24This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
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And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; …
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-25)In these verses, we have, I. The conference Christ had with Peter concerning John, the beloved disciple, in which we have, 1. The eye Peter cast upon him (John 21:20): Peter, in obedience to his Master’s orders, followed him, and turning about , pleased with the honours his Master now did him, he sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following likewise. Observe here, (1.) How John is described. He do…
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