John 1:24 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:24

Then the Pharisees who had been sent

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

KJV

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

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Commentary

1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

(in Joan. tom. vi. c. 13) The questions of the priests and Levites being answered, another mission comes from the Pharisees: And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. So far as it is allowable to form a conjecture from the discourse itself here, I should say that it was the third occasion of John's giving his witness. Observe the mildness of the former question, so befitting the priestly and levitical character, Who art thou? There is nothing arrogant or disrespectful, but only what becomes true ministers of God.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Were of the Pharisees - For an account of this sect, see the notes at Mat 3:7. Why they are particularly mentioned is not certainly known. Many of the “Sadducees” came to his baptism Mat 3:7, but it seems that they did not join in sending to him to know what was the design of John. This circumstance is one of those incidental and delicate allusions which would occur to no impostor in forging a book, and which show that the writers of the New Testament were honest men and knew what they affirmed. Because:

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀπεσταλμένοι	apestalmenoi	sent	G649 →
ἦσαν	ēsan	were	G1510 →
ἐκ	ek	out from	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
Φαρισαίων	Pharisaiōn	Pharisees	G5330 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
leads to
- Luke 13:34
  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- Matthew 22:35
  One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- 2 Corinthians 6:1
  As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Jeremiah 8:8
  How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
- Acts 20:27
  For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
Through
Luke 11:53
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
leads to
- Psalms 22:12–13
  Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- 1 Corinthians 13:5
  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
- Jeremiah 20:10
  For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that…