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Yohanes 3:19

Dan inilah hukuman itu: Terang telah datang ke dalam dunia, tetapi manusia lebih menyukai kegelapan dari pada terang, sebab perbuatan-perbuatan mereka jahat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blindness;   Darkness;   Depravity of Man;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Judgment;   Light;   Responsibility;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Condemnation;   Darkness;   Future, the;   Judgment;   Knowledge;   Light, Spiritual;   Light-Darkness;   Opportunity;   Privilege, Judgment According to;   Salvation-Condemnation;   Spiritual;   Universal;   The Topic Concordance - Condemnation;   Evil;   Jesus Christ;   Light;   Manifestation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blindness, Spiritual;   Condemnation;   Darkness;   Fall of Man, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Light;   Nicodemus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Judgment;   Light;   Love;   Mission;   Persecution;   Predestination;   Propitiation;   Sin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Backsliding;   Judgment;   Light;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Darkness;   Episcopacy;   Unbelief;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Call;   Faith;   Judgment, the Final;   Nicodemus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Jesus Christ;   Nicodemus;   Noah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Condemn;   Darkness;   Eschatology;   John, the Gospel of;   Judgment Day;   Justice;   Lamps, Lighting, Lampstand;   Light, Light of the World;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels;   John, Gospel of;   John, Theology of;   Logos;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Mss;   Nicodemus;   Scribes;   World;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Condemnation;   Darkness (2);   Day of Judgment;   Death (2);   Death of Christ;   Deceit, Deception, Guile;   Discourse;   Endurance;   Eternal Punishment;   Eternal Sin;   Example;   Faith ;   Grace;   Hardening of Heart;   Holy Spirit;   Humanity of Christ;   Incarnation (2);   Judgment;   Judgment Damnation;   Light;   Light and Darkness;   Man;   Mediator;   Obedience (2);   Poet;   Property (2);   Punishment (2);   Reproof;   Retribution (2);   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sin;   Teaching of Jesus;   Worldliness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Regeneration;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Calling;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Condemn;   Dark;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Johannine Theology, the;   Salvation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nicodemus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 31;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for October 8;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for July 18;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan inilah hukuman itu: Terang telah datang ke dalam dunia, tetapi manusia lebih menyukai kegelapan dari pada terang, sebab perbuatan-perbuatan mereka jahat.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka inilah hukumannya, bahwa terang sudah datang ke dalam dunia, tetapi gelap itu lebih disukai manusia daripada terang itu, sebab segala perbuatan mereka itu jahat adanya.

Contextual Overview

1 There was a man of the pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes. 2 The same came to Iesus by night, & said vnto him: Rabbi, we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him. 3 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne agayne, he can not see the kyngdome of God. 4 Nicodemus sayth vnto hym: Howe can a man be borne when he is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne? 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God. 6 That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite. 7 Maruayle not thou that I sayde to thee, ye must be borne agayne. 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounde therof: but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth. So is euery one that is borne of the spirite. 9 Nicodemus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: howe can these thynges be? 10 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Art thou a maister in Israel, and knowest not thesethynges?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

this: John 1:4, John 1:9-11, John 8:12, John 9:39-41, John 15:22-25, Matthew 11:20-24, Luke 10:11-16, Luke 12:47, Romans 1:32, 2 Corinthians 2:15, 2 Corinthians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, Hebrews 3:12, Hebrews 3:13

because: John 5:44, John 7:17, John 8:44, John 8:45, John 10:26, John 10:27, John 12:43, Isaiah 30:9-12, Luke 16:14, Acts 24:21-26, Romans 2:8, 1 Peter 2:8, 2 Peter 3:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:3 - Let Leviticus 11:16 - General Leviticus 13:10 - quick raw flesh Deuteronomy 30:17 - if thine 1 Samuel 28:8 - disguised 1 Kings 22:8 - but I hate him Job 21:14 - for we Job 24:13 - rebel Job 33:14 - perceiveth Psalms 14:1 - abominable Psalms 82:5 - walk Psalms 95:10 - and they Psalms 119:30 - chosen Proverbs 2:13 - walk Proverbs 5:12 - How Proverbs 8:36 - he Proverbs 10:21 - fools Proverbs 21:16 - wandereth Isaiah 5:13 - because Isaiah 6:10 - lest Isaiah 28:9 - shall he teach Isaiah 29:15 - and their works Isaiah 50:2 - when I came Isaiah 60:1 - General Jeremiah 5:31 - my people Jeremiah 6:19 - nor to Jeremiah 9:6 - refuse Jeremiah 17:23 - nor Ezekiel 8:12 - in the Hosea 5:4 - They will not frame their doings Hosea 11:2 - they called Hosea 14:9 - but Zephaniah 3:2 - correction Zechariah 7:12 - lest Zechariah 14:19 - punishment Matthew 13:13 - General Matthew 13:19 - and understandeth Mark 4:8 - fell Mark 16:16 - but Luke 10:14 - General Luke 14:24 - General Luke 20:7 - that John 1:5 - General John 5:40 - ye will not John 7:7 - because John 9:5 - long John 12:46 - am Acts 26:18 - and to Romans 1:18 - who hold Romans 1:21 - when Romans 8:1 - no Romans 10:10 - For with Romans 13:12 - works 1 Corinthians 2:8 - for Ephesians 5:11 - works 2 Thessalonians 1:8 - that know 2 Thessalonians 2:10 - they received 1 Timothy 6:5 - men 2 Timothy 4:3 - but Hebrews 3:10 - err Hebrews 11:6 - without 2 Peter 3:5 - they willingly 1 John 1:6 - walk Revelation 20:15 - whosoever

