John Bengel Commentary - John 5:19 - 5:19

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John Bengel Commentary - John 5:19 - 5:19


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Joh 5:19. Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, verily, verily, I say unto you) This affirmation is thrice used in this discourse, Joh 5:24-25.-ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ οὐδέν, nothing of Himself) This is matter of glory, not an imperfection. It cannot happen, that the Son should do anything of Himself, or that He should judge, will, testify, or teach anything separately from the Father, Joh 5:30, etc.; ch. Joh 6:38, “For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me;” Joh 7:16-17; Joh 7:28, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me. If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself.-I am not come of Myself, but lie that sent Me is true;” Joh 12:49, “I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak;” Joh 14:10, “I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: the words that I speak unto you, I speak not of Myself; but the Father, that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works:” or that He should be believed in, and seen separately from the Father;” ch. Joh 12:44, “He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me.” These declarations proceeded from His intimate sense of unity, by nature and by love, with the Father. The Lord defended the work, which He had done on the Sabbath, by the example of His Father, from which He does not depart. So concerning the Holy Spirit, ch. Joh 16:13, “The Spirit of truth-shall not speak of Himself: but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:” where also an antithesis follows, most closely resembling this passage. But the devil speaketh of his own, ch. Joh 8:44 : and it is a characteristic of a false teacher to come in his own name, and to speak or act on the promptings of his own heart: ch. Joh 5:43, “I am come in My Father’s name, and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive;” Num 16:28, [Moses to Korah, Dathan, etc.] “The Lord hath sent me to do all these works: for I have not done them of my own mind;” Num 24:13, [Balaam] “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak.”-ταῦτα) these things all, and these alone: [which are not at all liable to be slandered.-V. g.]-ὁμοίως) likewise, forthwith.