His writings (τοις εκεινου γραμμασιν). Dative case with πιστυετε. See Lu 16:31 for a like argument. The authority of Moses was the…

If you do not believe his writings. If you do not believe what he has written, which you profess to believe, it is not to be expected that…

The emphasis of the contrast here is not between “writings” and “words,” but between “his” and “My.” It is a repetition of the thought of the previ…

St. John Chrysostom: Since our Lord had mentioned John, the witness of God, and His own works, many who did not see that His m…

But if you do not believe his writings. Christ appears here to claim less authority for himself than for Moses. Yet we know that heave…

But if you believe not his writings
They believed them to be his writings, and that they were the word of God, and y…

Many trust in some form of doctrines or some parties, who no more enter into the real meaning of those doctrines, or the views of the persons whose…

1. After God confirmed the greatne of His power through the testimonies of men, of God Himself, and of the Scriptures, He here rebukes the J…