John Calvin Commentary John 10:37

John Calvin Commentary

John 10:37

1509–1564
Protestant
John Calvin
John Calvin

John Calvin Commentary

John 10:37

1509–1564
Protestant
SCRIPTURE

"If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not." — John 10:37 (ASV)

If I do not the works. To prevent the Jews from replying that it was in vain for him to boast of sanctification, and of all that depended on it, he again draws their attention to his miracles, in which there was a sufficiently evident proof of his Divinity. This is in the form of a concession, as if he had said, “I do not wish you to be bound to give me credit on any other condition than that you see the fact plainly before your eyes. You may safely reject me, if God has not openly given testimony to me.”

The works of my Father. He calls them by this name, because those works were truly Divine, and because so great power shone in them, that they could not be ascribed to a man.