a place for himself.Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Into the towns and villages of Galilee, for he would not live in his country of Nazareth, because they despised him, and where (as the other evangelists write) the efficacy of his benefits was hindered because of their being incredibly stiffnecked. Galilee.
44 For Iesus himselfe had testified, that a Prophet hath none honour in his owne countrey.
45 Then when he was come into Galile, the Galileans receiued him, which had seene all the things that he did at Hierusalem at the feast: for they went also vnto the feast.
46 Although Christ is absent in body, yet he works mightily in the believers by his word.So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain Some of Herod's royal attendants, for though Herod was not a king, but a Tetrarch, yet he was a king in all respects (or at least the people called him a king) except that he lacked the title of king. nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Iesus was come out of Iudea into Galile, he went vnto him, and besought him that he would goe downe, and heale his sonne: for he was euen ready to die.
48 Then saide Iesus vnto him, Except ye see signes and wonders, ye will not beleeue.
49 The ruler said vnto him, Syr, goe downe before my sonne dye.
50 Iesus said vnto him, Go thy way, thy sonne liueth: and the man beleeued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto him, and went his way.
51 And as he was nowe going downe, his seruants met him, saying, Thy sonne liueth.
52 Then enquired he of them the houre when he began to amend; they said vnto him, Yesterday the seuenth houre the feuer left him.
53 Then the father knew, that it was the same houre in the which Iesus had said vnto him, Thy sonne liueth; he beleeued, & all his houshold.
54 This second miracle did Iesus againe, after he was come out of Iudea into Galile.
1 After that, there was a feast of the Iewes, and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem.
2 There is no disease so old which Christ cannot heal.Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a Of which cattle drank, and used to be plunged in, since there was a great abundance of water at Jerusalem. pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue That is to say, the house of pouring out, because a great abundance of water was poured out into that place. Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In the which lay a great multitude of sicke folke, of blinde, halte, and withered, wayting for the mouing of the water.
4 For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first, after the stirring of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had.
5 And a certaine man was there, which had bene diseased eight and thirtie yeeres.
6 When Iesus sawe him lie, and knew that he nowe long time had bene diseased, he saide vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The sicke man answered him, Sir, I haue no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the poole: but while I am coming, another steppeth downe before me.
8 Iesus said vnto him, Rise: take vp thy bed, and walke.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: and the same day was the Sabbath.
10 True religion is assaulted most cruelly by the pretence of religion itself.The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry [thy] bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, he said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed and walke?
13 And he that was healed, knewe not who it was: for Iesus had conueied himselfe away from the multitude that was in that place.
14 And after that, Iesus founde him in the Temple, and said vnto him, Beholde, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.
15 The man departed and tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore the Iewes did persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
17 The work of God was never the breach of the sabbath, and the works of Christ are the works of the Father, both because they are one God, and also because the Father does not work except in the Son.But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was That is, his alone and no one else's, which they gather from his saying, «And I work», applying this word «work» to himself which properly belongs to God, and therefore makes himself equal to God. his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing Not only without his Father's authority, but also without his mighty working and power. of himself, but what he This must be understood of the person of Christ, which consists of two natures, and not simply of his Godhead: so then he says that his Father moves and governs him in all things, but yet nonetheless, when he says he works with his Father, he confirms his Godhead. seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son In like sort, jointly and together. Not because the Father does some things, and then the Son works after him and does the same, but because the might and power of the Father and the Son work equally and jointly together. likewise.
20 For the Father loueth the Sonne, & sheweth him all things, whatsoeuer he himselfe doeth, and he will shewe him greater workes then these, that ye should marueile.
21 The Father makes no man partaker of everlasting life except in Christ, in whom alone also he is truly worshipped.For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father This word «judgeth» is taken by the figure of speech synecdoche to represent all governing. judgeth These words are not to be taken as though they simply denied that God governed the world, but rather they deny that he governed as the Jews imagined it, who separate the Father from the Son, whereas indeed, the Father does not govern the world, but only in the person of his Son, being made manifest in the flesh: so he says below in (Joh_5:30), that he came not to do his own will: that his doctrine is not his own, that the blind man and his parents did not sin (Joh_7:16; Joh_9:3), etc. no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.
24 The Father is not worshipped except by his Son's word apprehended by faith, which is the only way that leads to eternal life.Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 We are all dead in sin and cannot be made alive by any other means, except by the word of Christ apprehended by faith.Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himselfe, so likewise hath he giuen to the Sonne to haue life in himselfe,
27 And hath given him That is, high and sovereign power to rule and govern all things, in so much that he has power over life and death. authority to execute judgment also, because he is That is, he will not only judge the world as he is God, but also as he is man, he received this from his Father, to be judge of the world. the Son of man.
28 All will eventually appear before the judgment seat of Christ to be judged.Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 Faith and infidelity will be judged by their fruits.And shall come From their graves. forth; they that have done good, unto the To that resurrection which has everlasting life following it: against which is set the resurrection of condemnation, that is, which is followed by condemnation. resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
30 The Father is the author and approver of all things which Christ does.I can See above in (Joh_5:22). of mine own self do nothing: As my Father directs me, who dwells in me. as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not Faithful, that is, worthy to be credited; see (Joh_8:14). true.
32 There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I know that the witnesse, which he beareth of me, is true.
33 Christ is declared to be the only Saviour by John's voice, and infinite miracles, and by the testimonies of all the prophets. But the world, being addicted to false prophets, and desirous to seem religious, does not see any of these things.Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receiue not the record of man: neuerthelesse these things I say, that ye might be saued.
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for A little while. a season to rejoice in his light.
36 But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of me, that the Father sent me.
37 And the Father himselfe, which hath sent me, beareth witnesse of me. Ye haue not heard his voyce at any time, neither haue ye seene his shape.
38 And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.
39 Searche the Scriptures: for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.
40 But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.
41 I receiue not the prayse of men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the Love toward God. love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.
44 How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone?
45 This denial does not set aside that which is said here, but corrects it, as if Christ said, the most severe accuser the Jews will have is Moses, not him.Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] that accuseth you, [even] Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye beleeued Moses, ye would haue beleeued me: for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye beleeue not his writings, how shal ye beleeue my wordes?
1 After these things Jesus went Not that he cut across the lake of Tiberias, but by sailing across the large creeks he made his journey shorter: therefore he is said to have gone over the sea, when in reality he passed over from one side of the creek to the other. over the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed him, because they sawe his miracles, which hee did on them that were diseased.
3 Then Iesus went vp into a mountaine, and there he sate with his disciples.
4 Now the Passeouer, a feast of the Iewes, was neere.
5 They that follow Christ sometimes hunger, but they are never without help.When Jesus then lifted up [his] eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 (And this he sayde to prooue him: for hee himselfe knewe what he would doe.)
7 Philippe answered him, Two hundreth penie worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that euery one of them may take a litle.
8 Then saide vnto him one of his disciples, Andrewe, Simon Peters brother,
9 There is a little boy heere, which hath fiue barlie loaues, and two fishes: but what are they among so many?
10 And Iesus saide, Make ye people sit downe. (Nowe there was much grasse in that place.) Then the men sate downe in nomber, about fiue thousande.
11 And Iesus tooke the bread, & gaue thanks, & gaue to the disciples, and the disciples, to them that were set downe: and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12 And when they were satisfied, he said vnto his disciples, Gather vp the broken meat which remaineth, that nothing be lost.
13 Then they gathered it together, and filled twelue baskets with the broken meat of the fiue barly loaues, which remained vnto them that had eaten.
14 Then the men, when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did, saide, This is of a trueth that Prophet that should come into the world.
15 Not only is Christ not delighted by a preposterous worship, but he is greatly offended by it.When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
16 The godly are often in peril and danger, but Christ comes to them in time, even in the midst of the tempests, and brings them to the haven.And when even was [now] come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea In (Mar_6:45) they are told to go ahead to Bethsaida, for Bethsaida was along the way to Capernaum. toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18 And the Sea arose with a great winde that blewe.
19 And when they had rowed about fiue and twentie, or thirtie furlongs, they sawe Iesus walking on the sea, and drawing neere vnto the ship: so they were afraide.
20 But he said vnto them, It is I: be not afraid.
21 Then they They were afraid at first, but when they recognized his voice they became new men and took him willingly into the ship, the very one whom they had shunned and fled from before. willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22 The day following, the people which stoode on the other side of the sea, saw that there was none other ship there, saue that one, whereinto his disciples were entred, and that Iesus went not with his disciples in the ship, but that his disciples were gone alone,
23 And that there came other ships from Tiberias neere vnto the place where they ate the bread, after the Lord had giuen thankes.
24 Nowe when the people sawe that Iesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also tooke shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Iesus.
25 And when they had founde him on the other side of the sea, they sayde vnto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 They that seek the kingdom of heaven lack nothing: nevertheless, the gospel is not the food of the stomach but rather of the mind.Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Bestow your labour and pain.Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father That is, whom God the Father had distinguished from all other men by planting his own power in him, as though he had sealed him with his seal, so that he might be a vivid example and representation of him: and furthermore he installed him to this office, to reconcile us men to God, and bring us to everlasting life, which office belongs only to Christ. sealed.
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the Which please God: for they think that everlasting life depends upon the condition of fulfilling the law: therefore Christ calls them back to faith. works of God?
29 Men torment themselves in vain when they try to please God without faith.Jesus answered and said unto them, That is, this is the work that God requires, that you believe in me, and therefore he calls them back to faith. This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30 The spiritual virtue of Christ is condemned by those that desire earthly miracles.They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31 Our fathers did eate Manna in the desart, as it is written, Hee gaue them bread from heauen to eate.
