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John 12–21: The MacArthur New Testament Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

This New Testament commentary series reflects this objective of explaining and applying Scripture. Some commentaries are primarily linguistic, others are mostly theological, and some are mainly homiletical. This one is basically explanatory, or expository. It is not linguistically technical but deals with linguistics when that seems helpful to proper interpretation. It is not theologically...

The Bible uses many analogies to depict God’s relationship to His people. He is their Father (Matt. 6:9; Rom. 1:7), they are His children (John 1:12; Rom. 8:16–17, 21; Phil. 2:15; 1 John 3:1–2; cf. Rom. 8:14, 19; Gal. 3:26; 4:6; Heb. 12:7) and the members of His household (Eph. 2:19; 1 Tim. 3:15; 1 Peter 4:17); He is their King, they are His subjects (Matt. 25:34); He is the Creator, they are His creatures (Pss. 24:1; 95:6; 100:3; 119:73; 139:13; Eccl. 12:1; Eph. 2:10); He is the Shepherd, they are
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