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You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
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Confronting Inconsistency
Commentators explain that Jesus is highlighting the Jewish leaders' hypocrisy. They officially sent messengers to John the Baptist, treating him as a credible prophet, but then completely disregarded his clear testimony pointing to Jesus as the Messiah. As John Calvin notes, their own malice prevented them from believing.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ye sent unto John. See John 1:19.
He bare witness, and so forth. This testimony of John ought to have satisfied t…
Ye have sent (υμεις απεσταλκατε). Emphatic use of υμεις (ye) and perfect active indicative of αποστελλω, official and permanent fa…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye sent . . .—Both verbs are perfects. Better, therefore, You have sent; He has borne witness. The pronoun “ye” …
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Baptist
They were great Bible-readers, great students of the letter, but they would not come to Christ; and therefore the Scriptures themselves became a to…
“You have sent to John” is obviously a reference to the delegation sent from the Jewish rulers to John the Baptist when he was preaching in the Jud…
16th Century
Protestant
You sent to John. Before producing the testimony of God, he presses them with the answer of John, from which they could not honor…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You sent to John The sanhedrim at Jerusalem made a deputation of priests and Levites to him, to know who he was, whe…
Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher test…
13th Century
Catholic
Having taught about the life-giving power of the Son, Jesus now confirms it. First, he confirms what he had said about the excellence of …