32 Christ, who is the true and only author and giver of eternal life, was represented unto those in the Old Testament by the manna.Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not He denies that manna was the true heavenly bread, and says that he himself is the true bread, because he feeds the true and everlasting life. And as for (1Co_10:1-5), where Paul calls manna spiritual food, it does not contradict what is said here, for Paul joins the thing signified with the sign: but in this whole disputation, Christ deals with the Jews after their own opinion and conceit of the matter, who thought of the manna only in terms of physical food. that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the breade of God is hee which commeth downe from heauen, and giueth life vnto the world.
34 Then they said vnto him, Lorde, euermore giue vs this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread Which has life and gives life. of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said vnto you, that ye also haue seene me, and beleeue not.
37 The gift of faith proceeds from the free election of the Father in Christ, after which everlasting life necessarily follows: therefore faith in Christ Jesus is a sure witness of our election, and therefore of our glorification, which is to come.All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine See above in (Joh_5:22). own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Fathers will which hath sent mee, that of all which hee hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but shoulde raise it vp againe at the last day.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which Seeing and believing are joined together: for there is another type of seeing which is general, which the demons have, for they see: but here he speaks about that type of seeing which properly belongs to the elect. seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41 Flesh cannot perceive spiritual things, and therefore the beginning of our salvation comes from God, who changes our nature, so that we, being inspired by him, may remain to be instructed and saved by Christ.The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother wee knowe? Howe then sayth he, I came downe from heauen?
43 Iesus then answered, and saide vnto them, Murmure not among your selues.
44 No man can come to mee, except the Father, which hath sent mee, drawe him: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
45 It is written in the In the book of the prophets, for the Old Testament was divided by them into three general parts: into the law, the prophets, and the holy writings. prophets, And they shall be all That is, they will be children of the Church, for so the prophet Isaiah expounds it in (Isa_54:13); that is to say, ordained to life, {{See Act_13:48}}, and therefore the knowledge of the heavenly truth is the gift and work of God, and does not rest in any power of man. taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, If only the Son has seen the Father, then it is only he that can truly teach us and instruct us. save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verely, verely I say vnto you, hee that beleeueth in me, hath euerlasting life.
48 The true use of sacraments is to ascend from them to the thing itself, that is, to Christ: and by the partaking of him alone we get everlasting life.I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eate Manna in the wildernesse, and are dead.
50 He refers to himself when he speaks these words.This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 Christ being sent from the Father is the selfsame unto us for the getting and keeping of everlasting life, as bread and flesh, yea, meat and drink, are to the use of this transitory life.I am the Which gives life to the world. living bread which came down from heaven: if any man That is to say, whoever is truly a partaker of Christ, who is our food. eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52 Flesh cannot make a difference between fleshly eating, which is done by the help of the teeth, and spiritual eating, which consists in faith: and therefore it condemns that which it does not understand: yet nonetheless, the truth must be preached and taught.The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have If Christ is present, life is present, but when Christ is absent, then death is present. no life in you.
54 Whosoeuer eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternall life, and I will raise him vp at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat in deede, & my blood is drinke in deede.
56 Hee that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As In that Christ is man, he receives that power which quickens and gives life to those that are his, from his Father: and he adds this word «the» to make a distinction between his Father and all other fathers. the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Christ means that although he is man, yet his flesh can give life, not by its own nature, but because his flesh lives by the Father, that is to say, sucks and draws out of the Father that power which it has to give life. Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came downe from heauen: not as your fathers haue eaten Manna, and are deade. Hee that eateth of this bread, shall liue for euer.
59 These things spake he in the Synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 The reason of man cannot comprehend the uniting of Christ and his members: therefore let it worship and revere that which is better than itself.Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 But Iesus knowing in himselfe, that his disciples murmured at this, saide vnto them, Doeth this offend you?
62 What then if yee should see that Sonne of man ascend vp where he was before?
63 The flesh of Christ therefore quickens us, because he that is man is God: and this mystery is only comprehended by faith, which is the gift of God, found only in the elect.It is the Spirit, that is, that power which flows from the Godhead causes the flesh of Christ (which is otherwise nothing but flesh) both to live in itself and to give life to us. spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.
64 But there are some of you that beleeue not: for Iesus knewe from the beginning, which they were that beleeued not, & who shoulde betray him.
65 And hee saide, Therefore saide I vnto you, that no man can come vnto mee, except it be giuen vnto him of my Father.
66 Such is the malice of men, that they bring about their own destruction, even in hearing the very doctrine of salvation, but there are a few who believe through the singular gift of God.From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then sayde Iesus to the twelue, Will yee also goe away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Master, to whome shall we goe? thou hast the wordes of eternall life:
69 And we beleeue and knowe that thou art that Christ that Sonne of the liuing God.
70 The number of the professors of Christ is very small, and among them also there are some hypocrites, and those worse than all others.Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: for hee it was that shoulde betraie him, though he was one of the twelue.
1 After these things, Iesus walked in Galile, and woulde not walke in Iudea: for the Iewes sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews' This feast was so called because of the booths and tents which they made out of different types of boughs, and sat under them seven days altogether; and during this entire time the feast went on. feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 The grace of God comes not by inheritance, but it is a gift that comes in another way: because of this it occurs that the children of God often suffer more affliction from their own relatives than from strangers.His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4 For there is no man that doeth any thing secretely, and hee himselfe seeketh to be famous. If thou doest these things, shewe thy selfe to the worlde.
5 For neither did his His relatives: for the Hebrews used to speak in this way. brethren believe in him.
6 We must not follow the foolish desires of our friends.Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7 The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.
8 Go ye vp vnto this feast: I wil not go vp yet vnto this feast: for my time is not yet fulfilled.
9 These things he sayde vnto them, and abode still in Galile.
10 An example of horrible confusion in the very bosom of the Church. The pastors oppress the people with terror and fear: the people seek Christ, when he does not appear: when he offers himself, they neglect him. Some also that know him condemn him rashly: only a very few think well of him, and even then in secret.But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then the Iewes sought him at the feast, and saide, Where is hee?
12 And much murmuring was there of him among the people. Some said, He is a good man: other sayd, Nay: but he deceiueth the people.
13 Howbeit no man spake Or, boldly and freely: for the majority of the Jews wanted nothing more than to extinguish his fame and his name. openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 Christ uses goodness to strive against the wickedness of the world: in the meanwhile most men are offended even by that fame by which they ought to have been stirred up to embrace Christ.Now about the About the fourth day of the feast. midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And the Iewes marueiled, saving, Howe knoweth this man the Scriptures, seeing that hee neuer learned!
16 Therefore there are few to whom the gospel appeals, because the giving of serious attention to godliness is very rare.Jesus answered them, and said, See above in (Joh_5:22); and he speaks this in accordance with the opinion of the Jews, as if he said, «My doctrine is not mine, that is, it is not the doctrine of myself, whom you consider to be just a mere man and therefore treat me lightly, but it is his that sent me.» My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any man will doe his will, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
18 The true doctrine of salvation differs from the false in this, that the true doctrine sets forth the glory of God, and the false doctrine by puffing up men, dishonouring the glory of God.He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 None boast more confidently that they themselves are the defenders of the law of God than they that break it most impudently.Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The people answered, and said, Thou hast a deuil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 The sabbath day (which is here set before us as a standard of all ceremonies) was not appointed to hinder, but to further and practise God's works, amongst which the main one is the love of our neighbour.Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Moses therefore gaue vnto you circumcision, (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers) & ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the That is to say, if the law of circumcision which Moses gave matters so much to you that you do not hesitate to circumcise upon the sabbath, do you rightly reprove me for thoroughly healing a man? law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24 We must judge according to the truth of things, lest men turn us from the truth and carry us away.Judge not By the show that I make: for I seem to be a despicable person from among the rabble of Galilee, and a carpenter's son, whom no man considers to be very important: but mark the matter itself well, and judge the tree by the fruit. according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Many marvel that the endeavours of the enemies of God have no success, but in the meanwhile they do not acknowledge the strength and power of God.Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
26 And beholde, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him: doe the rulers know in deede that this is in deede that Christ?
27 Men are very wise to have checks and balances for their own thoughts.Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28 The truth of Christ does not depend upon the judgment of man.Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I knowe him: for I am of him, and he hath sent me.
30 The wicked cannot do what they desire, but what God has appointed.Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 Now many of the people beleeued in him, and said, When that Christ commeth, will he doe moe miracles then this man hath done?
32 As the kingdom of God increases, so increases the rage of his enemies, till at last they seek in vain for those missing blessings which they despised when they were present.The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Then saide Iesus vnto them, Yet am I a little while with you, and then goe I vnto him that sent mee.
34 Ye shall seeke me, and shall not finde me, and where I am, can ye not come.
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Literally, «to the dispersion of the Gentiles» or «Greeks», and under the name of the Greeks he refers to the Jews who were dispersed among the Gentiles. dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What saying is this that hee saide, Ye shall seeke mee, and shall not finde mee? and where I am, cannot ye come?
37 There are two principles of our salvation: the one is to be thoroughly touched with a true feeling of our extreme poverty: the other to seek in Christ only (whom we catch hold of by faith) the abundance of all good things.In the The last day of the feast of tabernacles, that is, the eighth day, was as celebrated a day as the first. last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the The scripture being referred to is not found anywhere word for word, but rather Christ seems to be referring to many different places where mention is made of the gifts of the Holy Spirit; see (Joe_2:28-29; Isa_44:3) and especially (Isa_55:1-13). scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the What is meant by the Holy Spirit he expressed a little before, speaking of the Spirit which they that believed in him should receive. So that by the name of Holy Spirit are meant the powers and mighty workings of the Holy Spirit. Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet That is, those things were not yet seen and perceived which were to show and set forth the glory of the only begotten. glorified.)
