24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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Jesus 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?
But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-25)Here Christ discourses concerning hatred , which is the character and genius of the devil’s kingdom, as love is of the kingdom of Christ. Observe here, I. Who they are in whom this hatred is found—the world, the children of this world, as distinguished from the children of God; those who are in the interests of the god of this world, whose image they bear, and whose power they are subject to; all…
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