【读圣经学英语】永远的生命

【读圣经学英语】永远的生命

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约翰福音-John 12 章 46~50 节

12:46 我到世上来作光，叫一切信入我的，不住在黑暗里。
I have come as a light into the world, that every one who believes into Me would not remain in darkness. 
12:47 若有人听见我的话不遵守，我不审判他；因为我来不是要审判世人，乃是要拯救世人。
And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 
12:48 弃绝我不领受我话的人，有审判他的，就是我所讲的话，在末日要审判他。
He who rejects Me and does not receive My words has one who judges him; the word which I have spoken, that will judge him in the last day. 
12:49 因为我所讲的没有出于自己的；惟有差我来的父，已经给了我命令，叫我说什么，讲什么。
For I have not spoken from Myself; but the Father who sent Me, He Himself has given Me commandment, what to say and what to speak. 
12:50 我也知道祂的命令就是永远的生命。所以我所讲的，乃是父怎样告诉我，我就照样讲。
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.

亮光

我们若要认识主作生命的细节，就必须领会约翰福音。这卷福音以一幅一幅的图画揭示生命。比方说，连这章的棕树枝，也象征胜过死亡的生命，描绘出胜过死亡的生命。大多数棕树生长在象征死亡的沙漠。所以生命（棕树）从死亡（沙漠）中长出，这描绘出生命胜过死亡，这就是棕树的属灵意义。因此，我们若要领会生命的细节，就必须领会约翰福音这卷表号的书。

最后，主向热心宗教的人作了末次的宣告。 这宣告有什么意义？那就是主告诉犹太人说，祂是神的显现，临到他们作光。他们若接受祂，就会得着神，成为神的儿女。但他们若弃绝祂，就要为黑暗所胜过。再者，神所命令祂说的话，他们若接受，对他们就是永远的生命。不然，这话在末日将要审判他们。这是主对热心宗教的人最后的宣告。这时，主与热心宗教之人的关系就结束了。从十三章开始，主就一直与门徒同在，不再与犹太人有什么来往。

Enlightenment:

If we want to know the Lord as life in detail, we must understand the Gospel of John, which unveils life in one picture after another. For example, even the palm branches in this chapter symbolize life overcoming death, portraying a life that is victorious over death. Most palm trees grow in the desert, which signifies death. So life (palm trees) grows out of death (desert). This pictures the victory of life over death, which is the spiritual significance of the palm tree. Therefore, if we wish to understand life in detail, we must understand the Gospel of John as a book of figures.

At last, the Lord makes a final declaration to the religious people. What is the meaning of this declaration? It is simply that the Lord told the Jewish people that He is the manifestation of God coming to them as light. If they receive Him, they will have God and become the children of God. But if they reject Him, they will be overtaken by darkness. Moreover, the commandment that God gave to Him to speak is to them eternal life if they receive it. Otherwise, that very word will become a sentence of judgment upon them in the last day. This is the final declaration the Lord made to the religious people. At this juncture, the Lord is finished with the religious people. Beginning with chapter thirteen, the Lord is continually with His disciples, no longer having anything to do with the Jewish people.