黑暗永远不能胜过光，消灭光，光却能驱散黑暗。当生命的光照在我们里面，黑暗绝不能胜过它。并且这光是真光，照亮每一个人。 当神这神圣的生命在我们里面，作生命之光照亮时，我们就在祂的光照之下。我们借着接受神的话从神而生，就有神作我们的生命，并且这生命成为我们里面的光，一直在照亮。

子赐生命给死人。我们看见，那听子话，又信差子来者的，就有永远的生命，是已经出死入生了。

By the shining of the inner life and by the working of the divine element in our very being, we are set free from the slavery of sin. This resembles the medical treatment designed to cure diseases in our blood. It is very difficult to eliminate the disease from our blood. We need medicine.

The Lord as a grain of wheat falling into the ground lost His soul-life through death that He might release His eternal life to the “many grains” in resurrection. We as the many grains must lose our soul-life through death that we may enjoy the eternal life in resurrection. This is to follow Him that we might serve Him, as mentioned in verse 26.

The day mentioned in this verse is the day of resurrection.

我们不可将活的话当作白纸黑字来接触，我们必须运用我们的灵，将活的话当作活的灵来接触。所以，经历生机体的路就是接触是灵的神，并且吃祂，喝祂。

The Lord said that He will give sight to those who cannot see, but that He will make blind those who claim to see. This is a serious vindication of the Lord. Thus, we must be humble and not proud.

主应付了我们一切的需要。在这一切之后，我们还有洗脚的需要。

In the Old Testament the children of Israel were a vine in the eyes of God

重生是为着基督的扩增，是为着产生新妇。重生是为叫你成为基督新妇的一部分。约翰三章是讲重生，为着基督的扩增。许多基督徒只看见重生本身，并未看见重生的目的。重生是单为叫你有永远的生命吗？不是！不只这么多。重生乃是为着把我们建造到新妇里，这新妇就是基督的扩增。

当宗教徒要过节的时候，他们就图谋要杀耶稣。 创造者忍受受造者的逼迫，不是容易的事，祂必须有何等的忍耐！那必定是何等的降卑！但是主作到了。

One day, though we all may die, we will all be resurrected. Throughout the whole universe this will be the greatest victory, the victory that will testify that the Lord is the resurrection. However, even in our daily life we may have the foretaste of the ultimate victory of that resurrection.

What a mystery this is! The Lord says that the Son is in the Father and that the Father is in the Son!

主预先告诉门徒，好叫他们在逼迫来临时不至受挫、绊跌，也不至受迷惑。