From Reformation to Reformation

Why would God will the Gospel history to be written by several? Various reasons for the quaternary number of Evangelists, 1. Jerome...

Verse 6:[1] And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood (Is. 53:7;...

Verse 5:[1] And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, (Gen. 49:9, 10; Heb. 7:14) the Lion of the tribe of Juda, (Is. 11:1,...

The parts: I. The description of the person and coming of Christ: chapter 1:1-18. II. The ministry of John the Baptist: chapter 1:19-36....

8. The Parts of the Book are five. I. Description of the Person and coming of Christ (chapter 1:1-18). II. The ministry of John the...

Verse 4:[1] And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. [I wept much, etc.]...

Verse 3:[1] And no man (Rev. 5:13) in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon....

7. The time of writing. With respect to the time of writing, that he wrote after the other Evangelists, even indeed at an old and infirm...

6. The idiom of the Book, and the sort of speech. The idiomatic expressions of Saint John. Now, he wrote his Gospel in the Greek Tongue,...

Verse 2:[1] And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? [A...

5. The argument. Therefore, Saint John, being about to compose the last of the history and sermons of Christ, covers in writing that...

Verse 1:[1] And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne (Ezek. 2:9, 10) a book written within and on the backside, (Is....

4. A twofold occasion of writing is laid out, one out of Eusebius, the other out of Irenæus. Ancient writers ascribe a twofold occasion...

3. The writer of the Gospel. The Divinity of it against the Alogians asserted. That this John is the writer of this Gospel, he himself...

The book sealed with seven seals, which no man is worthy to open, 1-3. John weeping thereat is comforted, 4, 5. The Lamb that was slain...

2. Description of the person of John: Boanerges, ἐπισήθιος, one leaning on the breast, the Theologian, Pillar of the Church. His History...

Verse 11:[1] (Rev. 5:12) Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: (Gen. 1:1; Acts 17:24; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:16;...

1. The inscription of the book. The Book is inscribed τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην Εὐαγγέλιον, the Gospel according to John. Concerning which the same...

Verse 9:[1] And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, (Rev. 1:18; 5:14; 15:7) who liveth for...