Who art thou? (Συ τις ει; ). Proleptic use of συ before τις, "Thou, who art thou?" Cf. 1:19. He had virtually claimed to be the Me…

Who art thou? As Jesus did not expressly say in the previous verse that he was the Messiah, they professed still not to understand him. In…

Then they said to him, “Who are you?”—They ask the question in the tone of scorn which they have already expressed in Joh…

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, h…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Our Lord had said, If you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins. In response, the…

The question asked by the Pharisees shows their exasperation with Jesus’ hints and seemingly extravagant claims. The crowd had ventured many gue es…

From the beginning. Those who translate the words τὴν ἀρχὴν as if they were in the nominative case, I am the beginning, and as if…

Then said they unto him, who are you ?
&c.] That talks at this rate, and threatens with death, in case of unbelief; …

Those who live in unbelief are forever undone if they die in unbelief. The Jews belonged to this present evil world, but Jesus was of a heavenly an…

1. After our Lord showed His special position with respect to light, He here reveals the effect of this light: that it frees us from darkne …