THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN - Chapter 1 - Verse 45

Moses, in the law. Moses, in that part of the Old Testament which he wrote, called by the Jews the law. See De 18:15,18

Ge 49:10; 3:15. And the prophets, Isaiah 53:1-12; 9:6,7; Da 9:24-27; Jeremiah 13:5,6; &c.

Jesus of Nazareth

, &c. They spoke according to common apprehension. They spoke of him as the son of Joseph because he was commonly supposed to be. They spoke of him as dwelling at Nazareth, though they might not have been ignorant that he was born at Bethlehem.

{l} "Moses in the law" Lu 24:27,44