He came into his own things, and his received him not. He was in the world, but not of it. Just as in the Gospel of John the author does not explicitly identify himself with the Apostle John, so here he prefers the designation the elder. Let us desire to know him. Thank You that despite our sinfulness our rejection of the Lord Jesus, that in Your mercy and grace You completed Your work of salvation so that whosever believes on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work at Calvary will be saved - praise Your holy name, AMEN. Verses 29-36 John saw Jesus coming to him, and pointed him out as the Lamb of God. John 1:1 means that, unlike all other mortals, whose life begins when semen fertilizes an egg, Jesus lived … What is the deeper meaning of this text. He came to his own, and his own were not mekabel (accepting) the Kabbalus HaMalchus of him [YESHAYAH 53:3]. Wherever there shall live a sinner throughout the wide world, sinking under that burden too heavy for him to bear, he shall find in this "Lamb of God," a shoulder equal to the weight. Let us seek and pray to be Israelites indeed, in whom is no guile; truly Christians, approved of Christ himself. One . for he was before me--in existence; "His goings forth being from of old, from everlasting" ( Micah 5:2 ). He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. ... 3 John 1:11(NASB) Verse Thoughts. John 1:11 (NLT) John 1:11 (KJV) He came to what was his own. 1:23 ) Spirit of God as the Author. Nothing more fully shows the darkness of men's minds, than that when the Light had appeared, there needed a witness to call attention to it. He came into his own things, and his received him not. In the second chapter of John's gospel we have the account of the first miracle of our Lord. The question Jesus put to them, we should all put to ourselves when we begin to follow Him, What do we design and desire? The best way to remove false notions of religion, is to make trial of it. They should examine for themselves, and they will sometimes find good where they looked for none. John 1:11 (RSV) Although he was in the form of a servant, as to outward circumstances, yet, in respect of graces, his form was like the Son of God His Divine glory appeared in the holiness of his doctrine, and in his miracles. What the evangelist says of Christ proves that he is God. The law of God is holy, just, and good; and we should make the proper use of it. Observe the gradual ascent to still greater definiteness: ἦν, John 1:9; ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, John 1:10; εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθε. Does the Apostle John seem to make a distinction between God … In the Levitical victims both ideas met, as they do in Christ, the people's guilt being viewed as transferred to them, avenged in their death, and so borne away by them ( Leviticus 4:15 , Leviticus 16:15 Leviticus 16:21 Leviticus 16:22 ; and compare Isaiah 53:6-12 , 2 Corinthians 5:21 ). Both they and their land, with all that this included, were "HIS OWN," not so much as part of "the world which was made by Him," but as "THE HEIR" of the inheritance ( Luke 20:14 ; see also on Matthew 22:1 ). He came to his own homeland, yet his own people did not receive him. John 1:11 (HNV) Towards the close of Domitian's reign he was banished to the isle of Patmos, where he wrote his Revelation. And this is He of whom it is added, "the world knew Him not!". To put it another way, to “waste” your life on Jesus is to save your life. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him. He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him. the sin--The singular number being used to mark the collective burden and all-embracing efficacy. 44. the city of Andrew and Peter--of their birth probably, for they seem to have lived at Capernaum ( Mark 1:29 ). John 1:11 (JUB) But why all this definition? A SAYING OF THE BAPTIST CONFIRMATORY OF THIS. John 1:1–18 is a poetic introduction of Jesus Christ. . John came as a preacher of repentance, yet he told his followers that they were to look for the pardon of their sins to Jesus only, and to his death. Hereafter, &c.--The key to this great saying is Jacob's vision ( Genesis 28:12-22 ), to which the allusion plainly is. He gave such an account of himself, as might excite and awaken them to hearken to him. John 1:11 (DBY) Keeping the literary context in mind is important when preaching this passage. Now is the ( 2 Corinthians. He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him. He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him. All things, &c.