Commentary on the Gospel of John: With a Critical Introduction, vol. 3
Overview
Volume 3 contains commentary on the second half of John’s Gospel, including the raising of Lazarus, the final days of Jesus’ ministry, and the development of the disciples’ faith. He comments at length on the passion narrative, including Jesus’ arrest, trial, and resurrection.
Key Features
- Comprehensive studies on the second half of John's Gospel
- Exegesis on key events as reported by John
- Scripture references link to your original language texts and English translations
Top Highlights
“. What, then, we ask, is that glory which Jesus had already given to His own?” (Page 217)
“Jesus had acted (ch. 13) and spoken (chs. 14–16); He now used that language which is at the same time action: He prayed. But He not only prayed, He prayed aloud; which proves that while speaking to God, He was also speaking for those around Him. He desired to initiate them into that close communion which He maintained with His Father, and, if possible, to lead them to pray with Him.” (Page 195)
“expression εὑρών, having found, seems at the first glance incompatible” (Page 61)
“ but the leading thought which unifies it is the Father’s work, or, which comes to the same thing, the glory of God.” (Page 195)
“t is not, then, as is so often thought, the union of Christians with each other which is here spoken of” (Page 215)
Praise for the Print Edition
Godet, in all his commentaries, shows a scholarly breadth of familiarity with the commentators who preceded him. Many of their interpretations are stated and refuted in order to present that which the author feels is the correct interpretation of the passage. One can in reading this work avail himself of a clear summary of the views of many various writers. The author was respected as a theologian, hence his work has depth, and was revered as a Greek scholar and exegete, and thus his work has accuracy.
[Frédéric Louis Godet] has many qualifications for his work. One of the most needful exists in an eminent degree—a hearty sympathy with the book he is expounding. He does not approach it from the outside, but the inside, having a heartfelt experience of the power of the blessedness of its truths.
—Talbot W. Chambers
Product Details
- Title: Commentary on the Gospel of John: With a Critical Introduction, vol. 3
- Author: Frédéric Louis Godet
- Publisher: T & T Clark
- Publication Date: 1880
- Pages: 366
About Frédéric Louis Godet
Frédéric Louis Godet (1812–1900) was a Swiss Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar.
Godet was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland—he was educated there, as well as in Bonn and Berlin. Godet served from 1838 to 1844 as tutor to Crown Prince (later King) Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia. He served as supply preacher in the Val-de-Ruy from 1844 to 1851, and as Pastor in Neuchatel from 1851 to 1866. Between 1851 and 1873 he was also Professor of Exegetical and Critical Theology in Neuchatel. From 1873 to 1887 he was Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the newly established Free Evangelical Faculty, which he helped to found.
Godet did much to interpret German theological thought to French-speaking Protestants, and the English translations of his works made him influential in international New Testament scholarship.