{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.15.27.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 15:27","href":"/jhn/15/#v27-calvin","text":"1 John 1:1","snippet":"what we have heard, what we have seen, what our hands have handled, we declare to you; (1 John 1:1)"},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.1.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-henry","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"See 1 John i. 1; v. 7; Rev. xix. 13."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.35-36.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:35–36","href":"/jhn/1/#v35-henry","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"John had seen Christ before, but now looked upon him, 1 John i. 1. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.9.25.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 9:25","href":"/jhn/9/#v25-henry","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"… mercies are most valued by those that have felt the want of them, that have been blind and now see, so the most powerful and durable affections to Christ are those that arise from an experimental knowledge of him, 1 John i. 1; Acts iv. 20."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.27.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:27","href":"/jhn/15/#v27-henry","text":"1 John i. 1, 3","snippet":"We have great reason to receive the record which the apostles gave of Christ, for they did not speak by hearsay, but what they had the greatest assurance of imaginable, 2 Pet. i. 16; 1 John i. 1, 3."},{"id":"henry.JHN.21.24.4","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 21:24","href":"/jhn/21/#v24-henry","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"He speaks of himself in the plural number, We know, not for majesty-sake, but for modesty-sake, as 1 John i. 1, That which we have seen; and 2 Pet. i. 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.1.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-westcott","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"… there, \"the beginning\" is the initial moment of time and creation ; but there is this difference, that Moses dwells on that which starts from the point, and traces the record of divine action from the beginning (comp. 1 John i. 1, ii. 13), while St John lifts our thoughts beyond the beginning and dwells on that which \" was \" when time, and with time finite being, began its course."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.6","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John i. 1, 2","snippet":"For a moment the Evangelist had rested upon the glorious memories of that which he had seen (comp. 1 John i. 1, 2)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.35.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:35","href":"/jhn/6/#v35-westcott","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"The phrases \" words (distinct utterances, sayings, p^/iara) of life\" (v. 68), and \"the word (the whole revelation, Xoyos) of life \" (1 John i. 1) are nearly connected."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.68.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:68","href":"/jhn/6/#v68-westcott","text":"1 John i. 1","snippet":"This phrase may mean either ( i ) words — utterances (v. 63) — concerning eternal life ; or (2) words bringing, issuing in, eternal life (1 John i. 1)."}],"2":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-westcott","text":"1 John i. 2","snippet":"He who \"was God,\" became flesh: He who \"was with God,\" tabernacled among us (comp. 1 John i. 2) : He who \"was in the beginning,\" became (in time)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.6","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John i. 1, 2","snippet":"For a moment the Evangelist had rested upon the glorious memories of that which he had seen (comp. 1 John i. 1, 2)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"i. 2","snippet":"By this use of the phrase the Evangelist brings out clearly the absolute divine unity of the work of Christ in His whole \"manifestation \" (1 John iii. 5, 8, i. 2), which he does not (as St Paul) regard in distinct stages as humiliation and exaltation."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.25.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:25","href":"/jhn/16/#v25-westcott","text":"1 John i. 2","snippet":"shew you] tell you, or declare unto you, vv. 13 ff. ; 1 John i. 2 f."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.3.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:3","href":"/jhn/17/#v3-westcott","text":"1 John i. 2","snippet":"Comp. 1 John i. 2, ii. 25 (77 f. 77 at.)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.21.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 21:1","href":"/jhn/21/#v1-westcott","text":"1 John i. 2","snippet":"This special manifestation of the Risen Christ is part of the whole \"manifestation\" through the Incarnation (ch. i. 31 ; 1 John i. 2, in. 5, 8; comp. 1 Tim. iii. 16; 1 Pet. i. 20) which is consummated at the Return (1 John ii. 28, iii. 2 ; comp."}],"3":[{"id":"henry.JHN.15.27.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:27","href":"/jhn/15/#v27-henry","text":"1 John i. 1, 3","snippet":"We have great reason to receive the record which the apostles gave of Christ, for they did not speak by hearsay, but what they had the greatest assurance of imaginable, 2 Pet. i. 16; 1 John i. 1, 3."},{"id":"henry.JHN.17.21.4","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 17:21","href":"/jhn/17/#v21-henry","text":"1 John i. 3","snippet":"That which Christ here prays for is that communion of saints which we profess to believe; the fellowship which all believers have with God, and their intimate union with all the saints in heaven and earth, 1 John i. 3."