--all things absolutely (as is evident from John 1:10 , 1 Corinthians 8:6 , Colossians 1:16 Colossians 1:17 ; but put beyond question by what follows). to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him; The apostle and evangelist, John, seems to have been the youngest of the twelve. Hence Paul terms the Old Testament "shadow," while he calls the New Testament "substance" ( Colossians 2:17 ) [OLSHAUSEN]. Context Summary Second John 1:7–11 discusses a certain type of false teacher. He came to his own people, but they didn't want him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. By this elaborate threefold denial of the human source of this sonship, immense force is given to what follows, but of God--Right royal gift, and He who confers must be absolutely divine. Christ was in the world when he took our nature upon him, and dwelt among us. For who would not worship Him who can bring him into the family, and evoke within him the very life, of the sons of God? He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts. Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. Observe the objection Nathanael made. Nor could He be too much so, for with the verity of the Incarnation all substantial Christianity vanishes. All rights reserved. 26. there standeth--This must have been spoken after the baptism of Christ, and possibly just after His temptation. The scene has now shifted from Judea, where John the Baptist was baptizing in the river Jordan, to seventy miles north, the area of Galilee. Christ was the true Light; that great Light which deserves to be called so. was made flesh--BECAME MAN, in man's present frail, mortal condition, denoted by the word "flesh" ( Isaiah 40:6 , 1 Peter 1:24 ). He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. He went to his own people, and his own people didn't accept him. and his own—"His own (people)"; for now the word is masculine. in the bosom of the Father--A remarkable expression, used only here, presupposing the Son's conscious existence distinct from the Father, and expressing His immediate and most endeared access to, and absolute acquaintance with, Him. 41. have found the Messias--The previous preparation of their simple hearts under the Baptist's ministry, made quick work of this blessed conviction, while others hesitated till doubt settled into obduracy. Salem Media Group. Without him was not any thing made that was made, from the highest angel to the meanest worm. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. was the Word--He who is to God what man's word is to himself, the manifestation or expression of himself to those without him. Verses 19-28 John disowns himself to be the Christ, who was now expected and waited for. Chapter 10 continues uninterrupted from the end of chapter 9. where dwellest thou--that is, "That is a question we cannot answer in a moment; but had we Thy company for a calm hour in private, gladly should we open our burden.". John 1:11 (BBE) GOOD WINE & TRUE VINE. "By and by," says Jesus here, "ye shall see this communication between heaven and earth thrown wide open, and the Son of man the real Ladder of this intercourse.". . (43-51). Observe its compact simplicity, its sonorousness--"the world" resounding in each of its three members--and the enigmatic form in which it is couched, startling the reader and setting his ingenuity a-working to solve the stupendous enigma of Christ ignored in His own world. He had to be born into His own creation as a perfect Man and live a sinless life.. so that the innocent blood that pulsed round His human body could be spilt as the purchase price for the accumulated sin of the whole world. He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. Come and see--Noble remedy against preconceived opinions [BENGEL]. Let us not hold that fast, which the Lamb of God came to take away. the glory as of the only begotten of the not like, but "such as (belongs to)," such as became or was befitting the only begotten of the Father [CHRYSOSTOM in LUCKE, CALVIN, &c.], according to a well-known use of the word "as.". "The world that knew Him not" ( 1 John 3:1 ) is of course the intelligent world of mankind. And the lambs sacrificed every morning and evening, can only refer to Christ slain as a sacrifice to redeem us to God by his blood. John 1:11. CHAPTER 1. Bethabara--Rather, "Bethany" (according to nearly all the best and most ancient manuscripts); not the Bethany of Lazarus, but another of the same name, and distinguished from it as lying "beyond Jordan," on the east. He asserts, His existence in the beginning; His coexistence with the Father. τοῖς πον., cf. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Many people are kept from the ways of religion by the unreasonable prejudices they conceive. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. It is directed probably against the Docetæ, who held that Christ was not really but only apparently man; against whom this gentle spirit is vehement in his Epistles ( 1 John 4:3 , 2 John 1:7:10 2 John 1:11 ), [LUCKE, &c.]