Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
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Gill's Exposition
Who bore record of the word of God,.... Of the essential and eternal Word of God, his only begotten Son; as John the apostle did in his Gospel, and in his epistles, and also in this book; and which is…
Barnes' Notes
Who bare record of the word of God - Who bore witness to, or testified of ἐμαρτύρησεν emarturēsen the Word of God. He regarded himself merely as a “witness” of what he had seen, and claimed only to…
Adam Clarke
Who bare record of the word of God - Is there a reference here to the first chapter of John's gospel, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, etc.? Of this Word John did bear record.…
Here we have,
I. What we may call the pedigree of this book. 1. It is the revelation of Jesus Christ. The whole Bible is so; for all revelation comes through Christ and all centres in him; and…
Cambridge Bible
who bare record i.e. who bears witness in the present work. The past tense is used, as constantly in Greek e.g. in St John's own Epistle, I. Rev 2:14 of the act of a writer which willbe past when his…
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