40 There is contention even in the Church itself about the main point of religion: neither has Christ any more cruel enemies than those that occupy the seat of truth: yet they cannot do what they would.Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
41 Other saide, This is that Christ: and some said, But shall that Christ come out of Galile?
42 Saith not the Scripture that that Christ shall come of the seede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-leem, where Dauid was?
43 So was there dissension among the people for him.
44 And some of them would haue taken him, but no man layde handes on him.
45 God scorns from heaven those who are his Son's enemies.Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 The officers answered, Neuer man spake like this man.
47 Then answered them the Pharises, Are yee also deceiued?
48 False pastors are so stupid and foolish that they consider the Church of God to be of value according to the number of people in it, and from the outward show of it.Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But this people, which know not the Law, are cursed.
50 Nicodemus said vnto them, ( he that came to Iesus by night, and was one of them.)
51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know What the one who is accused has committed. what he doeth?
52 They answered, and said vnto him, Art thou also of Galile? Searche and looke: for out of Galile ariseth no Prophet.
53 There is no counsel against the Lord.And every man went unto his own house.
1 And Iesus went vnto the mount of Oliues,
2 And early in the morning came againe into the Temple, and all the people came vnto him, and he sate downe, and taught them.
3 While the wicked go about to make a snare for good men, they make a snare for themselves.And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 And said vnto him, Master, we foud this woman committing adulterie, euen in the very acte.
5 Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?
6 And this they saide to tempt him, that they might haue, whereof to accuse him. But Iesus stouped downe, & with his finger wrote on the groud.
7 Against hypocrites who are very severe judges against other men, and flatter themselves while they are sinning.So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And againe hee stouped downe, and wrote on the ground.
9 And when they heard it, being accused by their owne conscience, they went out one by one, beginning at ye eldest euen to the last: so Iesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the mids.
10 Christ would not take upon himself the office of the civil magistrate: he was content to bring sinners to faith and repentance.When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord; Iesus said, Neither do I condemne thee: go and sinne no more.
12 The world, which is blind in itself, cannot come to have any light but in Christ alone.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.
13 Christ is without all exception the best witness of the truth, for he was sent by his Father for that purpose, and his Father showed his approval of him to the world by infinite miracles.The Pharisees therefore said unto him, You bear witness of yourself, which is worth nothing in the opinion of all men, and for a man to commend himself is very uncommendable. Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
14 Jesus answered and said unto them, That which he denied before in (Joh_5:31) must be understood as Christ granting their position in a way, for in that place he talked of himself somewhat in line with the opinions of his hearers, who acknowledged nothing in Christ but his humanity, and therefore he was content they should not regard his own witness, unless it were otherwise confirmed. But in this place he stands and affirms Godhead, and praises his Father, who is his witness, and agrees with him. Though I bear record of myself, [yet] my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I I am presently only teaching you, I condemn no man: but yet if I want to do it, I might lawfully do it, for I am not alone, but my Father is with me. judge no man.
16 And if I also iudge, my iudgement is true: for I am not alone, but I, and the Father, that sent mee.
17 And it is also written in your Lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true.
18 The Godhead is plainly distinguished from the manhood, or else there would not be two witnesses: for the accused party is not taken as a witness.I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
19 No man can know God except in Christ alone.Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the This was a certain place appointed for the gathering of the offerings. treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; We live and die according to the pleasure of God, and not of men: therefore it behooves us that we constantly go forward in our calling. for his hour was not yet come.
21 Because men naturally abhor heavenly things, no man can be a fit disciple of Christ unless the Spirit of God makes him so: in the meantime nonetheless, the world must necessarily perish, because it refuses the life that is offered unto it.Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Iewes, Will he kill himselfe, because he saith, Whither I goe, can ye not come?
23 And hee saide vnto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from aboue: ye are of this world, I am not of this worlde.
24 I said therefore vnto you, That ye shall die in your sinnes: for except ye beleeue, that I am he, ye shall die in your sinnes.
25 He will eventually know who Christ is who will diligently hear what Christ says.Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even That is, I am Christ, and the Saviour, for so I told you from the beginning that I was. [the same] that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 God is the avenger of Christ's despised doctrine.I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 Even the contempt of Christ results in his glory: and this thing his enemies will eventually feel to their great pain.They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.
29 For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do alwayes those things that please him.
30 As hee spake these thinges, many beleeued in him.
31 The true disciples of Christ continue in his doctrine, that profiting more and more in the knowledge of the truth they may be delivered from the most grievous burden of sin, into the true liberty of righteousness and life.Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall From the slavery of sin. make you free.
33 Some of the multitude, not they that believed: for this is not the speech of men that agree with him, but of men that are against him.They answered him, We be Born and begotten of Abraham. Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Iesus answered them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that whosoeuer committeth sinne, is the seruant of sinne.
35 And the seruant abideth not in the house for euer: but the Sonne abideth for euer.
36 If that Sonne therefore shal make you free, ye shalbe free in deede.
37 Our wicked manners declare that we are obviously born of a wicked nature: but we are changed, and made part of the household of God according to the covenant which he made with Abraham by Christ alone, apprehended and laid hold on by faith: and this faith is known by a godly and honest life.I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.
39 They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham.
40 But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the workes of your father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornication: we haue one Father, which is God.
42 Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my Or, language: as though he said, «You do not understand what I say any more than if I spoke in a strange and unknown language to you.» speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the From the beginning of the world: for as soon as man was made, the devil cast him headlong into death. beginning, and That is, did not continue constantly, or did not remain. abode not in the That is, in faithfulness and uprightness, that is, he did not remain in the manner in which he was created. truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his Even from his own head, and from his own mind or disposition. own: for he is a liar, and the The author of it. father of it.
45 And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.
46 Christ thoroughly executed the office that his Father gave him.Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God.
48 The enemies of Christ act bravely for a while, but the Father will appear in his time to avenge the reproach that is done unto him in the person of his Son.Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonoured me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one That is, that will avenge both your despising of me and of him. that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Only the doctrine of the gospel apprehended by faith is a sure remedy against death.Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never That is, he will not feel it: for even in the midst of death the faithful see life. see death.
52 Against those who abuse the glory of the saints to debase Christ's glory.Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whome makest thou thy selfe?
54 There is no one further from seeking glory than Christ, but his Father has set him above all things.Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is In saying this Christ grants their opinion, though not agreeing with it, as if he had said, «Be it so, let this report which I give of myself be of no force; yet there is another that glorifies me, that is, that honours my name.» nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 There is no right knowledge of God without Christ, neither is there any right knowledge of Christ without his word.Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 The power of Christ showed itself through all former ages in the fathers, for they saw in the promises that he would come, and very joyfully laid hold of him with a living faith.Your father Abraham Was very desirous. rejoiced to see my A day is a space that a man lives in, or does any notable act in, or endures any great thing in. day: and he With the eyes of faith; (Heb_11:13). saw [it], and was glad.
57 Then sayd ye Iewes vnto him, Thou art not yet fiftie yeere olde, & hast thou seene Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I Christ, as he was God, was before Abraham: and he was the Lamb slain from the beginning of the world. am.
59 Zeal without knowledge eventually breaks out into a most open madness: and yet the wicked cannot do what they desire.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.
1 And Sin is even the beginning of all bodily diseases, and yet it does not follow that in punishing, even very severely, that God is punishing because of sin. as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sinne, this man, or his parents, that he was borne blinde?
3 Jesus answered, Christ reasons here as his disciples thought, who presupposed that no diseases came except for the reason of sins: as a result of this he answers that there was another cause of this man's blindness, and that was in order that God's work might be seen. Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 The works of Christ are is it were a light, which enlighten the darkness of the world.I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is By «day» is meant the light, that is, the enlightening doctrine of the heavenly truth: and by night is meant the darkness which comes by the obscurity of the same doctrine. day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 Christ healing the man born blind by taking the symbol of clay, and afterward the symbol of the fountain of Siloam (which signifies «sent») shows that as he at the beginning made man, so does he again restore both his body and soul: and yet in such a way that he himself comes first of his own accord to heal us.When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7 And sayd vnto him, Go wash in the poole of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came againe seeing.
8 A true image of all men, who as they are naturally blind do not themselves receive the light that is offered unto them, nor endure it in another, and yet make a great fuss among themselves.The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Some said, This is he: and other sayd, He is like him: but he himselfe sayd, I am he.
10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes This is a Hebrew idiom, for they call a man's eyes shut when they cannot receive any light: and therefore blind men who are made to see are said to have their eyes opened. opened?
11 He answered, and sayd, The man that is called Iesus, made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and sayde vnto me, Goe to the poole of Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and receiued sight.
12 Then they sayd vnto him, Where is he? He sayd, I can not tell.
13 They brought to the Pharises him that was once blinde.
14 And it was the Sabbath day, when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15 Then againe the Pharises also asked him, how he had receiued sight; hee sayd vnto them, He layd clay vpon mine eyes, & I washed, and doe see.
16 Religion is assaulted most by the pretence of religion: but the more it is pressed down, the more it rises up.Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17 Then spake they vnto the blinde againe, What sayest thou of him, because he hath opened thine eyes? And he sayd, He is a Prophet.
18 Then the Iewes did not beleeue him (that he had bene blinde, and receiued his sight) vntill they had called the parents of him that had receiued sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, whom ye say was borne blinde? How doeth he nowe see then?
20 His parents answered them, and sayd, We know that this is our sonne, & that he was borne blinde:
21 But by what meanes hee nowe seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, can we not tell: he is olde ynough: aske him: hee shall answere for himselfe.