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: the serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.
Genesis 3:16
But vnto the woman he sayde: I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe, and thy griefes of chylde bearyng, In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children: thy desire [shalbe] to thy husbande, and he shall haue the rule of thee.
Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garments of skynnes, and he put them on.
Genesis 3:22
And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, in knowing good and euyll: And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate, and lyue for euer.
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.
Genesis 23:4
I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.
Job 1:21
And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde.
Job 19:26
And though after my skinne the [wormes] destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe:
Job 21:26
They shall sleepe both alyke in the earth, and the wormes shall couer them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this is the condemnation,.... Of him that believes not in Christ; that is, this is the matter and cause of his condemnation, and by which it is aggravated, and appears to be just:

that light is come into the world: by which is meant, not natural or corporeal light; though natural darkness is, by some, preferred to this, being more convenient for their evil works; as by thieves, murderers, and adulterers: nor is the light of nature designed, with which every man is enlightened that comes into the world; which, though but a dim light, might be of more use, and service, than it is; and is often rejected, and rebelled against, by wicked men, and which will be the condemnation of the Heathen world: but rather the light of divine revelation, both in the law of God, and Gospel of Christ; especially the latter is here intended; and which, though so great a favour to fallen men, is despised, and denied by the sons of darkness: though it may be best of all to understand it of Christ himself, the light of the world, and who is come a light into it; see John 8:12, who may be called "light", because he has set revelation in its clearest and fullest light; he has declared the whole mind, and will of God concerning the affair of divine worship, and the business of salvation: grace, and truth, are come by him; the doctrines of grace, and the truths of the Gospel, are most clearly brought to light by him; the types, and shadows of the law are removed; and the promises, and the prophecies of the Old Testament, are most largely expounded by him, and most perfectly fulfilled in him: and besides; he is the author and giver of the light of grace, by which men see themselves to be what they are, lost and undone sinners; and see him to be the only able, willing, suitable, sufficient, and complete Saviour: and he it is that now gives the saints the glimpse of glory they have, and will be the light of the new Jerusalem, and the everlasting light of his people hereafter. He, by his incarnation, may be said to "come into the world" in general, which was made by him, as God; and as he was in it, as man; though he was not known by it as the God-man, Mediator, and Messiah: and particularly he came into the Jewish world, where he was born, brought up, conversed, lived, and died; and into the Gentile world, by the ministry of his apostles, whom he; sent into all the world, to preach the Gospel to every creature, and spread the glorious light of it in every place:

and men loved darkness rather than light: the Jews, the greater part of them, preferred the darkness of the ceremonial law, and the Mosaic dispensation, and even the traditions of their elders, before the clear Gospel revelation made by Christ Jesus; and the Gentiles also, for the most part, chose rather to continue in their Heathenish ignorance, and idolatry, and to walk in their own ways, and in the vanity of their minds, than to embrace Christ, and his Gospel, and submit to his ordinances, and appointments; and the generality of men, to this day, love their natural darkness, and choose to walk in it, and to have fellowship with the works of darkness, and delight in the company of the children of darkness, rather than follow Christ, the light of the world; receive his Gospel, and walk in his ways, in fellowship with his saints: the reason of all this is,

because their deeds were evil; which they chose not to relinquish; and Christ, his Gospel and ordinances are contrary to them; for the doctrine of the grace of God, which has appeared, and shone out in great lustre, and splendour, in the world, teaches men to deny ungodliness, and worldly lusts; and therefore it is hated, and rejected, by men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the condemnation - This is the cause of condemnation; or this is the reason why men are punished.

That light is come - Light often denotes instruction, teaching, doctrine, as that by which we see clearly the path of duty. all the instruction that God gives us by conscience, reason, or revelation may thus be called light; but this word is used especially to denote the Messiah or the Christ, who is often spoken of as “the light.” See Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 9:2. Compare Matthew 4:16; also the notes at John 1:4. It was doubtless this light to which Jesus had particular reference here.

Men loved darkness - Darkness is the emblem of ignorance, iniquity, error, superstition - whatever is opposite to truth and piety. Men are said to love darkness more than they do light when they are better pleased with error than truth, with sin than holiness, with Belial than Christ.

Because their deeds are evil - Men who commit crime commonly choose to do it in the night, so as to escape detection. So men who are wicked prefer false doctrine and error to the truth. Thus the Pharisees cloaked their crimes under the errors of their system; and, amid their false doctrines and superstitions, they attempted to convince others that they had great zeal for God.

Deeds - Works; actions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 3:19. This is the condemnation — That is, this is the reason why any shall be found finally to perish, not that they came into the world with a perverted and corrupt nature, which is true; nor that they lived many years in the practice of sin, which is also true; but because they refused to receive the salvation which God sent to them.

Light is come — That is, Jesus, the Sun of righteousness, the fountain of light and life; diffusing his benign influences every where, and favouring men with a clear and full revelation of the Divine will.

Men loved darkness — Have preferred sin to holiness, Belial to Christ, and hell to heaven. חשך chashac, darkness, is frequently used by the Jewish writers for the angel of death, and for the devil. See many examples in Schoettgen.

Because their deeds were evil. — An allusion to robbers and cut-throats, who practise their abominations in the night season, for fear of being detected. The sun is a common blessing to the human race-it shines to all, envies none, and calls all to necessary labour. If any one choose rather to sleep by day, that he may rob and murder in the night season, he does this to his own peril, and has no excuse:-his punishment is the necessary consequence of his own unconstrained actions. So will the punishment of ungodly men be. There was light - they refused to walk in it. They chose to walk in the darkness, that they might do the works of darkness-they broke the Divine law, refused the mercy offered to them, are arrested by Divine justice, convicted, condemned, and punished. Whence, then, does their damnation proceed? From THEMSELVES.


 
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