. The expression clearly shows that Jesus had existence before he appeared on earth as man. By omitting, or only briefly mentioning, the events recorded by the other evangelists, John gave testimony that their narratives are true, and left room for the doctrinal statements already mentioned, and for particulars omitted in the other Gospels, many of which are exceedingly important. Men discover their weaknesses to those most familiar with them, but it was not so with Christ; those most intimate with him saw most of his glory. The same, &c.--See what property of the Word the stress is laid upon--His eternal distinctness, in unity, from God--the Father ( John 1:2 ). In following Christ, do we seek the favour of God and eternal life? grace for grace--that is, grace upon grace (so all the best interpreters), in successive communications and larger measures, as each was able to take it in. And so He was despised and rejected by His own people - a man of sorrows Who was acquainted with grief. John 1:11 (MSG) Q5. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. This counsel recalls the story of St. John’s behaviour to Cerinthus (see Introd. John 1:11 (GW) The lectionary places Jesus’ prayer concerning glory at the end of the Easter season, but in John’s gospel the prayer occurs at the end of the last supper, so that it leads into the passion. made--brought into being. John 1:11 (NRS) All things were made by him, and not as an instrument. Proud member John 1:11 (TYN) Christ knows what men are indeed. “In the instance of John 8:1-11, a woman committed adultery, but Jesus did not condemn her. It happened this way: 2. He came unto his own: and his own received him not. he--emphatic; As if he should say, "He and He only hath declared Him," because He only can. 11. his own—"His own" (property or possession), for the word is in the neuter gender. Note, Christ does great things and marvellous without noise, works manifest changes in a hidden way. believe on his name--a phrase never used in Scripture of any mere creature, to express the credit given to human testimony, even of prophets or apostles, inasmuch it carries with it the idea of trust proper only towards GOD. It means His own land, city, temple, Messianic rights and possessions. It was not the eternity of "the Father," but of a conscious personal existence distinct from Him and associated with Him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. We ought to labour for the spiritual welfare of those related to us, and seek to bring them to Him. John 1:11 (LEB) It means the Jews, as the "peculiar people." He baptized the people with water as a profession of repentance, and as an outward sign of the spiritual blessings to be conferred on them by the Messiah, who was in the midst of them, though they knew him not, and to whom he was unworthy to render the meanest service. He was not such a prophet as they expected, who would rescue them from the Romans. As He drew near for baptism one day, the last of all the crowd, the spirit of the Baptist heaving under a divine presentiment that the moment had at length arrived, and an air of unwonted serenity and dignity, not without traits, probably, of the family features, appearing in this Stranger, the Spirit said to him as to Samuel of his youthful type, "Arise, anoint Him, for this is He!" He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him. was the Word--He who is to God what man's word is to himself, the manifestation or expression of himself to those without him. The word “glory” (Greek doxa) can have a … Continue reading "Commentary on John 17:1-11" No man--"No one," in the widest sense. But the most vivid commentary on this entire verse will be got by tracing (in His matchless history) Him of whom it speaks walking amidst all the elements of nature, the diseases of men and death itself, the secrets of the human heart, and "the rulers of the darkness of this world" in all their number, subtlety, and malignity, not only with absolute ease, as their conscious Lord, but, as we might say, with full consciousness on their part of the presence of their Maker, whose will to one and all of them was law. p. 157), and it was cited … Which were born--a sonship therefore not of mere title and privilege, but of nature, the soul being made conscious of the vital capacities, perceptions, and emotions of a child of God, before unknown. Thus He is the Living Word, or, as He is called in 1 John 1:1 1 John 1:2 , "the Word of Life." How much loftier this than anything Philip had said to him! For this purpose, John was directed to select for his narrative, those passages of our Saviour's life, which most clearly displayed his Divine power and authority; and those of his discourses, in which he spake most plainly of his own nature, and of the power of his death, as an atonement for the sins of the world. In this Message, Jesus covers 5 important RELATIONSHIPS that we need to get right, for us to be effective, successful and fruitful in our Christian lives and ministries. Why baptizest thou, if not, &c.