2025-06-04

June 4 ¶

Reading for Today:
今日读经：

1 Kings 17:1–18:46
列王纪上 17:1–18:46
Psalm 69:29-36
诗篇 69:29-36
Proverbs 17:27-28
箴言 17:27-28
John 13:21-38
约翰福音 13:21-38

Notes:
注解：

1 Kings 17:1 Elijah. His name means "the LORD is God." The prophet Elijah's ministry corresponded to his name: He was sent by God to confront Baalism and to declare to Israel that the Lord was God and there was no other. Tishbite. Elijah lived in a town called Tishbe, east of the Jordan River in the vicinity of the Jabbok River. not be dew nor rain. The autumn and spring rains and summer dew were necessities for the crops of Israel. The Lord had threatened to withhold these from the Land if His people turned from Him to serve other gods (Lev. 26:18, 19; Deut. 11:16, 17; 28:23, 24). Elijah had prayed for the drought (James 5:17) and God answered. It lasted 3 years and 6 months. The drought proved that Baal, the god of the rains and fertility, was impotent before the Lord.
列王纪上 17:1 以利亚。 他的名字意思是"耶和华是神"。先知以利亚的事工与他的名字相符：他被神差遣去对抗巴力崇拜，向以色列宣告耶和华是神，除他以外再无别神。提斯比人。 以利亚住在一个叫提斯比的城，位于约但河东，雅博河附近。必无露水，无雨。 秋雨春雨和夏天的露水是以色列庄稼的必需品。耶和华曾威胁说，若他的百姓离弃他去事奉别神，他就要断绝这些（利26:18, 19；申11:16, 17；28:23, 24）。以利亚为干旱祷告（雅5:17），神应允了。干旱持续了三年六个月。这场干旱证明了巴力这个雨水和生育之神在耶和华面前是无能的。

1 Kings 18:3 Obadiah. His name means "servant of the LORD." He was the manager of Ahab's royal palace and a devout worshiper of the Lord, who had demonstrated his devotion to the Lord by protecting 100 of the Lord's prophets from death by Jezebel (vv. 4, 13), which had put him on tenuous ground with Ahab.
列王纪上 18:3 俄巴底。 他的名字意思是"耶和华的仆人"。他是亚哈王宫的总管，是虔诚敬拜耶和华的人，曾保护一百个耶和华的先知免被耶洗别杀害（4、13节），以此显明他对耶和华的忠心，这使他与亚哈的关系变得微妙。

1 Kings 18:12 the Spirit of the LORD will carry you. The servant had been asked to tell Ahab Elijah was present to speak with him (vv. 7, 18), but he was afraid because Ahab was seeking Elijah so intensely. Since Elijah had disappeared from sight earlier (17:5), Obadiah was afraid that the Holy Spirit would carry Elijah away again (2 Kin. 2:16) and the irrational Ahab would kill him for the false report of Elijah's presence.
列王纪上 18:12 耶和华的灵必将你提去。 这仆人被要求告诉亚哈以利亚在此要与他说话（7、18节），但他害怕，因为亚哈正在拼命寻找以利亚。由于以利亚之前已经消失不见（17:5），俄巴底担心圣灵会再次将以利亚提走（王下2:16），而失去理智的亚哈会因为他虚报以利亚在此而杀死他。

1 Kings 18:21 falter between two opinions. Literally, limp along on or between two twigs. Israel had not totally rejected the Lord, but was seeking to combine worship of Him with the worship of Baal. The issue posed by Elijah was that Israel had to choose who was God, the Lord or Baal, and then serve God wholeheartedly. Rather than decide by his message, Elijah sought a visible sign from heaven.
列王纪上 18:21 心持两意。 字面意思是在两根树枝上或之间跛行。以色列并没有完全弃绝耶和华，而是想要将对他的敬拜与对巴力的敬拜结合起来。以利亚提出的问题是以色列必须选择谁是神——是耶和华还是巴力，然后全心事奉神。以利亚不是通过信息让人决定，而是寻求从天而来的明显神迹。