22 These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.
23 Therefore sayde his parents, Hee is olde ynough: aske him.
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, A solemn order, by which men were put under oath in ancient time to acknowledge their fault before God, as if it was said to them, «Consider that you are before God, who knows the entire matter, and therefore be sure that you revere his majesty, and do him this honour and confess the whole matter openly rather than to lie before him»; (Jos_7:19; 1Sa_6:5). Give God the praise: we know that this man is a He is called a sinner in the Hebrew language, who is a wicked man, and someone who makes an art of sinning. sinner.
25 Then he answered, and sayd, Whether hee be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I know, that I was blinde, and nowe I see.
26 Then sayd they to him againe, What did he to thee? howe opened he thine eyes?
27 Hee answered them, I haue tolde you already, and yee haue not heard it: wherefore would yee heare it againe? will yee also be his disciples?
28 Eventually, proud wickedness must necessarily break forth, which lies vainly hidden under a zeal of godliness.Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29 We know that God spake with Moses: but this man we know not from whence he is.
30 The man answered, and sayde vnto them, Doutlesse, this is a marueilous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.
32 Since the world began, was it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blinde.
33 If this man were not of God, hee could haue done nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, You are wicked even from your cradle, and as we used to say, there is nothing in you but sin. Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Most happy is their state who are cast furthest out of the Church of the wicked (who themselves proudly boast to be of the Church) so that Christ may come nearer to them.Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered, and sayd, Who is he, Lord, that I might beleeue in him?
37 And Iesus sayd vnto him, Both thou hast seene him, and he it is that talketh with thee.
38 Then he sayd, Lord, I beleeue, and worshipped him.
39 Christ enlightens all those by the preaching of the Gospel who acknowledge their own darkness, but those who seem to themselves to see clearly enough, those he altogether blinds: and these latter ones are often those who have the highest place in the Church.And Jesus said, For With great power and authority, to do what is righteous and just: as if he said, «These men take upon themselves to govern the people of God after their own desire, as though they saw all things, and no one else did: but I will rule much differently than these men do: for those whom they consider as blind men, them will I enlighten, and those who take themselves to be wisest, them will I drown in most abundant darkness of ignorance. judgment I am come into this world, that they In these words of seeing and not seeing there is a secret taunting and rebuff to the Pharisees: for they thought all men to be blind but themselves. which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharises which were with him, heard these things, & sayd vnto him, Are we blinde also?
41 Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.
1 Verily, Seeing that by Christ alone we have access to the Father, there are no true shepherds other than those who come to Christ themselves and bring others there also, neither is any to be thought to be in the true sheepfold but those who are gathered to Christ. verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe.
3 To him the In those days they used to have a servant always sitting at the door, and therefore he speaks after the manner of those days. porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.
5 And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.
6 This This word «parable», which the evangelist uses here, signifies a hidden type of speech, when words are not used with their natural meaning, but are used to signify another thing to us. parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.
8 It does not matter how many false teachers there have been, neither how old they have been.All that These terms must be applied to the matter he speaks of. And therefore when he calls himself the door, he calls all those thieves and robbers who take upon themselves this name of «door», which none of the prophets can do, for they showed the sheep that Christ was the door. ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 Only Christ is the true Pastor, and those only are the true Church who acknowledge him to properly be their only Pastor: opposite to him are thieves who do not feed the sheep, but kill them: and hirelings also, who forsake the flock in time of danger, because they feed it only for their own profit and gains.I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall That is, will live safely, as the Jews used to speak (see (Deu_26:6-10)), and yet there is a special reference to the shepherd's office. go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.
11 I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.
12 But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.
13 So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.
14 I am that good shepheard, & knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.
15 As the Father Loves me, allows me. knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 The calling of the Gentiles.And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be The distinguishing mark of the Christian Church throughout all the world, is that it has only one head, that is Christ, the only keeper, and only shepherd of it. one fold, [and] one shepherd.
17 Christ is by the decree of the Father the only true shepherd of the true Church, for he willingly gave his life for his sheep, and by his own power rose again to life.Therefore doth my Father love me, because He uses the present tense because Christ's whole life was as it were a perpetual death. I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.
19 The gospel uncovers hypocrisy, and therefore the world must necessarily rage when the gospel comes forth.There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them sayd, He hath a deuill, and is mad: why heare ye him?
21 Other sayd, These are not the wordes of him that hath a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the The feast of the dedication was instituted by Judas Maccabeus and his brethren after the restoring of God's true religion, by the casting out of Antiochus' garrison. dedication, and it was winter.
23 The unbelievers and proud men accuse the gospel of darkness, and this very darkness is indeed within themselves.And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Iewes round about him, and sayd vnto him, Howe long doest thou make vs dout? If thou be that Christ, tell vs plainely.
25 The doctrine of the gospel is proved from heaven by two witnesses: both by the purity of the doctrine and by miracles.Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 It is no marvel that only a few believe, seeing that all men are by nature untamed beasts: yet nonetheless God has his own, which he turns into sheep, and commits them unto his Son, and preserves them against the cruelty of all wild beasts.But ye believe not, He gives a reason why they do not believe, that is, because they are not his sheep. because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,
28 And I giue vnto them eternall life, & they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand.
29 My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Christ proves his dignity by divine works.Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Through my Father's authority and power. Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.
34 Iesus answered them, Is it not written in your Lawe, I sayd, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be Void and of no effect. broken;
36 Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God?
37 If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not.
38 But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39 Christ flees danger, not because of mistrust, nor for fear of death, nor that he would be lazy, but to gather a Church in another place.Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went againe beyonde Iordan, into the place where Iohn first baptized, and there abode.
41 And many resorted vnto him, and saide, Iohn did no miracle: but all thinges that Iohn spake of this man, were true.
42 And many beleeued in him there.
1 Now Christ, in restoring the rotting body of his friend to life, shows an example both of his mighty power, and also of his singular good will toward men: and this is also an image of the resurrection to come. a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the Where his sisters dwelt. town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.
4 When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 In that thing which God sometimes seems to linger in helping us, he does it both for his glory, and for our salvation, as the end result of the matter clearly proves.When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs goe into Iudea againe.
8 This alone is the sure and right way to life, to follow God boldly without fear, who calls us and shines before us in the darkness of this world.[His] disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not All things happen in a proper way and are brought to pass in their due time. twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus The Jews used a milder kind of speech and called death «sleep», and this same manner of speech is found in other languages, who call the place of burial where the dead are laid waiting for the resurrection a «sleeping place». sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepe, he shalbe safe.
13 Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe.
14 Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.
16 Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.
17 Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.
18 (Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.)
19 God, who is the maker of nature, does not condemn natural emotions, but shows that they ought to be guided by the rule of faith.And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house.
21 Then said Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou hadst bene here, my brother had not bene dead.
22 But now I know also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God will giue it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall That is, will recover life again. rise again.
24 Martha said vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue.
26 And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in me, shall neuer die: Beleeuest thou this?
27 She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleeue that thou art that Christ that Sonne of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so saide, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 And when she heard it, shee arose quickly, and came vnto him.
30 For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him.
31 The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastily, & went out, folowed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.
33 Christ took upon himself together with our flesh all affections of man (sin alone excepted), and amongst them especially mercy and compassion.When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he These are signs that he was greatly moved, but yet these signs were without sin: and these affections belong to man's nature. groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And saide, Where haue ye layde him? They said vnto him, Lord, come and see.
35 And Iesus wept.
36 Then saide the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him.
37 And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died?
38 Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe, and came to the graue; it was a caue, and a stone was layde vpon it.
39 Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lorde, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.
40 Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God?
41 Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde; Iesus lift vp his eyes, and saide, Father, I thanke thee, because thou hast heard me.
42 I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me.
43 As hee had spoken these things, hee cried with a loude voyce, Lazarus, come foorth.
44 Then he that was dead, came forth, bound hande and foote with bandes, and his face was bound with a napkin. Iesus said vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe.
45 Then many of the Iewes, which came to Mary, and had seene the thinges, which Iesus did, beleeued in him.
46 The last aspect of hard and ironlike stubbornness is to proclaim open war against God, and yet it does not cease to make a pretence both of godliness and of the profit of the nation.But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a The Jews called the council sanhedrin: and the word that John uses is Synedri. council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and That is, take away from us by force: for at that time, though the high priest's authority was greatly lessened and weakened, yet there was some type of government left among the Jews. take away both our place and nation.
49 The raging and angry company of the false church persuade themselves that they cannot be in safety, unless he is taken away, who alone upholds the Church. And the wisdom of the flesh judges in the same way in worldly affairs, which is governed by the spirit of giddiness or madness.And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 Christ sometimes turns the tongues, even of the wicked, so that even in cursing they bless.And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that For they were not gathered together in one country, as the Jews were, but were to be gathered from all quarters, from the east to the west. were scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.
54 We may give place to the rage of the wicked, when it is expedient to do so, but yet in such a way that we do not swerve from God's calling.Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55 And the Iewes Passeouer was at hande, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer, to purifie themselues.
56 Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stoode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast?
57 Nowe both the hie Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commaundement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shewe it, that they might take him.
1 Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passeouer, came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, who died, whom he had raised from the dead.
2 There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with him.
3 Then tooke Mary a pound of oyntment of Spikenarde very costly, and anoynted Iesus feete, and wiped his feete with her heare, and the house was filled with the sauour of the oyntment.
4 Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:
5 A horrible example in Judas of a mind blinded with covetousness, and yet pretending godliness.Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.
7 This extraordinary anointing, which was a sign, is allowed by God so that he may witness that he will not be worshipped with outward pomp or costly service, but with alms.Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8 For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.