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.51.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:51","href":"/jhn/6/#v51-westcott","text":"1 John i. 3","snippet":"Comp. viii. 16 f., xv. 27 ; 1 John i. 3."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John i. 3, 4","snippet":"This declaration of the purpose of the Gospel corresponds most closely with the Apostle's declaration of the purpose of his Epistle, 1 John i. 3, 4."}],"4":[{"id":"henry.JHN.15.11.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:11","href":"/jhn/15/#v11-henry","text":"1 John i. 4","snippet":"[2.] The design of Christ in his world is to fill the joy of his people; see 1 John i. 4."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.16.24.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 16:24","href":"/jhn/16/#v24-ryle","text":"1 John i. 4","snippet":"(Compare 1 John i. 4.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.24.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:24","href":"/jhn/16/#v24-westcott","text":"1 John i. 4","snippet":"may be full (fulfilled)] The phrase implies not only the fact ..., but the abiding state which follows ..., comp. xvii. 13; 1 John i. 4; 2 John 12)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John i. 3, 4","snippet":"This declaration of the purpose of the Gospel corresponds most closely with the Apostle's declaration of the purpose of his Epistle, 1 John i. 3, 4."}],"5":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.5.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:5","href":"/jhn/1/#v5-westcott","text":"1 John i. 5","snippet":"Comp. 1 John i. 5."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.6","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John i. 5","snippet":"Grace corresponds with the idea of the revelation of God as love (1 John iv. 8, 16) by Him who is Life; and Truth with that of the revelation of God as light (1 John i. 5) by Him who is Himself Light."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.6.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:6","href":"/jhn/3/#v6-westcott","text":"1 John i. 5","snippet":"Compare the corresponding usage, 1 John i. 5 (light), iv. 8 (love)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.19.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:19","href":"/jhn/3/#v19-westcott","text":"1 John i. 5","snippet":"Comp. 1 John i. 5, v. n, 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.24.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:24","href":"/jhn/4/#v24-westcott","text":"1 John i. 5","snippet":"The nature and not the personality of God is described, just as in the phrases, God is light (1 John i. 5), or God is love (1 John iv. 8)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.12.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:12","href":"/jhn/8/#v12-westcott","text":"1 John i. 5","snippet":"God is \" Light \" absolutely (1 John i. 5)."}],"6":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.21.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:21","href":"/jhn/3/#v21-ryle","text":"1 John i. 6","snippet":"(S-'e John xviii. 37 ; 1 John i. 6—8; ii. 4; iii. 19; 2 John i. ; 3 John iii. 4."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.21.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:21","href":"/jhn/3/#v21-westcott","text":"1 John i. 6","snippet":"The same words occur 1 John i. 6."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:34","href":"/jhn/8/#v34-westcott","text":"1 John i. 6","snippet":"The exact contrast is doing the Truth (iii. 21; 1 John i. 6) on one side and doing righteousness on the other (1 John ii. 29, iii. 7)."}],"7":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.29.4","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:29","href":"/jhn/1/#v29-westcott","text":"1 John i. 7","snippet":"The present tense marks the future result as assured in the beginning of the work and also as continuous (comp. 1 John i. 7)."}],"8":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.9.41.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 9:41","href":"/jhn/9/#v41-westcott","text":"1 John i. 8","snippet":"Comp. xv. 22, 24, xix. 11; 1 John i. 8."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.22.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:22","href":"/jhn/15/#v22-westcott","text":"1 John i. 8","snippet":"The phrase is peculiar to St John (v. 24, xix. 11 ; 1 John i. 8)."}],"9":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.23.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:23","href":"/jhn/20/#v23-westcott","text":"1 John i. 9","snippet":"Comp. 1 John i. 9, ii. 12."}],"10":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.33.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:33","href":"/jhn/3/#v33-westcott","text":"1 John i. 10","snippet":"The rejection of the testimony of Christ is, according to this interpretation, spoken of as \" making God a liar\" (1 John i. 10, v. 10)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.38.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:38","href":"/jhn/5/#v38-westcott","text":"1 John i. 10","snippet":"Compare xvii. 6 ff. ; 1 John i. 10, ii. 14, (Hebr. iv. 12)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.31.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:31","href":"/jhn/8/#v31-westcott","text":"i. 10","snippet":"He abides in the word, and the word abides in him (v. 38; 1 John ii. 14, i. 10)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.53.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:53","href":"/jhn/8/#v53-westcott","text":"1 John i. 10","snippet":"whom makest thou thyself?] Comp. v. 18, x. 33, xix. 7, 12 ; 1 John i. 10."}]}}