{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.3.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:3","href":"/jhn/1/#v3-henry","text":"xli. 4","snippet":"The God of Israel often proved himself to be God with this, that he made all things: Isa. xl. 12, 28; xli. 4; and see Jer. x. 11, 12."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.25.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:25","href":"/jhn/8/#v25-henry","text":"Isa. xli. 4","snippet":"Compare Isa. xli. 4: I am the first, I am he."}],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.15.15.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 15:15","href":"/jhn/15/#v15-ryle","text":"Isa. xli. 8","snippet":"It is noteworthy that Abraham is the only person in the Old Testament who is called \" the friend of God \" (Isa. xli. 8,) and of him the Lord says, \" Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ?"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.14.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:14","href":"/jhn/15/#v14-westcott","text":"Isai. xli. 8","snippet":"friends] The true believer receives the title which is characteristic of Abraham, \"the father of the faithful,\" \"the friend of God\" (Isai. xli. 8 ; James ii. 43)."}],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[],"15":[],"16":[],"17":[],"18":[{"id":"henry.JHN.7.38.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 7:38","href":"/jhn/7/#v38-henry","text":"Isa. xli. 18","snippet":"… purport, and there are many; as that God would pour out his Spirit, which is a metaphor borrowed from waters (Prov. i. 23; Joel ii. 28; Isa. xliv. 3; Zech. xii. 10); that the dry land should become springs of water (Isa. xli. 18); that there should be rivers in the desert (Isa. xliii. 19); that gracious souls should be like a spring of water (Isa. lviii. 11); and the church a well of living water, Cant. iv. 15."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.38.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:38","href":"/jhn/7/#v38-ryle","text":"xli. 18","snippet":"The passages to which our Lord referred, and the substance of which He gives, are probably Isai. xii. 3; xxxv. 6, 7; xli. 18; xliv. 3; lv. 1; lviii. 11; Zech. xiv. 8, 16."}],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[],"25":[],"26":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.4.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:4","href":"/jhn/16/#v4-westcott","text":"xli. 26","snippet":"Isai. xl. 21, xli. 26, xliii. 9 (LXX.); Ecclus. xxxix."}],"27":[],"28":[],"29":[]}}