John 1

From PreparingYou
Jump to: navigation, search
Ruben's painting of the beloved disciple. The Gospel of John is a uniquely written scripture from the "Johannine" society.
Download Recording #1 John Introduction - Chapter 1
or press play

 :A. The Word Became Flesh 1-4
“In the beginning[1] was the Logos[2] , and the Logos was with[3] God, and the Logos was God.”
  • ΕΝ ΑΡΧΗ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. {Westcott and Hort)
  • IN ARCHI an ὁ logos, kao ὁ logos an price then theon, kao Theos an ὁ logos.

The first appearance of the term theos is "theon" a noun in the accusative case while the second is "theos" in the nominatave case.[4]

V8,9 Light(Phos)[5] shines in darkness[6] 5-11
What is meant by "darkness comprehended[7] it (i.e. light -Logos) not?"
If logos is Right Reason and also called the Law of Nature or Divine will then if you choose to live in darkness or refuse to see the light you may be as a blind man and choose to follow other blind men[8] just because they say they see.[9]
V8,9 The mention of a "true Light"[10] suggest that there may be a counterfeit light.[11]
If logos means Right Reason, Law of Nature, and Divine will then it is reasonable to assume the Ten Commandments handed to us by Moses are actually Ten Statements describing to us the importance of conforming to that Law of Nature or Divine will. That would also mean the two commandments[12] of Jesus who is identified as the Christ should be reflected in our interpretation of the original ten.
V12-14 Liberty as sons of God[13] The world of Judea and the Roman Empire was going back under the bondage of Egypt for the tables of Rome had become a snare. The systems were created through their own civil law by the terms of the Natural Lawwhich was the Right Reason, Logos.
V14 The Word showed us his glory[14]... full of grace[15] and truth.
V15-18 John a witness
V19-28 The Testimony of John the Baptist
* The identity, mission, and doctrine of John is addressed in Matthew 2 and Matthew 3. It is important to understand the conflict with the Rabbinical Baptism of the system of the Pharisees which was making the word of God to none effect at that time While the system preached by John the Baptist system operated through charity.
Because the system of sacrifice instituted by the Pharisees involved the registering of the people to provide for an administration ofpublic religion under the civil authority of Herod the Great John's teachings would come into conflict with those in power, those who sat in the seat of Moses.[16]
The Christian conflict with citizen of these social welfare and eventually those civil governments will be repeated in the history that followed. The tables of those rulers were filled with the dainties which are deceitful meats and were a snare that would entangle the people again in the yoke of bondage when they returned to sit in darkness, developing an appetite for the reward of unrighteousness through their covetous practices.
V29-34 Behold, the Lamb of God who is also mentioned in V36 will teach us the Song of the Lamb
V35-38 Jesus Calls the First Disciples These would many of His disciples or student ministers
V39-42 Jesus Calls Andrew and Peter
V43-51 Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
19 John was asked by priests and Levites "Who art thou?" 20 and he answered

"I am not the Christ."

V23 Cross reference Isaiah 40:3; Matthew 3:3 ; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:3-6; John 1:23. Concerning "prepare": Isaiah_57:14-15; Malachi_3:1; Luke_1:17, Luke_1:76
Questions
What were they doing in the temples?
Who were called the Son of God? And who were going to become the sons of God mentioned in V12? How will they rule over the tables of welfare in the kingdom?
What was the difference between Pure Religion and Public religion?
Who can learn the Song of the Lamb taught by the Lamb of God?

The Word Became Flesh

1 “In the beginning[17] was the Word[2] , and the Word was with[3] God, and the Word was God.”

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.[18]

4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Light shines in darkness

5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended[7] it not.[19] 

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7 The same came for a witness[20], to bear witness‭[21] of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That was the true Light,[10] which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Liberty as sons of God

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power[22] to become the sons of God,[13] even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.[23]

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory[14], the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace[15] and truth.

John a witness

15 ¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 ¶ 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 confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water:[24] but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Behold, the Lamb of God

29 ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.


Jesus Calls the First Disciples

35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

37 ¶ 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[25], (which is to say, being interpreted, Master[26],) where dwellest thou?

Jesus Calls Andrew and Peter

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 tenth hour.

40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 ¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 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 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

48 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 saith unto him, Rabbi[25], thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.[27]


John
John 1 | John 2 | John 3 | John 4 | John 5 |
John 6 | John 7 | John 8 | John 9 | John 10 |
John 11 | John 12 | John 13 | John 14 |
John 15 | John 16 | John 17 | John 18 |
John 19 | John 20 | John 21 | Bible


Bible | Bible Index | Bible References | Biblical bunch‎ | Sophistry‎ |
Modern Christians | Whosoever believeth | Religion | Bible_terms |

