46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
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For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-47)Here Christ and the Jews are still at issue; he sets himself to convince and convert them, while they still set themselves to contradict and oppose him. I. He here traces the difference between his sentiments and theirs to a different rise and origin (John 8:38): I speak that which I have seen with my Father , and you do what you have seen with your father . Here are two fathers spoken of, accordi…
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