These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
- BSB Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- NKJV These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
- NASB These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke about Him.
- NLT Isaiah was referring to Jesus when he said this, because he saw the future and spoke of the Messiah’s glory.
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Quick answer
John says Isaiah saw Christ's glory and spoke of Him. It is a striking testimony to the pre-existence and deity of Jesus.
Overview
John identifies the glorious LORD whom Isaiah beheld in the temple vision (Isaiah 6) as Christ Himself. This implies that the eternal Son shares the very glory of Yahweh and was the object of Old Testament worship. It is one of the New Testament's clearest affirmations that Jesus is fully God, present and glorious throughout redemptive history.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 6:1–5In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
- Isa 6:9–10And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
- John 1:14And 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.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- John 14:9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
- Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Rev 19:10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
- Acts 10:43To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
- Exod 33:18–23And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
- 1 Pet 1:11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
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