John 1:16
John 1:16 | |
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Book | Gospel of John |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
John 1:16 is the sixteenth 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
- Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.
Analysis
According to Witham, this implies an abundance of graces, and greater graces under the new law of Christ than during the time of the law of Moses; which is confirmed by the next verse.[1] Lapide elaborates on this greater grace saying, "Moses gave only an obscure and slight knowledge of God and the Holy Trinity, but by Christ a knowledge that was clear and full."[2]
Commentary from the Church Fathers
Origen: "This is to be considered a continuation of the Baptist’s testimony to Christ, a point which has escaped the attention of many, who think that from this to, He hath declared Him, St. John the Apostle is speaking. But the idea that on a sudden, and, as it would seem, unseasonably, the discourse of the Baptist should be interrupted by a speech of the disciple’s, is inadmissible. And any one, able to follow the passage, will discern a very obvious connexion here. For having said, He is preferred before me, for He was before me, he proceeds, From this I know that He is before me, because I and the Prophets who preceded me have received of His fulness, and grace for grace, For they too by the Spirit penetrated beyond the figure to the contemplation of the truth. And hence receiving, as we have done, of his fulness, we judge that the law was given by Moses, but that grace and truth were made1, by Jesus Christ—made, not given: the Father gave the law by Moses, but made grace and truth by Jesus. But if it is Jesus who says below, I am the Truth, (John 14:6) how is truth made by Jesus? We must understand however that the very substantial Truth, from which First Truth and Its Image many truths are engraven on those who treat of the truth, was not made through Jesus Christ, or through any one; but only the truth which is in individuals, such as in Paul, e. g. or the other Apostles, was made through Jesus Christ."[3]
References
- ^ Robert Witham, Annotations on the New Testament of Jesus Christ. Dublin: 1730.
- ^ Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, London: J. Hodges, 1889-1896.
- ^ a b c "Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: Volume 6, St. John. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". 1874. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Preceded by John 1:15 |
Gospel of John Chapter 1 |
Succeeded by John 1:17 |