“We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:14b
British Baptist minister Charles Spurgeon, 1834-1892:
“And who are these—the ‘we’ to whom the apostle here refers?… None of the princes of this world knew Him. The priests who had studied the law could not discover Him; the members of the Sanhedrin, who were under some expectation of His advent, could not perceive Him. In vain the star in the east, in vain the miraculous appearance of angels to the shepherds; the blind generation would not perceive Him. In vain the opening of blind eyes and the preaching of the gospel to the poor; in vain the raising of the dead; in vain all those innumerable signs and wonders. They could not perceive His glory.
“But of those who did perceive it may be said, … ‘Blessed are you, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you.’… Oh, let us be astonished at the sovereignty of God; let us be filled with gratitude at His compassion; let us pray that if we know something of the glory, we may know more of it day by day, and may set it forth among the sons of men, that they too may … perceive His glory.”
“And who are these—the ‘we’ to whom the apostle here refers?… None of the princes of this world knew Him. The priests who had studied the law could not discover Him; the members of the Sanhedrin, who were under some expectation of His advent, could not perceive Him. In vain the star in the east, in vain the miraculous appearance of angels to the shepherds; the blind generation would not perceive Him. In vain the opening of blind eyes and the preaching of the gospel to the poor; in vain the raising of the dead; in vain all those innumerable signs and wonders. They could not perceive His glory.
“But of those who did perceive it may be said, … ‘Blessed are you, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you.’… Oh, let us be astonished at the sovereignty of God; let us be filled with gratitude at His compassion; let us pray that if we know something of the glory, we may know more of it day by day, and may set it forth among the sons of men, that they too may … perceive His glory.”
Scripture Focus
John 1:1-8
Insight
“Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,/ dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.” (Reginald Heber, 1811)
Bible In A Year
- Zechariah 5-9
- Proverbs 29
- Revelation 15-17