eyes have not seen commentary

It seems they are claiming to be as close to God, as the Spirit is! Jesus heard that the Jewish leaders had kicked this man out of the temple, which was a serious matter in that society. (8) Another objection: but how could it be that those intelligent men could not perceive this wisdom? BibliographyDunagan, Mark. Literally the passage reads, ‘What no eye saw, and no ear heard, and no heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him — .' — The first of these explanations is generally adopted and is the most satisfactory. The meaning of this verse is plain, although there are several difficulties connected with it. 1. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Corinthians 2:9, NIV: "However, as it is written: 'What no eye has seen, ... 'THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.'" Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. By connecting it with what follows, and by taking the word God in the vocative, the sense may be, ‘From eternity they have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, eye hath not seen, O God, without thee, (i.e. The quotation is from Isaiah 64:4. Eye hath not seen - This is the same as saying, that no one had ever fully perceived and understood the value and beauty of those things which God has prepared for his people. There is a difference. Ép. 1 Corinthians 2:9 but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And {which} entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him. Names. Such claims sound pretty arrogant. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 2. Those things relate to the pardon of sin; to the atonement, and to justification by faith; to the peace and joy which religion imparts; to the complete and final redemption from sin and death which the gospel is suited to produce, and which it will ultimately effect. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". a Cor. Although the words given here are not to be found in the same sequence in any passage in the Old Testament, still there are phrases scattered through the writings of Isaiah (see Isaiah 64:4; Isaiah 65:17; see also Isa 62:15 in the LXX. Although now the man was physically able to work for the first time in his life, no one would hire a man who had been excommunicated by the religious authorities. ὅσα, of the last clause, is a climax to ἃ of the first—“so many things as God prepared for those that love Him”: cf. Chrysostom also suggests that it may be a reference, not to a writing, but to historical facts, as in Matthew 2:23. . Thus, however, the "but" of 1Co 2:10 is ignored. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. It says, “ Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". But if already revealed, assuredly it does not refer to that which is yet to come. 99. God's seeing the mysteries ensures His revealing them to His people. The idea is, that men had never known any other God than Jehovah who did, or could do, what he threatened to do. The words are not to be limited to future blessings in heaven. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. (1) The first is, that the passage in Isaiah has no such reference. John 4:35, ESV: "Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’?Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest." "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". (y) T. Bab. How do they know? Eye hath not seen - This is the same as saying, that no one had ever fully perceived and understood the value and beauty of those things which God has prepared for his people. Or(374) wrote (on Matthew 27:9), “In nullo regulari libro hoc positum invenitur, nisi in Secretis Eliæ prophetæ”—a lost Apocryphum; Jerome found the words both in the Ascension of Isaiah and the Apocalypse of Elias, but denies Paul’s indebtedness to these sources; and Lt(375) makes out (see note, ad loc(376)) that these books were later than Paul. ((z) Sepher Bahir in Zohar in Gen. fol. "Whatsoever things God prepared"-"These words do not refer to the unknown glories of heaven, as commonly supposed, but to the way of salvation." John 4:35 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] John 4:35, NIV: "Don't you have a saying, 'It's still four months until harvest'?I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are true of the present. verse 12, end). More specifically and more personally, we have not see the end of God's story in our life (cp Php 1:6-note). A third explanation of this difficulty is, that the apostle did not intend to quote any one passage of Scripture, but to appeal to its authority for a clearly revealed truth. 2:6-9 Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and, having been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have looked well into it, see not only the plain history of Christ, and him crucified, but the deep and admirable designs of Divine wisdom therein. Phrases. It is new; and is above all that man has seen, and felt, and known. To get over this difficulty some propose a different interpretation of the passage in the prophet. All the world had been strangers to this until God made a revelation to his people by his Spirit. Isaiah 64:4 (or 3 in the Hebrew) is literally translated by Dr. J. ” 10 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. 1909-1922. Nor ear heard - We learn the existence and quality of objects by the external senses; and those senses are used to denote any acquisition of knowledge. () It sure looks as if they are claiming for themselves a quality or condition (infallibility, inspiration), which they deny for the Bible. The world"s wisdom is seen as shallow from the perceptive, that it was God who had to enlighten man as to the facts about this life. Go to, but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. This is the truth for which the apostle cites the authority of the Old Testament. 1974. He there says that God has revealed these things to Christians by his Spirit. This is not the only place in which St. Paul would seem to thus refer to the Old Testament scriptures (see 1 Corinthians 1:19-20) when he is not basing any argument upon a particular sentence in the Scriptures, but merely availing himself of some thoughts or words in the Old Testament as an illustration of some truth which he is enforcing. 64:4), Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for those that love him-for him that waiteth for him, that waiteth for his mercy, so the Septuagint. The blessedness which the apostle referred to had been unknown alike to the Jews and the Gentiles. 1 Corinthians 1:5-7).— τ. ἀγαπ. His neighbors would have shunned him out of fear of having the religious police target them. Clement of Rome (ad Cor(373), xxxiv. "Things" such as forgiveness of sins, reconciliation with God, redemption, etc...and how to live! Eye hath not seen - This is the same as saying, that no one had ever fully perceived and understood the value and beauty of those things which God has prepared for his people. BibliographyNicol, W. Robertson, M.A., L.L.D. But' [ de (Greek #1161), not so strong an adversative as the former "but," which contrasts the two main opposites. 2. As the formula, "As it is written," is never used by the apostles except in the citation of the canonical books of the Old Testament, it cannot be admitted that Paul intended to quote either some book now lost, or some apocryphal writing. (9) As it is written.—Where do the words which follow occur? They need insight or illumination, eyes to see the mighty power and provision of God, but they must also believe God and put on their God-given armor that they might take a stand against Satan and his forces. B But to us God hath revealed them, by his Spirit. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/1-corinthians-2.html. In thought, as Hf(371) and Bt(372) point out, this passage corresponds to Isaiah 64 : in P. God does, as in Isaiah He is besought to do, things unlooked for by the world, to the confusion of its unbelief; in each case these things are done for fit persons—Isaiah’s “him that waiteth for Him,” etc., being translated into Paul’s “those that love Him”; ἐποίησεν is changed to ἡτοίμασεν, in conformity with προώρισεν (1 Corinthians 2:7). & Jarchi in Isaiah 64.4. Delta G f g, Vulgate, read, as the English version] God prepared, etc. In fact, they are claiming to have an "inside track" to God"s mind. 1. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. Of the four clauses, the 1James , 2 nd, and 4th recall Isaiah 64:4 f. (Hebrews , Isaiah 64:3 f.)—after the Hebrew text; the 3rd occurs in a similar strain in Isaiah 65:17 (LXX, 16); see other parls. (Erdman p. 40). It was precisely these "things" that are revealed in the gospel. Compare in the Hebrew, Isaiah 65:17. If it be assumed that he intended to quote Isaiah 64:4 the difficulty is twofold, first, the language or words are different, and secondly, the sense is different. Here’s how the complete sentence reads: “‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’— but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit” (emphasis added). They read Mark 16:16, and then say, "But I really think that in the end God won"t consider baptism to be an essential requirement for salvation". John 14:23)—a further designation of the ἅγιοι, πιστεύοντες, κλητοί, ἐκλεκτοὶ of chap. As it is written is not, in this case, the form of quotation, but is rather equivalent to saying, ‘To use the language of Scripture.'. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 64. 1 Samuel 24:10. In Isaiah 64:1-12 it is, "Prepared (literally, 'will do') for him that waiteth for him;" here, "for them that love Him." But Christ confounded human wisdom, and not many were given eyes to see and understand. "Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:9". But see what the New Testament says, “God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit.” You see the Lord hath revealed them unto us: “For the Spirit searches all things—yea, the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10 God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit. But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? However, keep in mind that faith is NOT faith in faith, but is … Isaiah 64:4. To enter into the heart means to occur to the mind. No. Hodge's Commentary on Romans, Ephesians and First Corintians. (Erdman p. 40). As we begin 1998, Gods aim for us is that we be set on a two-railed train track in the direction of holiness and love and mission and heaven. This we often do, and it is not unfrequently done in the New Testament, Romans 10:18. No human eye had ever beheld these "things", no human ear had ever heard them (preached by any philosopher), and no human mind operating with mere human wisdom had ever conceived these "things". Sota, fol. Even from antiquity [men] have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him. Even his … That is, he preached truth undiscoverable by human reason. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/1-corinthians-2.html. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed. & Hilch. Isaiah 52:15; Isaiah 65:17). in Misn. nor ear heard = and ear heard not (Greek. aux Corinthiens, οὐδε οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν εἰδον Θεὸν πλήν σου. We have not seen the end of the story. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. It is used there, as Paul uses it, to denote the happiness which results from the communication of the divine favor to the soul. Many in the world believe that the things of God are "too great" for mere humans to comprehend. ((b) T. Bab. (2) the object of the apostle is not to describe the future state of the redeemed. And all the world"s wisdom over the ages, had never even conceived the ideas that are found in the gospel that Paul preached. Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. things which have not set foot upon the heart. The second difficulty relates to the passage quoted. Entered - literally, come up into the heart: 'alah 'al leeb: the rising of an earnest desire in the heart. They are not to be found as here given anywhere in the Old Testament. Explanation and Commentary of 1 Corinthians 2:9. eye hath not seen, nor ear heard: which could never have been seen to be read by the eye of man, nor the sound thereof ever heard by the ear of man, had not God been pleased to make a revelation of them; and though they are to be seen and read in the sacred writings, and to be heard either read or expounded, with the outward hearing of the ear; yet are neither to be seen nor heard intellectually, spiritually, and savingly, unless, God gives eyes to see, and ears to hear; the exterior senses of seeing and hearing are not sufficient to come at and discover the sense of them; flesh and blood, human nature cannot search them out, nor reveal them, no nor the internal senses, the intellectual capacity of men: neither have entered into the heart of man; this clause is not in the original text; but is a phrase often used by the Jews, for that which never came into a man's mind, was never thought of by him, or he ever had any conceptions, or the least notion and idea of; so the elders of the city, at the beheading of the heifer, are represented not only as saying, "our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it"; but also neither , "hath it entered into our hearts", that the sanhedrim hath shed blood (y); and elsewhere (z) it is said, this matter is like to a king, , "into whose heart it entered", to plant in his garden, &c. The things which God hath prepared for them that love him; in the original text it is, "for him that waiteth for him"; the sense is the same, for such as hope in the Lord and wait for him, are lovers of him; and the meaning is, that God has prepared and laid up in his own breast, in his counsels and covenant, in the types, shadows, and sacrifices of the old law, in the promises and prophecies of the Old Testament, such doctrines and mysteries of grace as were not so seen, heard, known, and understood by the Old Testament prophets and saints; and has reserved for his people under the Gospel dispensation, the times of the Messiah, a more clear discovery of them: so the Jews themselves own that these words belong to the world to come (a), which with them commonly signifies the days of the Messiah; though here they think fit to distinguish them, and interpret the phrase, "eye hath not seen", of the eye of the prophets: their words are these (b); "all prophesied not, but of the days of the Messiah; but as to the world to come, eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee. The meaning in Isaiah as connected with what precedes, seems to be that the reason why such fearful things as had been predicted were to be expected from Jehovah is, that he alone had proved himself able to perform them. ou) up. It is to prove that those who are Christians have true wisdom 1 Corinthians 2:6-7; or that they have views of truth, and of the excellence of the plan of salvation which the world has not, and which those who crucified the Lord Jesus did not possess. Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. Probably many in the marketplace would also refuse to do business with such an outcast. Paul writes in verse 9, "But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.'" Where does this verse place those religious scholars that claim the Bible has been corrupted? For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. c. 11. sect. In all these respects, the blessings which the gospel confers, surpass the full comprehension of people; and are infinitely beyond all that man could know or experience without the religion of Christ. the things which God hath prepared for them that love him; What an eye hath not seen, nor an ear heard, and, all that God hath prepared for them that love Him, by some confusion of memory took the apocryphal saying for a canonical passage possibly from the prophecies, οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι πορεύσονται εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομοῦντες ἐκεῖνα, Commentary on the First Ep. The gospel is the “hidden wisdom of God” (1 Cor 2:6). fol. Lit., went up. (i) Man cannot so much as think of them, much less conceive them with his senses. The two rails of this train are prayer before the throne of God and meditation on the word of God. 106), notes that Thomas, motivated by a desire for precision and proof after scrutiny (akribes kai exetasmenon), is not so much rejecting the evidence of the other apostles as he is eager to make sure that what they have seen is not a ghost (fantasma) in the sense of Mark 6:49-50 and Luke 24:37-38. This difficulty may be met either by a reference to the usage referred to in the note on the last verse of the preceding chapter, 1 Corinthians 1:31, the custom of the apostles to quote passages from the Old Testament without weaving them grammatically into their own discourses. Teshuva, c. 8. sect. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ice/1-corinthians-2.html. ((a) Zohar in Exod. 2. I love the biblical definition of faith from Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the All the world had been strangers to this until God made a revelation to his people by his Spirit. Sabbat, fol, 63. Notice the text again. 31. (3) the declaration in 1 Corinthians 2:10, is conclusive proof that Paul does not refer to the happiness of heaven. This latter "but" puts a slight contrast between the two subordinate clauses, "God hath prepared" from everlasting, but now "hath revealed the things to us."] If no light came in through the windows (the eyes), there would be darkness in the body. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. Origen’s suggestion has been adopted by many expositors, but is really needless; this is only an extreme example of the Apostle’s freedom in adopting and combining O.T. It is certainly taught in the Old Testament that the human mind cannot penetrate into the counsels of God; his purposes can only be known by a supernatural revelation. Well, it"s rulers put God to death. Septuagint, "From of old we have not heard, nor have our eyes seen a God beside Thee, and Thy works which Thou wilt do for those who wait for mercy." ... "looks can be deceiving!" There is, therefore, not the slightest ground for imputing failure of memory, or an erroneous interpretation to the inspired apostle. It may sound contradictory, but a person can see, yet not see. The words cited do not appear, connectedly, in the O.T. It is true that this view is attended with a high degree of comfort; but the comfort is not the immediate thing in the eye of the apostle. I am not talking about being so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good, but it is still the mindset that places priority not on what we see but instead on who we know. Paul says, "But God hath revealed them unto us." 4. sayings. BibliographyTorrey, R. A. From Isaiah 64:4, freely rendered by Septuagint. