47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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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