50And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
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I receive not honour from men.
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. …
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. …
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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