9 When the light of the gospel shows itself, some are found to be curious, and others are found to be open enemies (and these latter ones should be the least opposed to the gospel): others fervently honour him whom they will immediately fall away from, and very few receive him as reverently as they ought to. Nonetheless, Christ begins his spiritual kingdom in the midst of his enemies.Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 The hie Priestes therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also,
11 Because that for his sake many of the Iewes went away, and beleeued in Iesus.
12 On the morowe a great multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Iesus should come to Hierusalem,
13 Tooke branches of palme trees, and went foorth to meete him, and cried, Hosanna, Blessed is the King of Israel that commeth in the Name of the Lorde.
14 And Iesus found a yong asse, and sate thereon, as it is written,
15 Feare not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King commeth sitting on an asses colte.
16 But his disciples vnderstoode not these thinges at the first: but when Iesus was glorified, then remembred they, that these thinges were written of him, and that they had done these things vnto him.
17 The people therefore that was with him, bare witnesse that hee called Lazarus out of the graue, and raised him from the dead.
18 Therefore mette him the people also, because they heard that he had done this miracle.
19 Even they who go about to oppress Christ are made instruments of his glory.The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that After the solemn custom: the Greeks were first so called by the name of the country of Greece, where they lived: but afterward, all that were not of the Jew's religion, but worshipped false gods and were also called heathens, were called by the name Greeks. came up to worship at the feast:
21 And they came to Philippe, which was of Bethsaida in Galile, and desired him, saying, Syr, we would see that Iesus.
22 Philippe came and tolde Andrewe: and againe Andrewe and Philippe tolde Iesus.
23 And Iesus answered them, saying, The houre is come, that the Sonne of man must bee glorified.
24 The death of Christ is as it were a sowing, which seems to be a dying of the corn, but indeed is the cause of a much greater harvest: and such as is the condition of the head, so will be the condition of the members.Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and A wheat corn dies when it is changed in the ground, and becomes the root of a fruitful new plant. die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25 He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.
26 If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.
27 While Christ went about to suffer all the punishment which is due to our sins, and while his divinity did not yet show his might and power so that the satisfaction might be fully accomplished, he is stricken with the great fear of the curse of God, and so he cries and prays, and desires to be released: yet nonetheless he prefers the will and glory of his Father before all things, and his Father allows this obedience even from heaven.Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this That is, of death which is now at hand. hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father, So then the Father's glory is Christ's glory. glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify [it] again.
29 Then saide the people that stoode by, and heard, that it was a thunder: other said, An Angel spake to him.
30 Christ foretells to the deaf the manner of his death, the overcoming of the devil and the world, and in conclusion his triumph.Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the iudgement of this world: nowe shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be Christ used a word which has a double meaning, for it signifies either to lift up or to get out of the way: for he intended them to think of his death, but the Jews seemed to take it another way. lifted up from the earth, will draw Chrysostom and Theophylact say that this word «all» refers to all nations: that is, not only to the Jews. all [men] unto me.
33 Nowe this sayd he, signifying what death he should die.
34 The people answered him, We haue heard out of the Law, that that Christ bideth for euer: and howe sayest thou, that that Sonne of man must be lift vp? Who is that Sonne of man?
35 Unmeasurable is the mercy of God, but a horrible judgment follows if it is condemned.Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the That is, partakers of light. children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
37 Faith is not of nature, but of grace.But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the The arm of the Lord is the gospel, which is the power of God to salvation to all that believe, and therefore the arm of the Lord is not revealed to those whose hearts the Lord has not opened. arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore could they not beleeue, because that Esaias saith againe,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardned their heart, that they shoulde not see with their eyes, nor vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.
41 These things sayd Esaias when he sawe his glory, and spake of him.
42 The ones who believe are not only few in number, if they are compared with the unbelievers, but also the majority of those few (yea, and especially the ones of highest rank) fear men more than God.Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
43 For they loued the prayse of men, more then the prayse of God.
44 The sum of the gospel, and therefore of salvation, which Christ witnessed in the midst of Jerusalem by his crying out, is this: to rest upon Christ through faith as the only Saviour appointed and given us by the Father.Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth This word «not» does not take anything away from Christ which is spoken of here, but is rather spoken in way of correction, as if he said, «He that believes in me does not so much believe in me as in him that sent me.» So is it in (Mar_9:37). not on me, but on him that sent me.
45 And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.
47 And if any man heare my wordes, and beleeue not, I iudge him not: for I came not to iudge the world, but to saue the world.
48 He that refuseth me, and receiueth not my wordes, hath one that iudgeth him: the worde that I haue spoken, it shall iudge him in the last day.
49 For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.
50 And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.
1 Now Christ is as sure of the victory as he is of the combat which was at hand, and by using the sign of washing the feet, gives by this an example in part of singular modesty, and his great love toward his apostles in this notable act, being likely to depart very shortly from them: and he partly witnesses unto them that it is he alone who washes away the filth of his people, and sanctifies them little by little in their time and season. before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his Those of his household, that is, his saints. own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And when supper was done (and that the deuill had now put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, to betray him)
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his Into his power. hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4 He In that he is said to rise, it argues that there was a space of time between the ceremony of the passover and this washing of feet, at which time it seems that the Lord's supper was instituted. riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that, hee powred water into a basen, and began to wash the disciples feete, and to wipe them with the towell, wherewith he was girded.
6 Then came he to Simon Peter, who sayd to him, Lord, doest thou wash my feete?
7 Iesus answered and sayd vnto him, What I doe, thou knowest not nowe: but thou shalt knowe it hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast Unless you allow me to wash you, you will have no part in the kingdom of heaven. no part with me.
9 Simon Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, not my feete onely, but also the hands and the head.
10 Iesus sayd to him, He that is washed, needeth not, saue to wash his feete, but is cleane euery whit: and ye are cleane, but not all.
11 For hee knewe who should betray him: therefore sayd he, Ye are not all cleane.
12 So after he had washed their feete, and had taken his garments, and was set downe againe, he sayd vnto them, Knowe ye what I haue done to you?
13 Ye call me Master, and Lorde, and ye say well: for so am I.
14 If I then your Lorde, and Master, haue washed your feete, ye also ought to wash one an others feete.
15 For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.
16 Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye, if ye doe them.
18 The betraying of Christ was not accidental, or a thing that happened by chance, but it was the Father who ordained the cause of our salvation, to reconcile us unto himself in his Son, and the Son willingly and voluntarily obeyed the Father.I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
19 From henceforth tell I you before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue that I am he.
20 Verely, verely I say vnto you, If I send any, he that receiueth him, receiueth me, and hee that receiueth me, receiueth him that sent me.
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and He affirmed it openly and sealed it. testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now there was John's leaning was such that sitting down on his mat his head was toward the head of Jesus: for it is certain that in ancient times men used to not sit at the table, but to lie down on one of their sides. leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 To him beckened therefore Simon Peter, that he should aske who it was of whom he spake.
25 He then, as he leaned on Iesus breast, saide vnto him, Lord, who is it?
26 Iesus answered, He it is, to whome I shall giue a soppe, when I haue dipt it: and hee wet a soppe, and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne.
27 And after the soppe, Satan entred into him. Then sayd Iesus vnto him, That thou doest, doe quickly.
28 But none of them that were at table, knew, for what cause he spake it vnto him.
29 For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.
30 Assoone then as he had receiued the soppe, he went immediately out, and it was night.
31 We have to see the glorifying of Christ in his dishonour.Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, This verse and the one following are a most plain and evident testimony to the divinity of Christ. Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorifie him in himselfe, and shal straightway glorifie him.
33 The eternal glory will flow little by little from the head into the members. But meanwhile, we must take good heed that we run the race of this life in brotherly love.Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A newe commaundement giue I vnto you, that ye loue one another: as I haue loued you, that ye also loue one another.
35 By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples, if ye haue loue one to another.
36 A weighty example of rash trust and confidence.Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
37 Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, why can I not followe thee now? I will lay downe my life for thy sake.
38 Iesus answered him, Wilt thou lay downe thy life for my sake? Verely, verely I say vnto thee, The cocke shall not crowe, till thou haue denied me thrise.
1 Let He believes in God who believes in Christ, and there is no other way to strengthen and encourage our minds during the greatest distresses. not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], That is, if it were not as I am telling you, that is, unless there was room enough not only for me, but also for you in my Father's house, I would not deceive you in this way with a vain hope, but I would have plainly told you so. I would have told you. I go to This whole speech is an allegory, by which the Lord comforts his own, declaring to them his departure into heaven; and he departs not to reign there alone, but to go before and prepare a place for them. prepare a place for you.
3 Christ did not go away from us with the intent of forsaking us, but rather that he might eventually take us up with him into heaven.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will These words are to be understood as being said to the whole Church, and therefore the angels said to the disciples when they were astonished, «Why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This Jesus will so come as you saw him go up», (Act_1:11). And in all places of the Scripture the full comfort of the Church is considered to be that day when God will be all in all, and is therefore called the day of redemption. come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
4 Christ alone is the way to true and everlasting life, for it is he in whom the Father has revealed himself.And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas sayd vnto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest: how ca we then know ye way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am This saying shows unto us the nature, the will, and office of Christ. the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 It is plain by this verse that to know God and to see God is the same thing. Now whereas he said before that no man saw God at any time, it is to be understood in this way: without Christ, or were it not through Christ, no man could ever see God, nor ever saw God, at any time: for as Chrysostom says, the Son is a very concise and plain setting forth of the Father's nature to us.If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philippe sayd vnto him, Lord, shewe vs thy Father, and it sufficeth vs.
9 Iesus sayd vnto him, I haue bene so long time with you, and hast thou not knowen mee, Philippe? he that hath seene me, hath seene my Father: how then sayest thou, Shewe vs thy Father?
10 The majesty of God shows itself most evidently both in Christ's doctrine and in his deeds.Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Beleeue me, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me: at the least, beleeue me for the very workes sake.
