{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.46.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:46","href":"/jhn/1/#v46-bengel","text":"Gen. xvii. 1","snippet":"Often an imperative after an imperative has the force of a future; Gen. xvii. 1, “ Walk before Me, and be thou perfect”= and thus thou shalt be, Amos v. 4, “ Seek ye Me and ye shall live."}],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[],"5":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.10.16.3","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 10:16","href":"/jhn/10/#v16-calvin","text":"Genesis 17:5","snippet":"a father of many nations, (Genesis 17:5; Romans 4:17,) because they shall come from the East and from the West, who shall sit down with him in the kingdom of God, (Matthew 8:11.)"}],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.7.24.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 7:24","href":"/jhn/7/#v24-chrysostom","text":"Gen. xvii. 14","snippet":"( Gen. xvii. 14."}],"15":[],"16":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.56.4","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:56","href":"/jhn/8/#v56-henry","text":"Gen. xvii. 16, 17","snippet":"Perhaps this refers to Abraham's laughing when God assured him of a son by Sarah (Gen. xvii. 16, 17), for that was not a laughter of distrust as Sarah's but of joy; in that promise he saw Christ's day, and it filled him with joy unspeakable."}],"17":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.56.4","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:56","href":"/jhn/8/#v56-henry","text":"Gen. xvii. 16, 17","snippet":"Perhaps this refers to Abraham's laughing when God assured him of a son by Sarah (Gen. xvii. 16, 17), for that was not a laughter of distrust as Sarah's but of joy; in that promise he saw Christ's day, and it filled him with joy unspeakable."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.56.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:56","href":"/jhn/8/#v56-ryle","text":"Gen. xvii. 17","snippet":"(Gen. xvii. 17."}],"18":[],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[],"25":[],"26":[],"27":[]}}