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? It has therefore been suggested (Origen) that they are from some apocryphal book, or some book which has been lost, as is supposed many have been. Instead of using his own words he quotes God's. The exceptive words, "O God, beside (that is, except) Thee," are not quoted directly, but are virtually expressed in the exposition of them (1Co 2:10), "None but thou, O God, seest these mysteries, and God hath revealed them to us by His Spirit. "Mark Dunagan Commentaries on the Bible". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dun/1-corinthians-2.html. In Isa 64:4 it is "Prepared (literally, 'will do') for him that waiteth for Him"; here, "for them that love Him." App-107. They have views of that which the eyes of other people have not seen; a view of wisdom, and fitness, and beauty which can be found in no other plan. Who claim they can tell the difference between verses in the Gospels that later writers erroneously attributed to Jesus, and the kernel of truth that Jesus really said? It is such wisdom as could not have been discovered without a revelation, according to what the prophet Isaiah says (Isa. Or, we may supply, as many do, the word ( כבכןץ ͂ לום) ‘we speak what God hath prepared for those who love him.' They are ripe for harvest." 1 Corinthians 2:9, NLT: "That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, 'No eye has seen… When Jesus came and brought salvation with him, he seemed to be a surprise to everyone, not the least of which were those who had long anticipated and hoped for his coming. 46. Eye hath not seen, &c.—Alford translates, "The things which eye saw not … the things which God prepared … to us God revealed through His Spirit." This is the version given in the Vulgate, and brings the passage into harmony with the apostle's quotation. It is not used where the words are taken from other sources (see, e.g., Jude 1:9; Jude 1:14). American King James Version (AKJV) But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. In verses 15-23 we have an illustration of both. ὅσα ἡτοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς τ. ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν. The Greek is, 'We speak (supplied from 1 Corinthians 2:8) things which eye saw not (heretofore), etc., things which [A B read "as many things soever as:" hosa (Greek #3745). "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". prophesied only of the days of the Messiah.”. That blessedness is said to be superior to all that people elsewhere enjoy; to be such as could be found no where else but in God. But [ alla (Greek #235)] - in strong contrast to "which none of the princes of this world knew." 1905. It seems they are claiming that they can know God"s will without a clear revelation from God! But, as it is written: That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him. Now bring that understanding of the "bad eye" back to Matthew 6:23 and let it determine the meaning of the "good eye." Rather construe, as Estius, "('We speak,' supplied from 1Co 2:8), things which eye saw not (heretofore), … things which God prepared … But God revealed them to us," &c. The quotation is not a verbatim one, but an inspired exposition of the "wisdom" (1Co 2:6, from Isa 64:4). American King James Version But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. For Isaiah spake to them who waited for Messiah's appearance as future; Paul, to them who love Him as having actually appeared (1Jo 4:19); compare 1Co 2:12, "the things that are freely given to us of God". The Gnostics quoted the passage in favour of their method of esoteric teaching. A Hebraism (cf. Others, assuming the first-mentioned interpretation of the passage in Isaiah to be the true one, consider the apostle as using scriptural language without intending to give the sense of the original. For more discussion of faith see commentary on Hebrews 11:1-2. The things which God hath prepared - The things which God "has held in reserve" (Bloomfield); that is, what God has appointed in the gospel for his people. All the world had been strangers to this until God made a revelation to his people by his Spirit. 34. But although this does not refer directly to heaven, there may be an application of the passage to a future state in an indirect manner, which is not improper. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hdg/1-corinthians-2.html. And if on earth the gospel confers such blessings on its friends, how much higher and purer shall be the joys which it shalt bestow in heaven! "as it is written"-(Isaiah 64:4/65:17) "He does not employ the very words, but states the main thought, which emphasizes the inability of man to discover that which God alone can reveal." ", entered—literally, "come up into the heart." 'Love conducts to a far richer world of knowledge than earthly means could open to the conception' (Olshausen). the things which God hath prepared for them that love him; Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges, William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament, Joseph Beet's Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament, "Paul"s thought is that there is no method of apprehension open to man (eyes, ears, or understanding) which can give him any idea of the wonderful things that God has made ready for, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, "which none of the princes of this world knew.

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