Early non Bible authors
Athenagoras of Athens | Methodius of Olympus | Theophilus or Ignatius of Antioch
Hippolytus of Rome | Justin the Martyr | Jerome | Augustine of Hippo |
Epistle of Mathetes | Gospel of James | The Gospel of Thomas |
Philo Judaeus‎ or Philo of Alexandria and The Allegories of the Sacred Laws
Polybius‎ | Plutarch | Seneca | Tacitus | Suetonius |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Celsus | Diotrephes |
People in the Bible
Paul the Apostle | Melchizedek | Moses | Cain | Caesar | Herod |
Jesus | John the Baptist |
Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
Nimrod | Abraham | Essenes | Pharisees | Sadducees | Zealots |
Julius Caesar | Augustus Caesar | Tiberius | Nero |
Historical People
Buddha | Constantine | Eusebius |
Ambrose | Augustine of Canterbury | Lady Godiva |
Vespian | Diocletian | Manichaeism |

John Wycliffe‎ |
  1. Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning <746> and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
  2. 2.0 2.1 3056 ~λόγος~ logos \@log’-os\@ from 3004; n m AV-word 218, saying 50, account 8, speech 8, Word (Christ) 7, thing 5, not tr 2, misc 32; 330
    1) of speech
    1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea
    2) its use as respect to the MIND alone
    3) In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world’s life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man’s salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.
    • 4487 ρημα rhema can mean word or saying.
  3. 3.0 3.1 4314 ~πρός~ pros \@pros\@ a strengthened form of 4253; TDNT-6:720,942; {See TDNT 666} prep AV-unto 340, to 203, with 43, for 25, against 24, among 20, at 11, not tr 6, misc 53, vr to 1; 726
    1) to the advantage of
    2) at, near, by
    3) to, towards, with, with regard to
  4. we see "theoi" which is also nominative but plural rather than singular in 1 Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
  5. 5457 φῶς phos [foce] from an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays, cf 5316, 5346); n n; TDNT-9:310,1293; [{See TDNT 839 }] AV-light 68, fire 2; 70
    1) light
    1a) the light
    1a1) emitted by a lamp
    1a2) a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they appear on earth
    1b) anything emitting light
    1b1) a star
    1b2) fire because it is light and sheds light
    1b3) a lamp or torch
    1c) light, i.e brightness
    1c1) of a lamp
    2) metaph.
    2a) God is light because light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality
    2b) of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it
    2c) that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly
    2d) reason, mind
    2d1) the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth
    For Synonyms see entry 5817
  6. 4653 σκοτία skotia [skot-ee’-ah] from 4655; n f; TDNT-7:423,1049; [{See TDNT 724 }] AV-darkness 14, dark 2; 16
    1) darkness
    2) the darkness due to want of light
    3) metaph. used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell
  7. 7.0 7.1 2638 καταλαμβάνω katalambanō kat-al-am-ban'-o from 2596 and 2983; TDNT entry: 04:09, Verb.
    • Strong's to take eagerly, that is, seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively): - apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-) take.
    • Thayers
    to lay hold ofto lay hold of so as to make one's own, to obtain, attain to, to make one's own, to take into one's self, appropriateto seize upon, take possession ofof evils overtaking one, of the last day overtaking the wicked with destruction, of a demon about to torment onein a good sense, of Christ by his holy power and influence laying hold of the human mind and will, in order to prompt and govern itto detect, catchto lay hold of with the mindto understand, perceive, learn, comprehend
  8. False prophets and Guru theories
    Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
    Isaiah 30:20 And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,..."
    Matthew 13:13 "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
    Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
    Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recoveing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
    John 9:39 ¶ And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
    Luke 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
    Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
  9. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
    John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Light of World
    “‭And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.” Genesis 1:18
    “‭The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 13:9
    “‭To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Luke 1:79
    “‭For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ‭21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.” John 3:20-21
    “‭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.” John 8:12
    “‭I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. ‭47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” John 12:46-47
  11. 2 Corinthians 11:1 ¶ Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me. 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him]... I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself]... 13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his(Satan) ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
  12. Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Ye are gods
    John 10:34 "Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?"
    Acts 19:26 "Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:"
    Galatians 4:1 ¶ "Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;...4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 8 ¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?"
  14. 14.0 14.1 1391 ~δόξα~ doxa \@dox’-ah\@ from the base of 1380 (think); TDNT-2:233,178; {See TDNT 197} n f AV-glory 145, glorious 10, honour 6, praise 4, dignity 2, worship 1; 168
    1) opinion, judgment, view
    2) opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone
    2a) in the NT always a good opinion concerning one, resulting in praise, honour, and glory
    3) splendour, brightness
    3a) of the moon, sun, stars
    3b) magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace
    3c) majesty
    3c1) a thing belonging to God, the kingly majesty which belongs to him as supreme ruler, majesty in the sense of the absolute perfection of the deity
    3c2) a thing belonging to Christ
    3c2a) the kingly majesty of the Messiah
    3c2b) the absolutely perfect inward or personal excellency of Christ; the majesty
    3c3) of the angels
    3c3a) as apparent in their exterior brightness
    4) a most glorious condition, most exalted state