12 Christ's power is not only shown within his own person, but it is spread through the body of his entire Church.Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and That is, not only do them, but I can also give other men power to do greater. greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my Name, that will I doe, that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne.
14 If ye shall aske any thing in my Name, I will doe it.
15 He loves Christ rightly who obeys his commandment: and because obedience to Christ is accompanied with an infinite type and amount of miseries, although he is absent in body, yet he comforts his own with the present power of the Holy Spirit, whom the world despises, because it does not know him.If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I wil pray the Father, and he shal giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,
17 [Even] the The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth by reason of that which he does, because he inspires the truth into us, because he has the truth in himself. Spirit of truth; whom the Worldly men. world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you.
19 Yet a litle while, and the world shal see me no more, but ye shall see me: because I liue, ye shall liue also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] The Son is in the Father in such a way that he is of one selfsame substance with the Father, but he is in his disciples in a different way, as an aider and helper of them. in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will I will show myself to him, and be known by him, as if he saw me with his eyes: but this showing of himself is not bodily, but spiritual, yet so plain that no other showing could be more evident. manifest myself to him.
22 We must not ask why the gospel is revealed to some rather than to others, but we must rather take heed that we embrace Christ who is offered unto us, and that we truly love him, that is to say, that we give ourselves wholly to obeying him.Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him.
24 He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, & the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.
25 It is the duty and responsibility of the Holy Spirit to imprint in the minds of the elect, in their times and seasons, that which Christ once said.These things have I spoken unto you, being [yet] present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the holy Ghost, whom the Father wil send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I haue tolde you.
27 All true comfort and peace comes to us by Christ alone.Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 We should in no way be sorry for the departing of Christ from us according to the flesh, but rather we should rejoice in it, seeing that all the blessing of the body depends upon the glorifying of the head.Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is This is spoken in that Christ is mediator, for in this regard the Father is greater than he, in as much as the person to whom request is made is greater than he that makes the request. greater than I.
29 And nowe haue I spoken vnto you, before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue.
30 Christ goes to death not unwillingly, but willingly, not that he is yielding to the devil, but rather that he is obeying his Father's decree.Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath As one would say, «Satan will eventually set upon me with all the might he can, but he has no power over me, neither will he find any such thing in me as he thinks he will.» nothing in me.
31 But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.
1 I We are by nature dry and fit for nothing but the fire. Therefore, in order that we may live and be fruitful, we must first be grafted into Christ, as it were into a vine, by the Father's hand: and then be daily moulded with a continual meditation of the word, and the cross: otherwise it will not avail any man at all to have been grafted unless he cleaves fast to the vine, and so draws juice out of it. am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Euery branch that beareth not fruite in me, he taketh away: and euery one that beareth fruite, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruite.
3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you: as the branche cannot beare fruite of it selfe, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am that vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, & I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruite: for without me can ye doe nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branche, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they burne.
7 Whoever rests in Christ's doctrine abides in him, and therefore brings forth good fruit, and the Father will not deny anything to such a person as this.If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 As one would say, «Herein will my Father be glorified, and herein also will you be my disciples, if you bring forth much fruit.»Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 The love of the Father towards the Son, and of the Son towards us, and of us toward God and our neighbour, are joined together with an inseparable knot: and there is nothing more sweet and pleasant than it is. Now this love shows itself by its effects, a most perfect example of which Christ himself exhibits to us.As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: That is, in that love with which I love you, which love is the responsibility of both parties. continue ye in my love.
10 If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
11 These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.
12 This is my commandement, that ye loue one another, as I haue loued you.
13 Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.
14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
15 The doctrine of the gospel, as it is uttered by Christ's own mouth, is a most perfect and absolute declaration of the counsel of God, which pertains to our salvation and is committed unto the apostles.Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Christ is the author and preserver of the ministry of the gospel, even to the end of the world, but the ministers have above all things need of prayer and brotherly love.Ye These words plainly teach us that our salvation comes only from the favour and gracious goodness of the everlasting God towards us, and of nothing that we do or can deserve. have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things commaunde I you, that ye loue one another.
18 When the faithful ministers of Christ are hated by the world as their master was, it should not cause them to fear, but rather strengthen and encourage them.If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.
19 If ye were of the worlde, the world woulde loue his owne: but because ye are not of ye world, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.
21 The hatred that the world bears against Christ proceeds from the stupidity of the mind, which nonetheless is voluntarily blind, so that those of the world cannot give any excuse to explain away their fault.But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22 As one would say, «If I had not come, these men would not have been wrong in saying before God's judgment seat that they are religious, and void of sin: but since I came to them, and they completely rejected me, they can have no cloak for their wickedness.»If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
24 If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their Sometimes this word «law» refers to the five books of Moses, but in this place it refers to the whole scripture: for the place that he refers to is found in the Psalms. law, They hated me without a cause.
26 We will surely stand against the rage of the wicked by the inward testimony of the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit speaks in no other way and is consistent with what he spoke by the mouth of the apostles.But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.
1 These The ministers of the gospel must expect all types of reproaches, not only by those who are open enemies, but even by those also who seem to be of the same household, and the very pillars of the Church. things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that he doeth God seruice.
3 And these things will they doe vnto you, because they haue not knowen ye Father, nor me.
4 But these things haue I tolde you, that when the houre shall come, ye might remember, that I tolde you them; these things said I not vnto you from ye beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I haue saide these thinges vnto you, your hearts are full of sorowe.
7 The absence of Christ according to the flesh is profitable to the Church in that it causes the Church to be wholly dependant upon his spiritual power.Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 The Spirit of God works so mightily by the preaching of the word that he forces the world, whether or not it wants to, to confess its own unrighteousness and Christ's righteousness and almightiness.And when he is come, he will He will so reprove the world, that those of the world will not be able to give any excuse. reprove the He refers to the time that followed his ascension, when as all those opposed were manifestly reproved, through the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon the Church: so that the very enemies of Christ were reproved of sin, in that they were forced to confess that they were deceived, in that they believed not, and therefore they said to Peter in (Act_2:37), «Men and brethren, what shall we do?» world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sinne, because they beleeued not in me:
10 Of Of Christ himself: for when the world will see that I have poured out the Holy Spirit they will be forced to confess that I was just, and was not condemned by my Father when I went out of this world. righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of Of that authority and power which I have both in heaven and in earth. judgment, That is, because they will then understand and indeed know that I have overcome the devil, and govern the world, and then all men will see that they set themselves against you in vain, for I will arm you with heavenly power by which you may destroy every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God; (2Co_10:5). because the prince of this world is judged.
12 The doctrine of the apostles proceeded from the Holy Spirit, and is most perfect.I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit, when he is come which is the Spirit of trueth, he will leade you into all trueth: for he shall not speake of himselfe, but whatsoeuer he shall heare, shall he speake, and he will shew you the things to come.
14 The Holy Spirit brings no new doctrine, but teaches that which was uttered by Christ's own mouth, and imprints it in our minds.He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.
15 All thinges that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shewe it vnto you.
16 The grace of the Holy Spirit is a most distinct mirror in which Christ is truly beheld with the most sharp sighted eyes of faith, and not with the blurred eyes of the flesh: and by this we feel a continual joy even in the midst of sorrows.A When a little time is past. little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, For I go on to eternal glory, so that I will be much more present with you than I was before: for then you will feel indeed what I am, and what I am able to do. because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among them selues, What is this that he saieth vnto vs, A litle while, and ye shall not see me, and againe, a litle while, and ye shall see me, and, For I goe to the Father.
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle while? we know not what he sayeth.
19 Now Iesus knew that they would aske him, and said vnto them, Doe ye enquire among your selues, of that I said, A litle while, & ye shal not see me: and againe, a litle while, and yee shall see me?
20 Verely, verely I say vnto you, that ye shall weepe and lament, and the worlde shall reioyce: and ye shall sorowe, but your sorowe shalbe turned to ioye.
21 A woman when she traueileth, hath sorowe, because her houre is come: but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe, she remembreth no more the anguish, for ioy that a man is borne into the world.
22 And ye nowe therefore are in sorowe: but I will see you againe, & your hearts shal reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.
23 And in that day shall ye aske me nothing. Verely, verely I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my Name, he will giue it you.
24 Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.
25 The Holy Spirit, who was poured upon the apostles after the ascension of Christ, instructed both them in all the central mysteries and secrets of our salvation, and also the Church by them, and he will also instruct the Church until the end of the world.These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 The sum of the worship of God is the invocation of the Father in the name of the Son the mediator, who is already heard for us, for whom he both abased himself, and is now also glorified.At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.
28 I am come out from the Father, and came into the worlde: againe I leaue the worlde, and goe to the Father.
29 Faith and foolish security differ greatly.His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Nowe knowe wee that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should aske thee. By this we beleeue, that thou art come out from God.
31 Iesus answered them, Doe you beleeue nowe?
32 Neither the wickedness of the world, neither the weakness of his own, can diminish anything of the virtue of Christ.Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 The surety and foundation of the Church depends only upon the victory of Christ.These things I have spoken unto you, that That in me you might be thoroughly quieted. For by «peace» is meant here that quiet state of mind which is completely contrary to disquietness and great sadness. in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1 These Jesus Christ, the everlasting high Priest, being ready to immediately offer himself up, by solemn prayers consecrates himself to God the Father as a sacrifice, and us together with himself. Therefore this prayer was from the beginning, is, and will be to the end of the world, the foundation and ground of the Church of God. words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, He first declares that as he came into the world so that the Father might show in him (being apprehended by faith) his glory in saving his elect, so he applied himself to that only: and therefore he desires from the Father that he would bless the work which he had finished. Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over Over all men. all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the He calls the Father the only true God in order to set him against all false gods, and to include himself and the Holy Spirit, for he immediately joins the knowledge of the Father and the knowledge of himself together, and according to his accustomed manner sets forth the whole Godhead in the person of the Father. So is the Father alone said to be King, immortal, wise, dwelling in light which no man can attain unto, and invisible; (Rom_16:27; 1Ti_1:17). only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe.
