John 1:13
John 1:13 | |
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Book | Gospel of John |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
John 1:13 is the thirteenth verse in the first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
Content
In the original Greek according to
- οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκός, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
Analysis
According to Lapide, "John here gives an antithesis between human generation and Divine, and demonstrates the superiority of the latter. For he says that the former is of bloods (αἱμάτων), which is a Hebraism for blood, meaning the blood of man, produced by food." In terms of the phrase "of God", Lapide says it refers to the Spirit and grace of God, "by which the mind of man, beforetime carnal, is regenerated and justified, and so a man becomes spiritual, just, and holy, a friend, yea, a son of God."[1]
Commentary from the Church Fathers
Bede: "It should be understood that in holy Scripture, blood in the plural number, has the signification of sin: thus in the Psalms Deliver me from blood-guiltiness. (Ps. 51:14)."[2]
Bede: " The carnal birth of men derives its origin from the embrace of wedlock, but the spiritual is dispensed by the grace of the Holy Spirit."[2]
References
- ^ Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, London: J. Hodges, 1889-1896.
- ^ a b c d e "Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: Volume 6, St. John. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Preceded by John 1:12 |
Gospel of John Chapter 1 |
Succeeded by John 1:14 |