    4a) of that condition with God the Father in heaven to which Christ was raised after he had achieved his work on earth
    4b) the glorious condition of blessedness into which is appointed and promised that true Christians shall enter after their Saviour’s return from heaven
    Doxa is a Greek word meaning common belief or popular opinion. Used by the Greek rhetoricians as a tool for the formation of argument by using common opinions, the doxa was often manipulated by sophists to persuade the people. The word doxa picked up a new meaning between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC when the Septuagint translated the Hebrew word for "glory" (כבוד, kavod) as doxa.
  15. 15.0 15.1 5485 ~χάρις~ charis \@khar’-ece\@ from 5463; n f AV-grace 130, favour 6, thanks 4, thank 4, thank + 2192 3, pleasure 2, misc 7; 156
    1) grace
    1a) that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
    2) good will, loving-kindness, favour
    2a) of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
    3) what is due to grace
    3a) the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
    3b) the token or proof of grace, benefit
    3b1) a gift of grace
    3b2) benefit, bounty
    4) thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward
  16. Matthew 23:1 ¶ Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men’s shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.
  17. Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning <746> and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
  18. 1096 γίνομαι ginomai [ghin’-om-ahee] a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; v; TDNT- 1:681,117; [{See TDNT 156 }] AV-be 255, come to pass 82, be made 69, be done 63, come 52, become 47, God forbid + 3361 15, arise 13, have 5, be fulfilled 3, be married to 3, be preferred 3, not tr 14, misc 4, vr done 2; 678
    1) to become, i.e. to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
    2) to become, i.e. to come to pass, happen
    2a) of events
    3) to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    3a) of men appearing in public
    4) to be made, finished
    4a) of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    5) to become, be made
  19. Eyes darkened
    Psalms 69:22 "Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."
    Ecclesiastes 2:14 "The wise man’s eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all."
    Matthew 4:16 “‭The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
    Romans 11:10 "Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway"
    2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
    Job 34:22 "There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."
    Matthew 6:23 “‭But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”
    1 John 2:10 "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."
    John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See Born again.
  20. 3141 ~μαρτυρία~ marturia \@mar-too-ree’-ah\@ from 3144; n f AV-witness 15, testimony 14, record 7, report 1; 37
    1) a testifying
    1a) the office committed to the prophets of testifying concerning future events
    2) what one testifies, testimony, i.e. before a judge
  21. 3140 ~μαρτυρέω~ martureo \@mar-too-reh’-o\@ from 3144; v AV-bear witness 25, testify 19, bear record 13, witness 5, be a witness 2, give testimony 2, have a good report 2, misc 11; 79
    1) to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration
    1a) to give (not to keep back) testimony
    1b) to utter honourable testimony, give a good report
    1c) conjure, implore
  22. 1849 ~ἐξουσία~ exousia \@ex-oo-see’-ah\@ from 1832 (in the sense of ability); n f AV-power 69, authority 29, right 2, liberty 1, jurisdiction 1, strength 1; 103 See Romans 13
    1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
    1a) leave or permission
    2) physical and mental power
    2a) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
    3) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
    4) the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
    4a) universally
    4a1) authority over mankind
    4b) specifically
    4b1) the power of judicial decisions
    4b2) of authority to manage domestic affairs
    4c) metonymically
    4c1) a thing subject to authority or rule
    4c1a) jurisdiction
    4c2) one who possesses authority
    4c2a) a ruler, a human magistrate
    4c2b) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates
    4d) a sign of the husband’s authority over his wife
    4d1) the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
    4e) the sign of regal authority, a crown
    For Synonyms see entry 5820
  23. Doeth or doeth not
    James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
    1 John 3: "8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
    3 John 1:11 "Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God."
    John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love... 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
    1 John 2:3 "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
    1 John 5:2 "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."
    Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
  24. Baptism of water and spirit
    John 1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 28 These ... the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
    Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
    Mark 1:7-8 "And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. 8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost."
    Luke 3:16 "John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:"
    John 3: "5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
  25. 25.0 25.1 4461 ῥαββί rhabbi [hrab-bee’] of Hebrew origin 07227 רַבִּי‎ meaning many or great with pronominal suffix; n m; TDNT- 6:961,982; [{See TDNT 685 }] AV-Master (Christ) 9, Rabbi (Christ) 5, rabbi 3; 17
    1) my great one, my honourable sir
    2) Rabbi, a title used by the Jews to address their teachers (and also honour them when not addressing them)
  26. 1320 ~διδάσκαλος~ didaskalos \@did-as’-kal-os\@ from the verb to teach 1321; n m AV-Master (Jesus) 40, teacher 10, master 7, doctor 1; 58
    1) a teacher
    2) in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man
    1a) one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so
    1b) the teachers of the Jewish religion
    1c) of those who by their great power as teachers draw crowds around them i.e. John the Baptist, Jesus
    1d) by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as one who showed men the way of salvation
    1e) of the apostles, and of Paul
    1f) of those who in the religious assemblies of the Christians, undertook the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit
    1g) of false teachers among Christians
  27. Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.