5 And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.
6 First of all he prays for his disciples by whom he would have the rest of his disciples gathered together, and commends them unto the Father (having already rejected the whole company of the reprobate) because he received them from his Father into his custody, and because by embracing his doctrine, they will have so many and so mighty enemies, that there is no way for them to be in safety, except by his help.I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: He shows by this the everlasting election and choice, which was hidden in the good will and pleasure of God, which is the groundwork of our salvation. thine they were, and thou He shows that the everlasting and hidden purpose of God is declared in Christ, by whom we are justified and sanctified, if we lay hold of him by faith, so that we may eventually come to the glory of the election. gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Nowe they knowe that all things whatsoeuer thou hast giuen me, are of thee.
8 For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast giuen me: for they are thine.
10 And al mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be He prays that his people may peaceably agree and be joined together in one, that as the Godhead is one, so they may be of one mind and one consent together. one, as we [are].
12 While I was with them in the worlde, I kept them in thy Name: those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but the childe of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee, and these things speake I in the worlde, that they might haue my ioy fulfilled in themselues.
14 I haue giuen them thy word, & the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
15 He shows what type of deliverance he means: not that they should be in no danger, but that in being preserved from all they might prove by experience that the doctrine of salvation is true, which doctrine they received from his mouth to deliver to others.I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the world.
17 That is, make them holy: and that thing is said to be holy which is dedicated to God and belongs to him alone.Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 Moreover, he adds that the apostles have a calling common with him, and therefore that they must be held up by the very same virtue to give themselves up wholly to God, by which Christ, who was first, did consecrate himself to the Father.As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the The true and substantial sanctification of Christ is contrasted with the outward purifyings of the law. truth.
20 Secondly, he offers to God the Father all of his, that is, all those who will believe in him by the doctrine of the apostles: that as he cleaves unto the Father, receiving from him all fulness, so they being joined with him may receive life from him, and being loved together in him, may also with him eventually enjoy everlasting glory.Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may bee one, as thou, O Father, art in me, and I in thee: euen that they may be also one in vs, that the worlde may beleeue that thou hast sent me.
22 And the glory that thou gauest me, I haue giuen them, that they may be one, as we are one,
23 I in them, and thou in mee, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent mee, and hast loued them, as thou hast loued me.
24 Father, I will that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me euen where I am, that they may beholde that my glorie, which thou hast giuen mee: for thou louedst me before the foundation of the world.
25 O righteous Father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee, but I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen, that thou hast sent me.
26 He communicates the knowledge of the Father with his own little by little, which knowledge is most full in Christ the mediator, that they may in him be beloved by the Father, with the selfsame love with which he loves the Son.And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
1 When Christ goes of his own accord into a garden, which his betrayer knew, to be taken, so that by his obedience he might take away the sin that entered into the world by one man's rebellion, and that in a garden. Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
2 And Iudas which betraied him, knewe also the place: for Iesus oft times resorted thither with his disciples.
3 Christ who was innocent was taken as a wicked person, that we who are wicked might be let go as innocent.Judas then, having received a band [of men] and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Christ's person (but not his power) was bound by his adversaries, but only when and how he desired.Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered him, Iesus of Nazareth. Iesus sayde vnto them, I am hee. Nowe Iudas also which betraied him, stoode with them.
6 Assoone then as hee had saide vnto them, I am hee, they went away backewardes, and fell to the grounde.
7 Then he asked them againe, Whome seeke yee? And they sayd, Iesus of Nazareth.
8 Christ does not neglect the office of a good pastor, not even in his greatest danger.Jesus answered, I have told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9 This was that the worde might be fulfilled which hee spake, Of them which thou gauest me, haue I lost none.
10 We ought to contain our zeal for God within the bounds of our calling.Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 Then sayde Iesus vnto Peter, Put vp thy sworde into the sheath: shall I not drinke of the cuppe which my Father hath giuen me?
12 Then the bande and the captaine, and the officers of the Iewes tooke Iesus, and bound him,
13 Christ is brought before an earthly high priest to be condemned for our blasphemies, that we might be acquitted by the everlasting high Priest himself.And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
14 And Caiaphas was he, that gaue counsel to the Iewes, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
15 A graphic example of the fragility of men, even the best of them, when they are left to themselves.And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and [so did] another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood at the doore without. Then went out the other disciple which was knowen vnto the hie Priest, and spake to her that kept the doore, and brought in Peter.
17 Then saide the maide that kept the doore, vnto Peter, Art not thou also one of this mans disciples? He sayd, I am not.
18 And the seruants and officers stoode there, which had made a fire of coles: for it was colde, & they warmed themselues; Peter also stood among them, and warmed himselfe.
19 Christ defends his cause, but only slightly, not that he would withdraw himself from death, but to show that he was condemned as someone who was innocent.The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20 Iesus answered him, I spake openly to the world: I euer taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple, whither the Iewes resort continually, and in secret haue I sayde nothing.
21 Why askest thou mee? aske them which heard mee what I sayde vnto them: beholde, they knowe what I sayd.
22 When he had spoken these thinges, one of the officers which stoode by, smote Iesus with his rod, saying, Answerest thou the hie Priest so?
23 Iesus answered him, If I haue euill spoken, beare witnes of the euil: but if I haue well spoken, why smitest thou me?
24 Nowe Annas had sent him bound vnto Caiaphas the hie Priest)
25 After men have once fallen, they cannot only not lift themselves up by their own strength, but also they fall more and more into a worse condition, until they are raised up again by a new power from God.And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also [one] of his disciples? He denied [it], and said, I am not.
26 One of the seruaunts of the hie Priest, his cousin whose eare Peter smote off, saide, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
27 Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crewe.
28 The Son of God is brought before the judgment seat of an earthly and profane man, in whom there is found much less wickedness than in the rulers of the people of God. A graphic image of the wrath of God against sin, and in addition of his great mercy, and last of all of his most severe judgment against the stubborn condemners of his grace when it is offered unto them.Then led they Jesus from From Caiaphas' house. Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
29 Pilate then went out vnto them, and said, What accusation bring yee against this man?
30 They answered, and saide vnto him, If hee were not an euill doer, we woulde not haue deliuered him vnto thee.
31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, For judgments of life and death were taken from them forty years before the destruction of the temple. It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, For Christ had foretold that he would be crucified. signifying what death he should die.
33 So Pilate entred into the common hall againe, and called Iesus, and sayde vnto him, Art thou the king of the Iewes?
34 Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Iewe? Thine owne nation, and the hie Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me. What hast thou done?
36 Christ affirms his spiritual kingdom, but rejects a worldly one.Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
37 Pilate then said vnto him, Art thou a King then? Iesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King: for this cause am I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnes vnto the trueth: euery one that is of the trueth, heareth my voyce.
38 It was required that Christ should be pronounced innocent, but nonetheless, in that he took upon himself our person, he was to be condemned as a most wicked man.Pilate saith unto him, He speaks this disdainfully and scoffingly, and not by way of asking a question. What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault [at all].
39 But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?
40 Then Literally, «made a great and foul voice». cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and The wisdom of the flesh chooses the least of two evils, but God curses that very wisdom. scourged [him].
2 And the souldiers platted a crowne of thornes, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple garment,
3 And saide, Haile, King of the Iewes; they smote him with their roddes.
4 Christ is again acquitted by the same mouth with which he was afterwards condemned.Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Iesus foorth wearing a crowne of thornes, and a purple garment; Pilate said vnto them, Beholde the man.
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, They will have him crucified whom, by an old custom of theirs, they should have stoned and hanged up as convicted of blasphemy: but they desire to have him crucified after the manner of the Romans. Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Iewes answered him, We haue a lawe, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himselfe the Sonne of God.
8 Pilate's conscience fights for Christ, but it immediately yields, because it is not upheld with the singular power of God.When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went againe into the common hall, and saide vnto Iesus, Whence art thou? But Iesus gaue him none answere.
10 Then saide Pilate vnto him, Speakest thou not vnto me? Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee, & haue power to loose thee?
11 Iesus answered, Thou couldest haue no power at all against me, except it were giuen thee from aboue: therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the greater sinne.
12 From thence foorth Pilate sought to loose him, but the Iewes cried, saying, If thou deliuer him, thou art not Cesars friende: for whosoeuer maketh himselfe a King, speaketh against Cesar.
13 Pilate condemns himself first, with the same mouth with which he afterwards condemns Christ.When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, «Gabbatha» signifies a high place, as judgment seats are. Gabbatha.
14 And it was the Preparation of the Passeouer, and about the sixt houre: and hee sayde vnto the Iewes, Beholde your King.
15 But they cried, Away with him, away with him, crucifie him. Pilate sayde vnto them, Shall I crucifie your King? The high Priestes answered, We haue no King but Cesar.
16 Christ fastens Satan, sin, and death to the cross.Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led [him] away.
17 And he bare his owne crosse, and came into a place named of dead mens Skulles, which is called in Hebrewe, «Golgotha»:
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Iesus in the middes.
19 Christ, sitting upon the throne of the cross, is publicly proclaimed everlasting King of all people by the hand of him who condemned him for usurping a kingdom.And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the Iewes: for the place where Iesus was crucified, was neere to the citie: and it was written in Hebrewe, Greeke and Latine.
21 Then saide the hie Priests of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Iewes, but that he sayd, I am King of the Iewes.
