John Bengel Commentary - John 16:9 - 16:9

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John Bengel Commentary - John 16:9 - 16:9


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Joh 16:9. Περὶ ἁμαρτίας, concerning sin) He is speaking not of sin generally, but concerning the sin of unbelief, ch. Joh 15:22, “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin,” etc., which sin is an aberration from the primitive truth; ch. Joh 8:46, “Which of you convinceth me of sin?” [i.e. that I am in error, and have wandered from the truth: He appeals to their conscience]. And again, unbelief is the confluence of all sins, and the worst of them all, Mat 10:15, note, “It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha than,” etc. Therefore not to believe the Gospel, is worse than to imitate the men of Sodom. Through it a man departs from (falls short of) all the will of God. Heb 3:12, “Take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.”-ὅτι) [because, Engl. Vers.], namely that; and so in the following verses, as is evident from the conjugates (κρίσεως-κέκριται),[363] in Joh 16:11.

[363] Κρίσεως-ὅτι, κέκριται, of judgment, namely, that the Prince of the world is judged,” which show that the sentence in each case following ὅτι is not assigning the reason because of which, but is setting forth the subject, concerning which the reproof is given, more in detail.-E. and T.