John Bengel Commentary - John 3:10 - 3:10

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John Bengel Commentary - John 3:10 - 3:10


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Joh 3:10. Ὁ διδάσκαλος, a master) a teacher of very many hearers, a veteran, and one somewhat better than the rest, who are altogether corrupt: ch. Joh 10:8, “All that ever came before Me were thieves and robbers,” notes. The article is emphatic. Nicodemus was the only one of all the teachers of Israel who had come to Jesus Christ, and who thus would be able to teach Israel the knowledge of Him; and indeed he afterwards acted the part of a teacher of Israel, defending the Just One, both by his opinion, ch. Joh 7:50, [at the consultation of the Pharisees against Jesus, Nicodemus said] “Doth our law judge any man before it hear him?” and by his act, ch. Joh 19:39, [he brought for the body of Jesus] “a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight:” in which two passages the Evangelist repeats the mention of this interview by night.-ταῦτα) these things, which make Israel [truly] divine.