...stood in their books thus — // is the s/iirit that beareth itiitnas, because the spirit is truth : for there are three that bear record, the spirit, the water, and tie blood, and these three agree in one*." Some of the fathers, who wrote upon the doflrine of the...

...of calves and sprinkled both t lie book and tin: people," &c. Read to the end of the chapter. Thus " there are three that bear record, the spirit, the water, and the blood." To sum up the tenor of our reasoning, the most ancient sacrifices were symbolical but not typical,...

...and the power of miracles granted to the apostles) that beareth witness; because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree in One; or, as some ancient writers read the text, these three are one,...

...the text originally stood thus: " It is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth, for there are three that bear record, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood ; and these three agree in one." He also affirms that this reading stands in the oldest and most...

...manuscript on run to the authority of Thomas Aquinas.* The Greek manuscripts have the text thus, " For there are Three that bear record, the spirit, the water, and the blood ; and these Three are One." IP many of the Latin manuscripts, the words, " these Three nro One,"...

...own eyes in Cyril's Thesaurus ; but, instead of the seventh and eighth verses, not a word more than, For there are three that bear record, the spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are one. Thirdly, 1 observe, that the Latin translation (Tit. xii. near the end)...

...testimonies from Cijrits Thesaurus; where Mr. Porson " saw with his own eyes not a " word more than, For there are three, that bear " record, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood, and " the three are one." I can corroborate the accuracy of Mr. Person's statement as to the...

...his adversaries. Solomon, deny, which is conceived in the very same manner; namely, 1 JohnV.8.51 ' There are three that bear record, the spirit, the water, and the blood.' What say you to that? Has the Apostle expressed himself absurdly here ; in the first place,...

...festival: consequently, the Communion, or Lord's Supper, was not then solemnized. I John v. 7, 8 : " — there are three that bear record — the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood." By " the Spirit" Dr. Benson understands Christ's miraculous powers ; by the Water, his Baptism...

...without it, as any one may see by reading over the passage, leaving out the words in question, thus: " For there are three that bear record," " the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one." It would then form, I think, a natural and proper conclusion...