Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
For God sent not, etc. - It was the opinion of the Jews that the Gentiles, whom they often term the world, olmah , and omoth haolam , nations of the world, were to be destroyed in the days of the Messiah. Christ corrects this false opinion; and teaches here a contrary doctrine. God, by giving his Son, and publishing his design in giving him, shows that he purposes the salvation, not the destruction, of the world - the Gentile people: nevertheless, those who will not receive the salvation he had provided for them, whether Jews or Gentiles, must necessarily perish; for this plain reason, There is but one remedy, and they refuse to apply it.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing John 3:17:
John 12:47
1 Corinthians 3:22
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