He hath borne witne (εκεινος μεμαρτυρηκεν). Εκεινος (that one; cf. 5:35,38), not αυτος. Perfect active indicative of μαρτυρεω, the…

The Father himself—hath borne witness of me. This God had done:

1. By the miracles which Jesus had performed, and of which he wa…

Has borne witness of Me.—The marginal reference interprets this testimony of the Father by the voices from heaven spoken at the Ba…

They were great Bible-readers, great students of the letter, but they would not come to Christ; and therefore the Scriptures themselves became a to…

St. John Chrysostom: He now brings proof for those high declarations about Himself. He answers an objection: If I bear wit…

The fourth witness is that of the Father. The allusion seems somewhat obscure, especially since Jesus disclaimed any visible or audible communicati…

And the Father who has sent me. To limit this statement, as some have done, to the voice which was heard at his baptism ([Reference Matthe…

And the Father himself, which has sent me
Not only the works he gave him to do, and which he did, but he himself in …

Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher test…

1. Having taught about the life-giving power of the Son, Jesus now confirms it. First, he confirms what he had said about the excellence of …