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Yea and if I judge (kai ean krinō de egō). “And even if I pass judgment.” Condition of third class again.
True (ale4thine4). See Joh 1:9 for alēthinos, genuine, soundly based (cf. dikaia in Joh 5:30), “satisfying our perfect conception” (Westcott), not merely true (alēthes) in the particular facts (Joh 8:14).
For I am not alone (hoti monos ouk eimi). Jesus now takes up the technical criticism in Joh 8:13 after justifying his right to speak concerning himself.
But I and the Father that sent me (all egō kai ho pempsas me patēr). See Joh 16:32 for a like statement about the Father being with Christ. It is not certain that patēr is genuine here (omitted by Aleph D, but in B L W), but the Father is clearly meant as in Joh 7:18, Joh 7:33. Jesus gives the Father as the second witness.