43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. …
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. …
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
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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