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Ye are from beneath (υμεις εκ των κατω). This language, peculiar to John, could take up the idea in Josephus that these rabbis cam…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
You are from beneath. The expression from beneath, here, is opposed to the phrase from above.
It means, You are
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
There is indeed a gulf which they cannot pass, but it is not that between souls in Abraham’s bosom and souls in Hades. It is the gulf between heave…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, h…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. Augustine of Hippo: In accordance with what was just, He said that no one laid hands on Him because His hour had not yet com…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The following discourse marks the dual destiny of Jesus and his opponents: he would return to the Father, and they would die in their sins. Jesus c…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
You are from beneath, I am from above. Since they did not deserve his teaching, he wished only to strike them with brief reproofs. For in …
John Gill
JohnGill
And he said unto them
Upon this wicked remark of theirs, and query on his words:
ye are from bene…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Those who live in unbelief are forever undone if they die in unbelief. The Jews belonged to this present evil world, but Jesus was of a heavenly an…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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After our Lord showed His special position with respect to light, He here reveals the effect of this light: that it frees us from darkne …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson