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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - John 1:17 - 1:17
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For, etc. - The Law elicits the consciousness of sin and the need of redemption; it only typifies the reality. The Gospel, on the contrary, actually communicates reality and power from above (compare Rom 6:14). Hence Paul terms the Old Testament “shadow,” while he calls the New Testament “substance” (Col 2:17) [Olshausen].