1 Kings 18:24 the God who answers by fire. Since Baal's followers believed that he controlled the thunder, lightning, and storms, and the Lord's followers declared the same (Ps. 18:14; 29:3–9; 104:3), this would prove to be a fair test to show who was God.
列王纪上 18:24 那降火显应的神。 既然巴力的跟从者相信巴力掌管雷电、闪电和风暴，而耶和华的跟从者也宣告同样的事（诗18:14；29:3-9；104:3），这将是一个公平的试验，显明谁是真神。

John 13:26 He gave it to Judas Iscariot. The host at a feast (whose role was filled by Jesus) would dip into a common bowl and pull out a particularly tasty bit and pass it to a guest as a special mark of honor or friendship. Because Jesus passed it so easily to Judas, it has been suggested that he was seated near the Lord in a place of honor. Jesus was demonstrating a final gesture of His love for Judas even though he would betray Him.
约翰福音 13:26 就递给加略人犹大。 筵席的主人（这个角色由耶稣担任）会蘸进公用的碗里，取出特别美味的一点递给客人，作为特别的荣誉或友谊的记号。因为耶稣很容易就递给了犹大，有人认为犹大坐在主的附近，是荣誉的位置。耶稣这是在表达他对犹大最后的爱的举动，尽管犹大要出卖他。

John 13:34 A new commandment...as I have loved you. The commandment to love was not new. Deuteronomy 6:5 commanded love for God and Leviticus 19:18 commanded loving one's neighbor as oneself (Matt. 22:34–40; Rom. 13:8–10; Gal. 5:14; James 2:8). However, Jesus' command regarding love presented a distinctly new standard for two reasons: 1) it was sacrificial love modeled after His love (as I loved you; 15:13), and 2) it is produced through the New Covenant by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit (Jer. 31:29–34; Ezek. 36:24–26; Gal. 5:22).
约翰福音 13:34 新命令...我怎样爱你们。 爱的命令并不新。申命记6:5命令爱神，利未记19:18命令爱邻舍如己（太22:34-40；罗13:8-10；加5:14；雅2:8）。然而，耶稣关于爱的命令提出了一个明显新的标准，有两个原因：1）这是照着他的爱为榜样的舍己之爱（我怎样爱你们；15:13），2）这是通过新约，藉着圣灵变化的大能产生的（耶31:29-34；结36:24-26；加5:22）。

DAY 4: How do scholars conclude that the expression "whom Jesus loved" was John's way of referring to himself?
第四天：学者们如何断定"耶稣所爱的"这个表达是约翰指代自己的方式？

Three obvious clues about John's Gospel help identify the unnamed disciple who called himself the disciple "whom Jesus loved" (13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20).
约翰福音中的三个明显线索有助于确认那个称自己为"耶稣所爱的"门徒（13:23；19:26；20:2；21:7, 20）的无名门徒的身份。

Early church fathers invariably identify the apostle John as the author of this Gospel. John is frequently mentioned by the other Gospel writers as an active participant among the disciples of Jesus, yet John's name is absent from the fourth Gospel.
早期教父们一致认定使徒约翰是这卷福音书的作者。其他福音书作者经常提到约翰是耶稣门徒中的积极参与者，然而约翰的名字在第四卷福音书中却没有出现。

If four people take a trip together and each carries a camera, the group-shots each person takes will naturally not include them. In fact, someone else could probably guess who took which pictures by which member of the group was absent. The Gospel of John functions this way—John's absence by name shouts his presence.
如果四个人一起旅行，每人都带着照相机，每个人拍的合影自然不会包括他们自己。事实上，别人很可能通过哪个成员没有出现在照片中来猜出是谁拍的照片。约翰福音就是这样运作的——约翰名字的缺席恰恰宣告了他的存在。

As for his signature phrase, the words "whom Jesus loved" convey both a sense of the apostle's humility and the depth of his relationship to Jesus. The phrase doesn't mean that John thought of himself as the only disciple Jesus loved. It simply expresses with disarming honesty the wonder of this disciple over the fact that the Lord loved him!
至于他的特有表达，"耶稣所爱的"这句话既传达了使徒的谦卑感，也表达了他与耶稣关系的深度。这个短语并不意味着约翰认为自己是耶稣所爱的唯一门徒。它只是以令人动容的诚实表达了这个门徒对主爱他这一事实的惊叹！

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