John 1:11 (WEB)
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
As quoted in the map (KJV)
John 1:11 (KJV)
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Key words
- εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθενeis ta idia ēlthen · Greek
- 'He came unto his own' — ta idia, 'his own things,' means his own people and home, not a house.
- οἱ ἴδιοιhoi idioi · Greek
- 'his own' — his own people.
Why it matters
The Word came 'to his own,' and his own did not receive him. Pitre cites this as the parallel that fixes the meaning of John 19:27 (p 162): when the disciple took Mary 'to his own' (eis ta idia), John did not write 'home' (oikos) but the broader word for what is one's own — family, people, possessions. The disciple takes Mary as his own mother.
Catechism · 1
“The flight into Egypt and the massacre of the innocents make manifest the opposition of darkness to the light: "He came to his own home, and his own people received him not."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 1:11.
Fathers and councils · 44
Irenaeus of Lyons
“He came unto His own [things], and His own [people] received Him not.”” — editor's note: John i. 10, 11.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And beneath He says, “The world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not; He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.”” — editor's note: John i. 10, 11.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For He was in the world, and the world was made by Him; and He came unto His own, as the Gospel teaches us.” — editor's note: John i. 10, 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But that “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” — editor's note: Ibid. i. 11.
Read the whole comment“For “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not,” yet, in the midst of them, “as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God.”…” — editor's note: John i. 11, 12.
Read the whole comment“What, then, is that which the same evangelist says concerning Him, “He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not;” and then he adds, “He came unto His own?”” — editor's note: John i. 10, 11
Read the whole comment“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.”” — editor's note: John i. 1–14
Read the whole comment“Thus then was the Lord received as a guest, “who came unto His own, and His own received Him not: but as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God:” adopting servants, and making them brethren; redeeming captives, and making them co-heirs.” — editor's note: John i. 11, 12.
Read the whole comment““He gave them” then “power to become the sons of God, to them that believe in His Name; who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”” — editor's note: John i. 11–14.
Read the whole comment““He came unto His Own, and His Own received Him not.”” — editor's note: John i. 11.
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Ambrose of Milan
“It is Truth, Righteousness, the Power of God: not dumb, for it is the Word; not insensible, for it is Wisdom; not vain and foolish, for it is Power; not soulless, for it is the Life; not dead, for it is the Resurrection.” — editor's note: Christ the Word: S. John i. 1–18. Wisdom: 1 Cor. i. 24, 30. Life and Resurrection: S. John xi. 25.
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John Chrysostom
“So that this is rather “the reproach of Christ” than of Moses inasmuch as He suffered these things from “His own.” ( John i. 11.)” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“For this is no reproach against Him, but an accusation of those who received Him not. ( c. i. 11.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“St. John calls them “His own,” in respect of personal attachment, since he calls others also “His own,” in respect of the work of creation; as when he saith, “His own received Him not.” ( c. i. 11.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…his own person, doth not so, but leadeth up his language to greater sublimity, saying, “All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made” ( c. i. 3, 4, 9, 11 ); and that He was “Life”; and that He was “Light”; and that “He came to His own”: he saith not, that He would not have had power, had He not…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“What then, when it saith, “He came to His own”? ( c. i. 11 .)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Seest thou the children of the devil, how they speak out of the fountain of their father, alienating the work of creation from God: while John cries out, “He came unto His own,” and, “The world was made by Him?”” — editor's note: John i. 11, 10.
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Tertullian
“…prophecy—so completely failed, after the transfer of the whole Spirit to the Lord, that he presently sent to inquire whether He whom he had himself preached, whom he had pointed out when coming to him, were “HE.”” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 11, 12; John i. 6–36.
Read the whole comment“…course of the end up to the beginning; so that every economy, ending in Him through whom it began,—through the Word of God, that is, who was made flesh,—may have an end correspondent to its beginning.” — editor's note: See John i. 1–14.
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John Cassian
“But the Evangelist John also says: “He came unto his own, and His own received Him not.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in His name.”” — editor's note: John i. 11.
Read the whole comment“As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God who believe on His name.”” — editor's note: John i. 11, 12.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” — editor's note: St. John i. 1–14.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“If a stranger fall at your feet, homeless and a foreigner, welcome in him Him who for your sake was a stranger, and that among His own, and who came to dwell in you by His grace, and who drew you towards the heavenly dwelling place.” — editor's note: John i. 11.
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Aphrahat
“Clearly Christ, Whose light shone in the midst of the people of the house of Israel, and the people of the house of Israel did not comprehend the light of Christ, in that they did not believe on Him, as it is written:—He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” — editor's note: John i. 11.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
When He said that the world knew Him not, he referred to the times of the old dispensation, but what follows has reference to the time of his preaching; He came unto his own.
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Because all things were made by Him.
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By his own, understand either the world, or Judæa, which He had chosen for His inheritance.
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He came then unto His own, not for His own good, but for the good of others. But whence did He Who fills all things, and is every where present, come? He came out of condescension to us, though in reality He had been…
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But if none at all received, none will be saved. For no one will he saved, but he who received Christ at His coming; and therefore he adds, As many as received Him.
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Whether they be bond or free, Greek or Barbarian, wise or unwise, women or men, the young or the aged, all are made meet for the honour, which the Evangelist now proceeds to mention. To them gave He power to become…
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O amazing goodness! He was born the Only Son, yet would not remain so; but grudged not to admit joint heirs to His inheritance. Nor was this narrowed by many partaking of it.
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He saith not that He made them the sons of God, but gave them power to become the sons of God: shewing that there is need of much care, to preserve the image, which is formed by our adoption in Baptism, untarnished:…
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Or the meaning is, that the most perfect sonship will only be attained at the resurrection, as saith the Apostle, Waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Rom. 8:23) He therefore gave us the…
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And because in the matter of these ineffable benefits, the giving of grace belongs to God, but the extending of faith to man, He subjoins, even to those who believe on his name. Why then declarest thou not, John, the…
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To be made then the sons of God, and brothers of Christ, they must of course be born; for if they are not born, how can they be sons? Now the sons of men are born of flesh and blood, and the will of man, and the…
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It should be understood that in holy Scripture, blood in the plural number, has the signification of sin: thus in the Psalms Deliver me from blood-guiltinessp. (Ps. 51:14).
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In that which follows, Nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, the flesh is put for the female; because, when she was made out of the rib, Adam said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.…
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The carnal birth of men derives its origin from the embrace of wedlock, but the spiritual is dispensed by the grace of the Holy Spirit.
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The Evangelist makes this declaration, that being taught the vileness and inferiority of our former birth, which is through blood, and the will of the flesh, and understanding the loftiness and nobleness of the…
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 9.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius IV.13.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Catechism §530.
Cited together in Catechism §530.