The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Isaiah 48:16
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this…
An address to the
Jews, to attend the ministry of Christ, and hear the doctrine he had
delivered to them:
I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
from the beginning of
his ministry; which be exercised not in private houses, but in the
synagogues of the Jews, and in the temple, whither a large concourse of
people resorted, (John 18:20) :
from the time that it was, there am I;
from the time that his ministry
began there, he was in the same places, in Judea and Galilee, always
publicly preaching the Gospel, and doing good: or rather, "before the
time that it was, there was I" F14; Christ existed before his
incarnation, before he appeared as the great Prophet in Israel; he
existed as the Word and Son of God from all eternity, and was with God
his Father from everlasting; he was by him, and brought up with him,
and lay in his bosom so early:
and now the Lord God and his Spirit hath sent me;
in the fulness of
time, in the likeness of sinful flesh, to preach the Gospel, fulfil the
law, and to redeem and save the Lord's people. Here is a glorious
testimony of a trinity of Persons in the Godhead; Christ the Son of God
is sent in human nature, and as Mediator Jehovah the Father and the
Spirit are the senders of him; and so is a proof of the mission,
commission, and authority of Christ, who came not of himself, but was
sent of God, (John 8:42) , it may be rendered, "and now the Lord God hath
sent me and his Spirit" F15; both were sent of God, and in this order;
first, Christ, to be the Redeemer and Saviour; and then the Spirit, to
be the Convincer and Comforter; see (John 14:26) (15:26) (16:7,8)
FOOTNOTES:
F14 (htwyh tem) "ex tempore antequam fieret", V. L. "nondum existente
tempore horum eventuum", Forerius.
F15 (wxwrw ynxlv) "misit me et spiritum ejus", Lutherus, Castalio;
"et spiritum suum", Cocceius, Vitringa.
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Bibliography Information
Gill, John. "Commentary on Isaiah 48:16". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". <http://www.studylight.org/com/geb/view.cgi?book=isa&chapter=048&verse=016>. 1999.
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