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Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don`t believe. The works that I do in my Father`s name, these testify about me.
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A Twofold Witness
Commentators explain that Jesus points to two forms of undeniable evidence: his words and his works. He had already taught things that identified him as the Messiah (e.g., being the Son of God), and his miracles, performed by the Father's power, served as divine confirmation. Scholars note that their unbelief was a rejection of this clear, twofold testimony.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I told you. It is not recorded that Jesus had told them in so many words that he was the Christ, but he had used expressions designed to c…
I told you, and you believe not (ειπον υμιν κα ου πιστευετε). It was useless to say more. In 7:14-10:18 Jesus had shown that he wa…
19th Century
Anglican
I told you, and you believed not.—Better, and you believe not, as all the best manuscripts. Here, as in John 8:2…
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Baptist
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself…
16th Century
Protestant
I have told you. Our Lord Jesus does not conceal that he is the Christ, yet he does not teach them as if they were willing to learn. Inste…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not He has often said, what amounted to it, in his ministry and do…
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All who have anything to say to Christ may find him in the temple. Christ would have us believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his m…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that he has the power to give life and demonstrating his manner of doing so, our Lord here shows how this power to give lif…
