57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. …
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-59)Whether this conference was with the Capernaites, in whose synagogue Christ now was, or with those who came from the other side of the sea, is not certain nor material; however, it is an instance of Christ’s condescension that he gave them leave to ask him questions, and did not resent the interruption as an affront, no, not from his common hearers, though not his immediate followers. Those that w…
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