{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.25.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:25","href":"/jhn/5/#v25-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:1","snippet":"… and sound reason of the understanding, that we are enemies to God, and opposed to his righteousness, in every affection of our heart; that we wander in darkness like blind persons, and are given up to wicked lusts, (Ephesians 2:1; 4:17."},{"id":"henry.JHN.5.25.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:25","href":"/jhn/5/#v25-henry","text":"Eph. ii. 1","snippet":"I rather understand it of the power of the doctrine of Christ, for the recovering and quickening of those that were dead in trespasses and sins, Eph. ii. 1."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.6.44.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 6:44","href":"/jhn/6/#v44-ryle","text":"Ephesians ii. 1","snippet":"(Ephesians ii. 1."}],"2":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.8.44.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:2","snippet":"… devil is said to be the father of those whose understandings he blinds, whose hearts he moves to commit all unrighteousness, and on whom, in short, he acts powerfully and exercises his tyranny; as in 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2, and in other passages."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.44.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-henry","text":"Eph. ii. 2","snippet":"If they were not God's children, they were the devil's, for God and Satan divide the world of mankind; the devil is therefore said to work in the children of disobedience, Eph. ii. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.13.27.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 13:27","href":"/jhn/13/#v27-henry","text":"Eph. ii. 2","snippet":"Note, [1.] Though the devil is in every wicked man that does his works (Eph. ii. 2), yet sometimes he enters more manifestly and more powerfully than at other times, when he puts them upon some enormous wickedness, which humanity and natural conscience startle at."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:31","href":"/jhn/12/#v31-westcott","text":"Eph. ii. 2","snippet":"the prince of this world] Comp. xiv. 30, xvi. 11 ; (Eph. ii. 2, vi. 12; 2 Cor. iv. 4)."}],"3":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.36.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:36","href":"/jhn/3/#v36-westcott","text":"Eph. ii. 3","snippet":"Comp. Eph. ii. 3."}],"4":[],"5":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.11.25.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 11:25","href":"/jhn/11/#v25-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:5","snippet":"On this subject, I have spoken more fully under John 5:21 and 24; and Paul is an excellent interpreter of this passage, (Ephesians 2:5, and Ephesians 5:8."}],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.16.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 16:27","href":"/jhn/16/#v27-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:12","snippet":"… collect many passages; for nothing is more certain than this doctrine, that the Lord calleth those things which are not, (Romans 4:17) raises the dead, (Luke 7:22,) unites himself to those who were strangers to him, (Ephesians 2:12,) makes hearts of flesh out of hearts of stone, (Ezekiel 36:26,) manifests himself to those who do not seek him, (Isaiah 65:1; Romans 10:20."}],"13":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.15.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:15","href":"/jhn/10/#v15-westcott","text":"Eph. ii. 13","snippet":"This thought leads to the prospect of the removal of the barriers between race and race by the death of Christ (Eph. ii. 13 ff.: comp."}],"14":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.4.21.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 4:21","href":"/jhn/4/#v21-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:14","snippet":"… when he says that the hour is at hand when there shall be no peculiar and fixed place for worship, he means that what Moses delivered was only for a time, and that the time was now approaching when the partition-wall (Ephesians 2:14) should be thrown down."},{"id":"henry.JHN.14.27.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:27","href":"/jhn/14/#v27-henry","text":"Eph. ii. 14","snippet":"This Christ calls his peace, for he is himself our peace, Eph. ii. 14."},{"id":"henry.JHN.19.30.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 19:30","href":"/jhn/19/#v30-henry","text":"Eph. ii. 14, 15","snippet":"Just now the veil is rent, the wall of partition is taken down, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, Eph. ii. 14, 15."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.16.33.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 16:33","href":"/jhn/16/#v33-ryle","text":"Eph. ii. 14","snippet":"(Eph. ii. 14."},{"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":"Eph. ii. 14","snippet":"Comp. Eph. ii. 14 ff. ; Col. i. 22 ; 1 Pet. iii. 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.35.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:35","href":"/jhn/10/#v35-westcott","text":"Eph. ii. 14","snippet":"broken] The word ... is peculiar and characteristic of St John : ii. 19, v. 18, note, vii. 23; 1 John iii. 8 (comp. Eph. ii. 14)."}],"15":[{"id":"henry.JHN.19.30.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 19:30","href":"/jhn/19/#v30-henry","text":"Eph. ii. 14, 15","snippet":"Just now the veil is rent, the wall of partition is taken down, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, Eph. ii. 14, 15."}],"16":[],"17":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.7.33.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 7:33","href":"/jhn/7/#v33-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:17","snippet":"he came and preached peace to those who were far off, and to those who were near, (Ephesians 2:17."}],"18":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.21.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:21","href":"/jhn/4/#v21-westcott","text":"Eph. ii. 18","snippet":"Other examples are found, Matt. xi. 27 and parallels; Acts i. 4, 7; Rom. vi. 4; Eph. ii. 18."}],"19":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.1.51.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 1:51","href":"/jhn/1/#v51-calvin","text":"Ephesians 2:19","snippet":"… this passage teaches us, that though the whole human race was banished from the kingdom of God, the gate of heaven is now opened to us, so that we are fellow-citizens of the saints, and companions of the angels, (Ephesians 2:19;) and that they, having been appointed to be guardians of our salvation, descend from the blessed rest of the heavenly glory to relieve our distresses."}],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[]}}