22 Pilate answered, What I haue written, I haue written.
23 Christ signifies by the division of his garments amongst the bloody butchers (except for his coat which had no seam) that it will come to pass, that he will shortly divide his benefits, and enrich his very enemies throughout the world: but in such a way that the treasure of his Church will remain whole.Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also [his] coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 Therefore they sayde one to another, Let vs not deuide it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. This was that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which sayth, They parted my garments among them, and on my coate did cast lots. So the souldiers did these things in deede.
25 Christ is a perfect example of all righteousness, not only in the keeping of the first, but also of the second table of the ten commandments.Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 And when Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loued, he said vnto his mother, Woman, beholde thy sonne.
27 Then saide he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and from that houre, the disciple tooke her home vnto him.
28 Christ when he has taken the vinegar, yields up the Spirit, indeed drinking up in our name that most bitter and severe cup of his Father's wrath.After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now there was set a Galatinus witnesses out of the book called Sanhedrin that the Jews often gave those who were executed vinegar mixed with frankincense to drink, to make them somewhat delirious: so the Jews provided charitably for the poor men's conscience who were executed. vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to his mouth.
30 Nowe when Iesus had receiued of the vineger, he saide, It is finished, and bowed his head, and gaue vp the ghost.
31 The body of Christ which was dead for a season (because it so pleased him) is wounded, but not the least bone of it is broken: and such is the state of his resurrection body.The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.
32 Then came the souldiers and brake the legges of the first, and of the other, which was crucified with Iesus.
33 But when they came to Iesus, and saw that he was dead alreadie, they brake not his legges.
34 Christ, being dead upon the cross, witnesses by a double sign that he alone is the true satisfaction, and the true washing for the believers.But one of the soldiers with a spear This wound was a most manifest witness of the death of Christ: for the water that issued out by this wound shows us plainly that the weapon pierced the very skin that encompasses the heart, and this skin is the vessel that contains the water; and once that is wounded, the creature which is so pierced and stricken has no choice but to die. pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35 And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might beleeue it.
36 For these things were done, that the Scripture shoulde be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shalbe broken.
37 And againe an other Scripture saith, They shall see him whom they haue thrust through.
38 Christ is openly buried, and in a famous place, Pilate permitting and allowing it, and buried by men who showed favour to Christ in doing this, men who had before that day never openly followed him: so that by his burial, no man can justly doubt either of his death, or resurrection.And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus (which first came to Iesus by night) & brought of myrrhe and aloes mingled together about an hundreth pound.
40 Then tooke they the body of Iesus, and wrapped it in linnen clothes with the odours, as the maner of the Iewes is to burie.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was That no man might frivolously object to his resurrection, as though someone else that had been buried there had risen; Theophylact. never man yet laid.
42 There then laide they Iesus, because of the Iewes Preparation day, for the sepulchre was neere.
1 The Mary Magdalene, Peter, and John, are the first witnesses of the resurrection, and these cannot justly be suspected, for they themselves could hardly be persuaded of it; therefore, they would obviously not invent such a story on purpose. first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
2 Then she ranne, and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Iesus loued, and saide vnto them, They haue taken away the Lorde out of the sepulchre, and we knowe not where they haue laid him.
3 Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they came vnto the sepulchre.
4 So they ranne both together, but the other disciple did outrunne Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5 And he stouped downe, and sawe the linnen clothes lying: yet went he not in.
6 Then came Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and sawe the linnen clothes lye,
7 And the kerchiefe that was vpon his head, not lying with the linnen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by it selfe.
8 Then went in also the other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he sawe it, and beleeued.
9 For as yet they knewe not the Scripture, That he must rise againe from the dead.
10 And the disciples went away againe vnto their owne home.
11 But Mary stood That is, outside of the cave which the sepulchre was cut out of. without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, [and looked] into the sepulchre,
12 Two angels are made witnesses of the Lord's resurrection.And seeth two angels in In white clothing. white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away Mary spoke as the common people used to speak: for they spoke of a dead carcass as they did of a living man. my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
14 Jesus witnesses by his presence that he is truly risen.And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15 Iesus saith vnto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She supposing that he had bene the gardener, said vnto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16 Iesus saith vnto her, Marie. She turned her selfe, and said vnto him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master.
17 Christ, who is risen, is not to be sought in this world according to the flesh, but in heaven by faith where he has gone before us.Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my By his brethren he means his disciples, for in the following verse it is said that Mary told his disciples. brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto He calls God his Father because he is naturally his Father in the Godhead, and he says «your Father» because he is our Father by grace through the adoption of the sons of God: that is, by taking us by his free grace to be his sons; Epiphanius. my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.
18 Marie Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seene the Lord, and that he had spoken these things vnto her.
19 Christ, in that he presents himself before his disciples suddenly through his divine power, when the gates were shut, fully assures them both of his resurrection, and also of their apostleship, inspiring them with the Holy Spirit who is the director of the ministry of the Gospel.Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the Either the doors opened to him of their own accord, or the very walls themselves were a passage to him. doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
20 And when he had so saide, he shewed vnto them his handes, and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they had seene the Lord.
21 Then saide Iesus to them againe, Peace be vnto you: as my Father sent me, so sende I you.
22 And when he had saide that, he breathed on them, and saide vnto them, Receiue the holy Ghost.
23 The publishing of the forgiveness of sins by faith in Christ, and the setting forth and proclaiming the wrath of God in retaining the sins of the unbelievers, is the sum of the preaching of the gospel.Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
24 Christ draws out of the unbelief of Thomas a certain and sure testimony of his resurrection.But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore saide vnto him, We haue seene the Lord: but he said vnto them, Except I see in his handes the print of the nailes, and put my finger into the print of the nailes, and put mine hand into his side, I will not beleeue it.
26 And eight dayes after, againe his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Iesus, when the doores were shut, and stood in the middes, and said, Peace be vnto you.
27 After saide he to Thomas, Put thy finger here, and see mine hands, & put forth thine hand, and put it into my side, and be not faithlesse, but faithfull.
28 Then Thomas answered, & said vnto him, Thou art my Lord, and my God.
29 True faith depends upon the mouth of God, and not upon the eyes of the flesh.Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.
30 To believe in Christ, the Son of God and our only saviour, is the goal of the doctrine of the gospel, and especially of the true account of the resurrection.And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31 But these things are written, that ye might beleeue, that Iesus is that Christ that Sonne of God, and that in beleeuing ye might haue life through his Name.
1 After these things In that Christ is not only present here but also eats with his disciples, he gives a most full assurance of his resurrection. Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he [himself].
2 There were together Simon Peter, & Thomas, which is called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galile, and the sonnes of Zebedeus, and two other of his disciples.
3 Simon Peter said vnto them, I go a fishing. They said vnto him, We also will goe with thee. They went their way & entred into a ship straightway, and that night caught they nothing.
4 But when the morning was nowe come, Iesus stoode on the shore: neuerthelesse the disciples knewe not that it was Iesus.
5 Iesus then said vnto them, Syrs, haue ye any meate? They answered him, No.
6 Then he said vnto them, Cast out the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall finde. So they cast out, & they were not able at all to draw it, for the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt [his] fisher's It was a linen garment which prevented him from swimming freely. coat [unto him], (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
8 But the other disciples came by shippe (for they were not farre from land, but about two hundreth cubites) and they drewe the net with fishes.
9 Assoone then as they were come to land, they sawe hoate coales, and fish laide thereon, and bread.
10 Iesus saide vnto them, Bring of the fishes, which ye haue nowe caught.
11 Simon Peter stepped foorth and drewe the net to land, full of great fishes, an hundreth, fiftie and three: and albeit there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Iesus saide vnto them, Come, and dine; none of the disciples durst aske him, Who art thou? seeing they knewe that he was the Lord.
13 Iesus then came and tooke bread, and gaue them, and fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Iesus shewed himselfe to his disciples, after that he was risen againe from the dead.
15 Peter by this triple confession is restored into his former position from where he fell by his triple denial: and furthermore it is proclaimed that he is indeed a pastor, who shows his love to Christ in feeding his sheep.So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He said to him againe the second time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? He said vnto him, Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my sheepe.
17 He saith unto him the It was appropriate that he that had denied him three times should confess him three times, so that Peter might neither doubt the forgiveness of his grievous sin, nor his being restored to the office of the apostleship. third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
18 The violent death of Peter is foretold.Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou Those that took long trips, especially in the east and in those places where the people used long garments, needed to be girded and fastened up. girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall He meant that kind of girding which is used with captives, when they are bound fast with cords and chains, as one would say, «Now you gird yourself as you think best, to go where you want to go, but the time will come when you will not gird yourself with a girdle, but another will bind you with chains, and carry you where you would not.» gird thee, and carry [thee] whither thou wouldest Not that Peter suffered anything for the truth of God against his will, for we read that he came with joy and gladness when he returned from the council where he was whipped, but because this will comes not from the flesh, but from the gift of the Spirit who is given to us from above, therefore he shows that there should be a certain striving and conflict or repugnancy, which also is in us, in all our sufferings as touching the flesh. not.
19 This spake he, signifying by That is, that Peter would die by a violent death. what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
20 We must take heed that while we cast our eyes upon others that we do not neglect that which we are commanded to do.Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
21 When Peter therefore sawe him, he saide to Iesus, Lord, what shall this man doe?
22 Iesus said vnto him, If I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee? followe thou me.
23 Then went this worde abroade among the brethren, that this disciple shoulde not die. Yet Iesus saide not to him, He shall not die: but if I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee?
24 The history of Christ is truly and cautiously written: not for the curiosity of men, but for the salvation of the godly.This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
25 Nowe there are also many other things which Iesus did, the which if they should be written euery one, I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bookes that shoulde be written, Amen.