--Thinking he disclaimed any special connection with Messiah's kingdom, they demand his right to gather disciples by baptism. His great sensitiveness is touchingly shown in his representation of this first contact with the Lord; the circumstances are present to him in the minutest details; he still remembers the Very hour. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. He came to his own people, but they didn't want him. The changing of water to wine is Jesus’ first public act in John, the inaugural “sign” … Continue reading "Commentary on John 2:1-11" 11. his own--"His own" (property or possession), for the word is in the neuter gender. Mary’s act reflects four components of selfless devotion: 38. God in His omniscience knew that man would sin.. and had determined in eternity past to redeem us with His own blood. 1 John 1:3.An unholy κοινωνία. By his Divine presence Christ always was in the world. ( 1 Samuel 16:12 ). His profession was not hypocritical. For four thousand years God had been progressing towards that point in history when His plan of redemption would finally come to fruition. And so the Word was made flesh and was born into the human race through the power of the Holy Spirit. 1 John 1:2: τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον.The adjective is an emphatic afterthought. "Grace" being the chosen New Testament word for the whole fulness of the new covenant, all that dwells in Christ for men. All who are any way called to blame the faults of others, are especially concerned to look to themselves, and keep themselves pure. Some things weak, imperfect, and sinful, are found in all, but hypocrisy belongs not to a believer's character. He cam amonge his (awne) and his awne receaved him not. His glory was "spiritually discerned" ( 1 Corinthians 2:7-15 , 2 Corinthians 3:18 , 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Corinthians 4:6 , 5:16 )--the glory of surpassing grace, love, tenderness, wisdom, purity, spirituality; majesty and meekness, richness and poverty, power and weakness, meeting together in unique contrast; ever attracting and at times ravishing the "babes" that followed and forsook all for Him. He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome. Was the Word thus "with God?" But just as the earth's vital powers, the longer they are frost-bound, take the greater spring when at length set free, so souls, like Nathanael and Thomas whose faith are hindered for a time, take the start of their more easy-going brethren when loosed and let go. 51. John 1:11 (RSVA) Because I said, &c.--"So quickly convinced, and on this evidence only?" Could you please elaborate or expound upon John 21:1-11. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. . Yet it "was made by Him" ( John 1:3-5 ). He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him. But "he reports no particulars of those discourses of the Lord by which he was bound to Him for the whole of His life; he allows everything personal to retire" [OLSHAUSEN]. of the world--not of Israel only, for whom the typical victims were exclusively offered. We who live in California are surrounded by vineyards. John 1:11 (CJB) In this peculiar sense our Evangelist seems always to use the term. The right note was struck at the first--balm, doubtless, to Christ's own spirit; nor was ever after, or ever will be, a more glorious utterance. What seek ye--gentle, winning question, remarkable as the Redeemer's first public utterance. But as many--individuals, of the "disobedient and gainsaying people." He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. This eternal Word, this true Light shines, but the darkness comprehends it not. 4. John 1:15 . not of blood, &c.--not of superior human descent, not of human generation at all, not of man in any manner of way. . Whatever the original text in this particular verse, John clearly places Jesus right next to God as fully divine (John 1:1-3, etc.). He came unto his own: and his own received him not. The word signifies both, as does the corresponding Hebrew word. John 1:11 (CSB) There is much pathos in this verse, which is considered by many to be one of the saddest verses in Scriptures - for the God Who created the world and everything in it and chose the nation of Israel to be His special people - returned to the place that He created and to the people that He chose as His inheritance - but His own received Him not. Was the Word eternal? He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The design of this Gospel appears to be to convey to the Christian world, just notions of the real nature, office, and character of that Divine Teacher, who came to instruct and to redeem mankind. This includes the seventh and final "I Am" statement of the gospel of John. He came to save a lost world, because it was a world of his own making. He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him. Yochanan 1:11 (OJB) (37-42) Philip and Nathanael called. 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