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| | |And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. | | |And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. |
| − | |And what He has seen and hears He is testifying to; but nobody receives His testimony. | + | |And what He has seen and hears He is continuing to testify; but nobody receives His testimony. |
| | |This appears to be part of the above quote. Difficult to capture the present progressive in marturei without awkwardness, but it's there. Testimony more accurately captures the sense of marturei, which refers to legal evidence. | | |This appears to be part of the above quote. Difficult to capture the present progressive in marturei without awkwardness, but it's there. Testimony more accurately captures the sense of marturei, which refers to legal evidence. |
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| | |He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. | | |He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. |
| − | |He who hears his words, has acknowledged the truth of God. | + | |Whoever who fully accepted His testimony gave a stamp of approval to this: that God is truth. |
| | |This needs some work. | | |This needs some work. |
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| | |For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. | | |For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. |
| − | |The man sent by God speaks the word of God, for God was generous in granting him Divine Guidance. | + | |For the One God sent speaks the very words of God, because God did not give Him just a portion of the Spirit. |
| − | |more capitalization here? | + | |Jesus got the Holy Spirit without measure in a way that none of us can claim. "Words" here is "rhema," not logos, which indicates a spoken word, something just now uttered that pertains to this current situation. |
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| | |The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. | | |The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. |
| − | |The Father loves the Son, and gave Him all good things. | + | |The Father loves the Son, and has given Him authority over everything. |
| − | | | + | |Delivering something "into the hand" of someone else is a Greek idiom for a transfer of power, control or authority. It is always best to translate the meaning of an idiom rather than the exact words (recall that an idiom is "a phrase whose meaning is different from the sum of the individual words.") This verse tells us that Jesus has authority over everything, and the authority He has came directly from the Father. |
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| | |He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. | | |He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. |
| − | |He who has faith in the Son will live forever; he who has no faith will not and God will punish him forever. | + | |He who thoroughly believes in the Son has eternal life, while he who does not believe in the Son will not, but will instead face the full anger of God. |
| − | | | + | |The prospect of facing the full anger of God at sin without being washed by the blood of Jesus is terrifying, particularly given the lengths to which God went so that we don't have to. |
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