John 1:11

John 1:11

9 ^aThat¹ was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and ^athe world did not know Him.

11 ^aHe came to His¹ own, and His own did not receive Him.

12 But ^aas many as received Him, to them He gave the¹ right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

13 ^awho were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Becomes Flesh

14 ^aAnd the Word ^bbecame ^cflesh and dwelt among us, and ^dwe beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ^efull of grace and truth.

15 ^aJohn bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ^b‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, ^cfor He was before me.’ ”

16 And of His ^afullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

17 For ^athe law was given through Moses, but ^bgrace and ^ctruth came through Jesus Christ.

18 ^aNo one has seen God at any time. ^bThe only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness

19 Now this is ^athe testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

20 ^aHe confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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He came unto his own - - to those of his own family, city, country: - and his own people, ̔ - his own citizens, brethren, subjects.

The Septuagint, Josephus, and Arrian, use these words, and ̔ , in the different senses given them above.

Received him not - Would not acknowledge him as the Messiah, nor believe in him for salvation.

How very similar to this are the words of Creeshna, (an incarnation of the Supreme Being, according to the theology of the ancient Hindoos!) Addressing one of his disciples, he says: "The foolish, being unacquainted with my supreme and divine nature, as Lord of all things, despise me in this human form; trusting to the evil, diabolic, and deceitful principle within them. They are of vain hope, of vain endeavors, of vain wisdom, and void of reason; whilst men of great minds, trusting to their divine natures, discover that I am before all things, and incorruptible, and serve me with their hearts undiverted by other beings." See Bhagvat Geeta, p. 79.

To receive Christ is to acknowledge him as the promised Messiah; to believe in him as the victim that bears away the sin of the world; to obey his Gospel, and to become a partaker of his holiness, without which no man, on the Gospel plan, can ever see God.

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