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There came a man (εγενετο ανθρωπος). Definite event in the long darkness, same verb in verse 3.
Sent (απεσ…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
A man sent from God. See Matthew 3. The evangelist now proceeds to show that John the Baptist was not the Messiah, and to state the true n…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
There was a man, or, There appeared a man. The word is the same as the one used in John 1:3, were made, …
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
How very different is the style of this verse from the one that precedes it!
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. Augustine of Hippo: What was said above refers to the Divinity of Christ. He came to us in the form of a man, but a man in s…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
In vv.6–8 the human agent for introducing the Word to people is presented. As the Word came to bring the heavenly light to humanity, so John came t…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
There was a man. The Evangelist now begins to speak about the manner in which the Son of God was manifested in the flesh; and so that no o…
John Gill
JohnGill
There was a man sent from God
John the Baptist: he was not the Logos, or word; nor was he an angel, but a man; yet a…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
John the Baptist came to bear witne concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkne of human minds than the fact that when the Light had appe…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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Previously, the Evangelist considered the divinity of the Word; here he begins to consider the incarnation of the Word.
In this, h…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson