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John 19:23-24

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23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

      

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Explanation of John 19

By Rev. John Clowes M.A.

Explaining the Inner Meaning of John 19

Verse 19:1. That they, who are in the falsities of ignorance, treat the Word with contumely, being misled by those who are in knowledges.

Verses 19:2, 3. And even they, who fought in favour of truths, falsified and adulterated those truths.

Verses 19:4, 5. Still they, who are in the falsities of ignorance, are disposed to acknowledge the Lord's integrity, who at that time represented the divine Word as to its quality in the Jewish church, where it was suffocated by the falsities of cravings.

Verses 19:6, 7, 8, 9. Therefore, notwithstanding his rejection by the perverted church, they still maintain his innocence, and are led into further enquiry concerning his divinity, which is denied in the perverted church.

Verses 19:10, 11. But on this subject they receive no instruction, until they are first instructed concerning the laws of divine permission and providence, to which all human power is subjected.

Verses 19:12, 13, 14. By which instruction they are the more confirmed in favour of the Lord's integrity, and divinity, and notwithstanding what is urged by the perverted church, that temporal dominion is more to be consulted than the dominion of the eternal truth, they continue steadfast in asserting the dominion of truth, thus of the Lord's Divine Humanity.

Verse 19:15. Which spiritual dominion is entirely rejected by the perverted church, so that they acknowledge no dominion but what is temporal, or of the world.

Verses 19:16, 17, 18. And thus they also, who are in the falsities of ignorance, are led to reject the Lord, who, as to his humanity, is totally rejected by the perverted church, together with faith and charity.

Verses 19:19, 20, 21, 22. Still they insist that the Lord, in his humanity, is divine truth, or the Word, thus contumeliously treated, notwithstanding what is urged to the contrary by the perverted church.

Verses 19:23, 24. Who, whilst they ought to fight in favour of truth, dissipate and destroy every truth of the Word, except the internal spiritual truth, which they are not able to destroy, and this according to prediction.

Verses 19:25, 26, 27. The Lord teaches that charity in effect, or works of charity, constitute the church.

Verses 19:28, 29, 30. And from his ardent love of what is good and true in the church, accepts the falsities of ignorance amongst the Gentiles, when purified, as truths.

Verses 19:31, 32, 33. That the perverted church are eager to destroy scientific truth, and do destroy the doctrines of faith and charity, but not those which are in connection with divine truth.

Verses 19:34, 35, 38, 37. They destroy also all the spiritual and natural truth of the Word, agreeably to the testimony of those who are principled in the good of love, and who therefore acknowledge the divine truth which teaches that scientific truth shall be kept entire, and that nevertheless the perverted church destroyed both the spiritual and natural truth of the Word.

Verses 19:38, 39, 40. Nevertheless they, who are principled in the truth of the church, acknowledge the Lord's humanity, and his divine life in the sensual principle, and thus his glorification even to the ultimates of the body.

Verses 19:41, 42. For the Lord's final temptation-combats were under the influence of his divine wisdom and intelligence, and thus aided his ascent to the divine good, different from all other men, and therefore he submitted to the process of his glorification, as it had been before representatively figured in the Word.

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John 19:27

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27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.