John Gill Commentary John 8:50

John Gill Commentary

John 8:50

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

John 8:50

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth." — John 8:50 (ASV)

I seek not mine own glory
In his doctrine, or in his miracles; which showed that he was no impostor, but a true, faithful, and upright person; and though he was so very much reproached and abused, he was not over solicitous of his own character, and of retrieving his honour, and of securing glory from man; he knew that Wisdom was justified of her children, and he committed himself to God that judges righteously, who would take care of his glory, and vindicate him from all the unjust charges and insults of men:

there is one that seeks and judges ;
meaning God his Father, who has his glory at heart; who had glorified him on the mount, and would glorify him again, when he should raise him from the dead, and spread his Gospel in all the world; and when he would judge the nation of the Jews, and bring wrath upon them, upon their nation, city and temple, for their contempt and rejection of him.