【读圣经学英语】且去查考

【读圣经学英语】且去查考

约翰福音-John 7 章 48~52节

7:48 官长或是法利赛人,岂有信入祂的?
Has any one of the rulers or Pharisees believed into Him?
7:49 但这不明白律法的群众,是被咒诅的。
But this crowd which does not know the law is accursed.
7:50 他们当中有尼哥底母,就是先前到耶稣那里去的,对他们说,
Nicodemus said to them (he who came to Him before, being one of them),
7:51 若不先听本人的口供,不知道他所作的事,难道我们的律法就定他的罪么?
Does our law condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?
7:52 他们回答他说,难道你也是出于加利利么?你且去查考,就知道没有申言者是出于加利利而兴起的。于是各人都回自己的家去了。
They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.

亮光

有些人接受了带进死亡的知识树,(创二17,)按着基督的外貌认祂。(约七27,41~42,52。)听听他们的谈话:『基督岂是从加利利出来的吗?经上岂不是说,基督是出于大卫的后裔,是从大卫的本乡伯利恒出来的吗?』(约七41~42。)这种谈话不过是搞头脑。这种头脑的推理是在知识树的原则上。然而,有些人接受了带进生命的生命树,(创二9,)按着基督内在的实际认祂。(约七40,50~51。)不要注意外貌,必须看见里面有什么。里面有基督吗?我们都必须按着内在的实际,不按着外貌认基督。

主在地上的时候,没有吸引人的外表。今天,在教会生活也是这样,没有什么吸引人的外表。然而,你若进入教会生活里面,就会在那里看见基督的美丽。祂不是那拿撒勒人,祂乃是大卫的后裔。这就是基督!阿利路亚!

Enlightenment:

Some comprehended Christ according to His outward appearance (7:27, 41-42, 52) by taking the tree of knowledge resulting in death (Gen. 2:17). Listen to their talk. “Does then the Christ come out of Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” (7:41-42). This talk is simply the exercise of the mentality. This mental reasoning is in the principle of the tree of knowledge. However, some apprehended Christ according to His inward reality (7:40, 50-51) by taking the tree of life resulting in life (Gen. 2:9). Do not pay attention to the outward appearance. You must see what is inside. Is there Christ within? We all must know Christ according to the inward reality and not according to the outward appearance.

While the Lord was on earth, He did not have an attractive appearance. Today in the church life it is the same; there is no attractive appearance. However, if you get inside of the church life, you will see the beauty of Christ there. He is not the Nazarene—He is the seed of David. This is Christ! Hallelujah!