John 3:34 (WEB)
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Catechism · 3
The Sacrament of Confirmation
“He was conceived of the Holy Spirit; his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total communion with the Holy Spirit whom the Father gives him "without measure."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:34.
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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“From his conception, Christ's humanity is filled with the Holy Spirit, for God "gives him the Spirit without measure."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:34.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Jesus is Christ, "anointed," because the Spirit is his anointing, and everything that occurs from the Incarnation on derives from this fullness.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 3:34.
Fathers and councils · 23
Cyril of Jerusalem
“…word, I will pour forth, implied a rich gift; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure, for the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand; and He has given Him the power also of bestowing the grace of the All-holy Spirit on whomsoever He will);—I will pour forth of My Spirit unto all flesh, and…” — editor's note: John iii. 34, 35.
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John Chrysostom
“But who are these His “fellows” other than men? that is Christ received “not the Spirit by measure.” ( John iii. 34.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And well did he say, “greater and more perfect,” since God The Word and all the power of The Spirit dwells therein; “For God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto Him].” ( John iii. 34.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Emaciation displeases not us; for it is not by weight that God bestows flesh, any more than He does “the Spirit by measure.”” — editor's note: John iii. 34.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…is perhaps meant by the “bushel measure;” while eternal and spiritual things are confined within no such limit, “for God giveth not the Spirit by measure.”” — editor's note: John iii. 34; which words, however, are, as Augustin subsequently observed (Retract. I. xix. 3), applicable only to Christ.
Read the whole comment“But when John the Baptist said, “For God giveth not the Spirit by measure,” he was speaking exclusively of the Son of God, who received not the Spirit by measure; for in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead.” — editor's note: Chap. iii. 34.
Read the whole comment“…Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him out when He was present to the recognition of others;—I say nothing of these, as it might be replied that He ought not to have prayed for such when dead, who had gone hence with their great merits, and having met…” — editor's note: Chap. i. 19–36, and iii. 26–36.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…many such expressions are used in relation to this Community, and are expressed not positively but negatively; as, e.g., God giveth not the Spirit by measure, for as a matter of fact He does not give the Spirit to the Son, nor does He measure It, for God is not measured by God; or again, Not my transgression nor my…” — editor's note: John iii. 34.
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Aphrahat
“And Christ was in nothing injured, for it was not by measure that His Father gave unto Him the Spirit.” — editor's note: John iii. 34.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“Therefore, His Father gave Him the spirit not by measure, because all measures of the spirit are under his hand.” — editor's note: John iii. 34.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having said, And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth, to prevent any from supposing, that what he said was false, because only a few for the present believed, he adds, And no man receiveth his testimony;…
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Or thus; There is a people reserved for the wrath of God, and to be condemned with the devil; of whom none receiveth the testimony of Christ. And others there are ordained to eternal life. Mark how mankind are…
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i. e. hath shewn that God is true. This is to alarm them: for it is as much as saying, no one can disbelieve Christ without convicting God, Who sent Him, of falsehood: inasmuch as He speaks nothing but what is of the…
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Or, Hath put to his seal, i. e. hath put a seal on his heart, for a singular and special token, that this is the true God, Who suffered for the salvation of mankind.
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What is it, that God is true, except that God is true, and every man a liar? For no man can say what truth is, till he is enlightened by Him who cannot lie. God then is true, and Christ is God. Wouldest thou have…
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By Spirit here is meant the operation of the Holy Spirit. He wishes to shew that all of us have received the operation of the Spirit by measure, but that Christ contains within Himself the whole operation of the…
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Having said of the Son, God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him; he adds, The Father loveth the Son, and farther adds, and hath given all things into His hand; in order to shew that the Father loveth the Son,…
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The Father then hath given all things to the Son in respect of His divinity; of right, not of grace. Or; He hath given all things into His hand, in respect of His humanity: inasmuch as He is made Lord of all things…
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And because all things are in His hand, the life everlasting is too: and therefore it follows, He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.
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We must understand here not a faith in words only, but a faith which is developed in works.
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He means not here, that to believe on the Son is sufficient to gain everlasting life, for elsewhere He says, Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 7) And the…
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Nor does He say, The wrath of God cometh to him, but, abideth on him. For all who are born, are under the wrath of God, which the first Adam incurred. The Son of God came without sin, and was clothed with mortality:…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §504.
Cited together in Catechism §504.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §504.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.6.
Cited together in Catechism §504.