49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
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Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. …
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 48-50)Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having shown themselves uneasy when he complained ( John 8:43 , 47 ) that they would not hear him, now at length they fall to downright railing, John 8:48. They were not the common people, but, a…
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