Robertson Word Pictures - John 5:43 - 5:43

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Robertson Word Pictures - John 5:43 - 5:43


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In my Father’s name (en tōi onomati tou patros mou). Seven times Jesus in John speaks of the “Name” of the Father (Joh 5:43; Joh 10:25; Joh 12:28; Joh 17:6, Joh 17:11, Joh 17:12, Joh 17:26). See Joh 1:12 for use of onoma (Luk 1:49).

And ye receive me not (kai ou lambanete me). “And yet ye do not receive me,” as in Joh 5:40, “the Gospel of the Rejection” (Joh 1:11; Joh 3:11, Joh 3:32; Joh 12:37) often applied to the Fourth Gospel.

If another come (ean allos elthēi). Condition of third class (ean and second aorist active subjunctive of erchomai). Note allos, not heteros, like allon Iēsoun in 2Co 11:4. Similar prophecies occur in Mar 13:6, Mar 13:22 (Mat 24:5, Mat 24:24), all general in character like Antichrist in 2Th 2:8-12. There is no occasion for a reference to any individual like Barcochba (about a.d. 134) as Pfleiderer and Schmiedel hold. These Messianic upstarts all come “in their own name” and always find a following.

Him ye will receive (ekeinon lēmpsesthe). “That one,” whoever he is, as Jesus said. Future active indicative of lambanō. Credulous about the false Messiahs, incredulous about Christ.