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The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
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The Father's Witness
Commentators note that the Father's witness to Jesus is multifaceted. It includes the miracles Christ performed, the audible voice from heaven at His baptism, the prophecies of the Old Testament, and what one scholar calls the 'witness of the Father in the heart of the believers.' This shows that God testified to His Son comprehensively, not just through a single event.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Father himself—hath borne witness of me. This God had done:
He hath borne witness (εκεινος μεμαρτυρηκεν). Εκεινος (that one; cf. 5:35,38), not αυτος. Perfect active indicative of μαρτυρεω, t…
19th Century
Anglican
Has borne witness of Me.—The marginal reference interprets this testimony of the Father by the voices from heaven spoken at the Ba…
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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…
The fourth witness is that of the Father. The allusion seems somewhat obscure, especially since Jesus disclaimed any visible or audible communicati…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Father who has sent me. To limit this statement, as some have done, to the voice which was heard at his baptism ([Reference Matthe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Father himself, which has sent me Not only the works he gave him to do, and which he did, but he himself in …
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 …
