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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 John 1:2 - 1:2
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the life - Jesus, “the Word of life.”
was manifested - who had previously been “with the Father.”
show - Translate as in 1Jo 1:3, “declare” (compare 1Jo 1:5). Declare is the general term; write is the particular (1Jo 1:4).
that eternal life - Greek, “the life which is eternal.” As the Epistle begins, so it ends with “eternal life,” which we shall ever enjoy with, and in, Him who is “the life eternal.”
which - Greek, “the which.” the before-mentioned (1Jo 1:1) life which was with the Father “from the beginning” (compare Joh 1:1). This proves the distinctness of the First and Second Persons in the one Godhead.