John 1:17
Because the matan Torah (giving of the Torah) was graciously bestowed through Moshe, + 1:17 Rabbeinu; Dt 32:46; Ex 31:18; 34:28 but Chesed and Emes of Hashem came through [Rebbe], Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua. + 1:17 Ex 34:6; Ps 25:10; 40:11; 85:11; Yn 1:49
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In Context
16For from the kol melo (all the plentitude) of him we all received Chesed upon Chesed.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15And I will put eivah + 3:15 enmity, Midrash Rabbah 23:5 between thee and HaIsha, + 3:15 See HaAlmah, Isa 7:14 1 and between thy zera and her Zera; 1 He shall crush thy rosh, 1 and thou shalt strike His akev (heel).
Exodus 20:1Then Elohim spoke all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 5:1And Moshe called kol Yisroel, and said unto them, Shema, Yisroel, to the chukkim and mishpatim which I speak in your ears today, that ye may learn them, and be shomer to do them.
Psalms 85:10Surely His salvation is karov (near) them that fear Him; 1 that kavod may dwell in Artzeinu (our land). 1
Psalms 98:3He hath remembered His chesed 1 and His emes toward the Bais Yisroel; 1 all the ends of ha'aretz 1 have seen the Yeshu'at Eloheinu (salvation of our G-d). 1
Luke 1:54Hashem helped his servant Yisroel, in remembrance of his rachamim (mercy),
Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19
John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →