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A.T. Robertson · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Robertson - Christ's picture of heaven here is the most precious one that we possess. It is our heavenly home with the Father and with Jesus. Warren
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Robertson - Either of these statements is profound enough to stagger any one, but here all three together overwhelm Thomas. Jesus had called himself "the life" to Martha (John 11:25) and "the door" to the Pharisees (John 10:7) and "the light of the world" (John 8:12). He spoke "the way of God in truth" (Mark 12:14). He is the way to God and the only way (John 14:6), the personification of truth, the centre of life. The I am (ego eimi) in the present tense signifies Jesus is continually THE WAY, that He is continually available to the one lost who is searching for why he or she is here and where they are going when they die. Notice the three uses of "the" (Greek definite article "he"), which is crucial to comprehend. Jesus is saying with each use of "the" that He is the definitive way, the definitive truth and the definitive life. The clear implication is that there is absolutely NO OTHER way, truth or life! Jesus Christ not only states the truth; he is the truth. “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other Name under heaven that has been given among men by Which we must be saved.” -- Acts 4:12+ As Colin Kruse on no one comes to the Father but through Me - "No-one else can bring people to God, for no-one else has seen God or made him known (Jn 1:18; 3:13), no-one else speaks and embodies the truth about God as he does, no-one else shares the very life of God, and no-one else has dealt with the problem of human sin so as to bring people back to a holy God. This means that Jesus is the way to God provided for all people,17 and also that no-one can claim to know God while rejecting Jesus his Son (5:23; 8:42; cf. Acts 4:12). (SEE John: Revised Edition) Jesus is the way—reconciliation; Jesus is the truth—illumination; Jesus is the life—regeneration Kenneth Gangel - Jesus is the way—reconciliation; Jesus is the truth—illumination; Jesus is the life—regeneration. This is the exclusive gospel. The New Testament knows nothing of universalism—the idea that God will find some way to save everybody. What could be clearer than Jesus’ words in verse 6, No one comes to the Father except through me. Why did the disciples need all this talk about trusting Jesus? Why do we need it? Because like them, we do not know Jesus well enough; so we struggle to understand the Father. Repeatedly Jesus emphasized the link between the heavenly Father and the Son, but right up to the end the disciples did not get it—and we struggle with the concept as well. (See Holman New Testament Commentary - John - Page 265) Andreas Köstenberger - Jesus’ claim of himself being the way (with the corollary that no one can come to the Father but through him) is as timely today as it was when our Lord first uttered this statement. For in an age of religious pluralism, Christianity’s exclusive claims are considered inappropriately narrow, even intolerant, and pluralism itself has, ironically, become the criterion by which all truth claims are judged. (SEE John - Page 428) JESUS IS THE WAY Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, or He who promised is faithful; -- Hebrews 10:19-23+ Some writers feel that Jesus' words should be taken to mean ‘I am the true and living way’, but that misinterpretation fails to account for the definite article ("the") preceding each attribute. William Hendriksen on the truth...the life - He is the truth in person. As such he is the final reality in contrast with the shadows which preceded him (see on Jn 1:14, 17). But in the present context the term the truth seems to have a different shade of meaning. It is that which stands over against the lie. Jesus is the truth because he is the dependable source of redemptive revelation. That this is the sense in which the word is used is clear from Jn 14:7 which teaches that Christ reveals the Father. Cf. Matt. 11:27. But just as the way is a living way, so also the truth is living truth. It is active. It takes hold of us and influences us powerfully. It sanctifies us, guides us, and sets us free (Jn 8:32; cf. Jn 17:17). Basically, not it but he is the truth, he himself in person....(THE LIFE) Jesus is not referring here to the breath or spirit (πνεῦμα) which animates our body. He is not thinking of the soul (ψυχή) nor of life as outwardly manifested (βίος), but of life as opposed to death. (ζωή).....And because he has the life within himself (see on Jn 5:26), he is the source and giver of life for his own (see on Jn 3:16; 6:33; 10:28; 11:25). He has the light of life (Jn 8:12), the words of life (Jn 6:68), and he came that we might have life and abundance (Jn 10:10). Just as death spells separation from God, so life implies communion with him (Jn 17:3). All three concepts are active and dynamic. The way brings to God; the truth makes men free; the life produces fellowship. (BORROW Exposition of the Gospel according to John PAGE 268) ESV Study Bible - Jesus as the one way to the Father fulfills the OT symbols and teachings that show the exclusiveness of God’s claim (see note on 3:18), such as the curtain (Ex. 26:33) barring access to God’s presence from all except the Levitical high priest (Leviticus 16), the rejection of human inventions as means to approach God (Lev. 10:2), and the choice of Aaron alone to represent Israel before God in his sanctuary (Num. 17:5). Jesus is the only “way” to God (Acts 4:12), and he alone can provide access to God. Jesus as the truth fulfills the teaching of the OT (John 1:17) and reveals the true God (cf. 1:14, 17; 5:33; 18:37; also 8:40, 45-46; 14:9). Jesus alone is the life who fulfills the OT promises of “life” given by God (Jn 11:25-26), having life in himself (Jn 1:4; Jn 5:26), and he is thus able to confer eternal life to all those who believe in him (e.g., Jn 3:16). This is another “I am” saying that makes a claim to deity (see note on Jn 6:35). (BORROW ESV Study Bible PAGE 2052) John
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Robertson - If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also - Past perfect indicative of ginosko, to know by personal experience, in condition of second class as is made plain by the conclusion (an ēidete) where oida, not ginosko is used. Thomas and the rest had not really come to know Jesus, much as they loved him....have seen him (kai heōrakate). Perfect active indicative of horaō. Because they had seen Jesus who is the Son of God, the Image of God, and like God (John 1:18). Hence God is like Jesus Christ. It is a bold and daring claim to deity. The only intelligible conception of God is precisely what Jesus here says. God is like Christ. Warren
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Robertson - Philip now speaks up, possibly hoping for a theophany (Exodus 33:18-19), certainly not grasping the idea of Jesus just expressed. Bob
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Robertson - here is direct prayer to Jesus taught as we see it practiced by Stephen in Acts 7:59; and in Rev. 22:20. BOB UTLEY'S SPECIAL TOPIC: EFFECTIVE PRAYER A. Related to one's personal relationship with the Triune God 1. Related to the Father's will a. Matt. 6:10 b. 1 John 3:22 c. 1 John 5:14-15 2. Abiding in Jesus 3. Praying in Jesus' name a. John 14:13,14 b. John 15:16 c. John 16:23-24 4. Praying in the Spirit a. Eph. 6:18 b. Jude 1:20 B. Related to one's personal motives 1. Not wavering a. Matt. 21:22 b. James 1:6-7 2. Asking amiss 3. Asking selfishly C. Related to one's personal choices 1. Perseverance a. Luke 18:1-8 b. Colossians 4:2 c. James 5:16 2. Discord at home 3. Sin a. Psalm 66:18 b. Isaiah 59:1-2 c. Isaiah 64:7 All prayer is answered, but not all prayer is effective. Prayer is a two-way relationship. The worst thing God could do is grant believers' inappropriate requests. C H
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Robertson - This is our blessed guarantee of immortal, eternal life, the continued living of Jesus. He is the surety of a better covenant (Hebrews 7:22), the Risen Christ Jesus. He had said it before (John 6:57).