38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: …
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. …
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. …
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-47)In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah. I. He sets aside his own testimony of himself (John 5:31): “ If I bear witness of myself , though it is infallibly true (John 8:14), yet, according to the common rule of judgment among men, you will not admit it as legal proof , nor allow it to be given in…
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