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Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV

Chapter 2: ST. JOHN
By Alexander Maclaren
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A sequence of sermon-like expositions on the opening chapters of the Fourth Gospel, offering verse-by-verse readings that illuminate central theological motifs: the preexistence and incarnation of the Word, life and light confronting human darkness, faith and discipleship, and the significance of Christ's signs and teachings. Each section combines careful textual analysis with pastoral application, tracing themes such as grace and truth, spiritual rebirth, the role of testimony, and the meaning of miracles as signs. Attention is given to personal responses—belief, rejection, and love—and to practical counsels for Christian living, culminating in reflections on the passion foreshadowed in the farewell and the commandment to love.

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Title: Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV

Author: Alexander Maclaren

Release date: May 1, 2005 [eBook #8070]
Most recently updated: September 23, 2020

Language: English

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Expositions of Holy Scriptures

by Alexander Maclaren, D. D., Litt. D.

ST. JOHN

Vols. I and II

Contents

THE WORD IN ETERNITY, IN THE WORLD, AND IN THE FLESH (John i. 1-14)
THE LIGHT AND THE LAMPS (John i. 8; v. 35)
'THREE TABERNACLES' (John i. 14; Rev. vii. 15; xxi. 3)
THE FULNESS OF CHRIST (John i. 16)
GRACE AND TRUTH (John i. 17)
THE WORLD'S SIN-BEARER (John i. 29)
THE FIRST DISCIPLES: I. JOHN AND ANDREW (John i. 37-39)
THE FIRST DISCIPLES: II. SIMON PETER (John i. 40-42)
THE FIRST DISCIPLES: III. PHILIP (John i. 43)
THE FIRST DISCIPLES: IV. NATHANAEL (John i. 45-49)
THE FIRST DISCIPLES: V. BELIEVING AND SEEING (John i. 50, 51)
JESUS THE JOY-BRINGER (John ii. 1-11)
THE FIRST MIRACLE IN CANA—THE WATER MADE WINE (John ii. 11)
CHRIST CLEANSING THE TEMPLE (John ii. 16)
THE DESTROYERS AND THE RESTORER (John ii. 19)
TEACHER OR SAVIOUR? (John iii. 2)
WIND AND SPIRIT (John iii. 8)
THE BRAZEN SERPENT (John iii. 14)
CHRIST'S MUSTS (John iii. 14)
THE LAKE AND THE RIVER (John iii. 16)
THE WEARIED CHRIST (John iv. 6, 32)
'GIVE ME TO DRINK' (John iv. 7, 26)
THE GIFT AND THE GIVER (John iv. 10)
THE SPRINGING FOUNTAIN (John iv. 14)
THE SECOND MIRACLE (John iv. 54)
THE THIRD MIRACLE IN JOHN'S GOSPEL (John v, 8)
THE LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE (John v. 17-27)
THE FOURTH MIRACLE IN JOHN'S GOSPEL (John vi. 11)
'FRAGMENTS' OR 'BROKEN PIECES' (John vi. 12)
THE FIFTH MIRACLE IN JOHN'S GOSPEL (John vi. 19, 20)
HOW TO WORK THE WORK OF GOD (John vi. 28, 29)
THE MANNA (John vi. 48-50)
ONE SAYING WITH TWO MEANINGS (John vii. 33, 34; xiii. 33)
THE ROCK AND THE WATER (John vii. 37, 38)
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (John viii. 12)
THREE ASPECTS OF FAITH (John viii. 30, 31)
'NEVER IN BONDAGE' (John viii. 33)
ONE METAPHOR AND TWO MEANINGS (John ix. 4; Romans xiii. 12)
THE SIXTH MIRACLE IN JOHN'S GOSPEL—THE BLIND MADE TO SEE, AND THE SEEING MADE BLIND (John ix. 6,7)
THE GIFTS TO THE FLOCK (John x. 9)
THE GOOD SHEPHERD (John x. 14, 15)
'OTHER SHEEP' (John x. 16 R.V.)
THE DELAYS OF LOVE (John xi. 5, 6)
CHRIST'S QUESTION TO EACH (John xi. 26, 27)
THE OPEN GRAVE AT BETHANY (John xi. 30-45)
THE SEVENTH MIRACLE IN JOHN'S GOSPEL—THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (John xi. 43, 44)
CAIAPHAS (John xi. 49, 50)
LOVE'S PRODIGALITY CENSURED AND VINDICATED (John xii. 1-1l)
A NEW KIND OF KING (John xii. 12-26)
AFTER CHRIST: WITH CHRIST (John xii. 26)
THE UNIVERSAL MAGNET (John xii. 32)
THE SON OF MAN (John xii. 34)
A PARTING WARNING (John xii. 35, 36 R V.)
THE LOVE OF THE DEPARTING CHRIST (John xiii. 1)
THE SERVANT-MASTER (John xiii. 3-5)
THE DISMISSAL OF JUDAS (John xiii. 27)
THE GLORY OF THE CROSS (John xiii. 31, 32)
CANNOT AND CAN (John xiii. 33)
SEEKING JESUS (John xiii. 33)
'AS I HAVE LOVED' (John xiii. 34, 35)
'QUO VADIS?' (John xiii. 37, 38)
A RASH VOW (John xiii. 38)
FAITH IN GOD AND CHRIST (John xiv. 1)
'MANY MANSIONS' (John xiv. 2)
THE FORERUNNER (John xiv. 2, 3)
THE WAY (John xiv. 4-7)
THE TRUE VISION OF GOD (John xiv. 8-11)
CHRIST'S WORKS AND OURS (John xiv. 12-14)
LOVE AND OBEDIENCE (John xiv. 15)
THE COMFORTER GIVEN (John xiv. 16, 17)
THE ABSENT PRESENT CHRIST (John xiv. 18, 19)
THE GIFTS OF THE PRESENT CHRIST (John xiv. 20, 21)
WHO BRING CHRIST (John xiv. 22-24)
THE TEACHER SPIRIT (John xiv. 25, 26)
CHRIST'S PEACE (John xiv. 27)
JOY AND FAITH, THE FRUITS OF CHRIST'S DEPARTURE (John xiv. 28, 29)
CHRIST FORESEEING HIS PASSION (John xiv. 30, 31)