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Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works` sake.
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Two Paths to Belief
Jesus provides two foundations for faith in His unity with the Father. The first is His personal testimony—He asks the disciples to trust His word. The second, as commentators like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott note, is the undeniable evidence of His miracles. If His words are difficult to accept on their own, His works serve as powerful, tangible proof of His divine nature.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Believe me, and so forth. Believe My declarations that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me. There were two grounds on which they migh…
Believe me (πιστευετε μο). Repeated appeal (present active imperative of πιστευω) as in 14:1 to his disciples and as he had done w…
19th Century
Anglican
Believe me that I am in the Father.—He now passes from Philip and addresses Himself to the whole body of the apostles. He…
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Baptist
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that …
Furthermore, if a personality must be employed to represent God, that personality cannot be less than God and do him justice, nor can it be so far …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me , &c.] Take my word for the truth of this; you may assure y…
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Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Do not be cast down and disquieted. Upon the word heart. Let yo…
13th Century
Catholic
Here our Lord clears up a confusion in one of the disciples:
First, we see what the confusion was.
Second, it is re…
