John Bengel Commentary - John 8:19 - 8:19

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John Bengel Commentary - John 8:19 - 8:19


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Joh 8:19. [221] ΠΟῦ, where) They ask, where, in order that they may know whence Jesus has come, having been sent by the Father.-οὔτε ἐμέ, neither Me) Jesus does not at once answer directly to the Jews’ interrogatory, where is Thy Father? but follows up the line of discourse He began, and at the same time, however, prepares the way for making a reply. For He shows the perversity of their interrogation, and teaches them, that they must first know the Son, whom they see and hear in the flesh, if they wish to know the Father. For when the Son is known, the Father is known: comp. Joh 8:16, “I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent Me;” Joh 8:18, “I am one that bear witness, and the Father that sent Me beareth witness of Me,” wherein the Son is named before the Father. Add Mat 11:27, “Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him;” and below, ch. Joh 14:9, “Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father: and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me?” He shows plainly where the Father is, at Joh 8:23, “I am from above.” And also in this passage, when asked as to the Father, He answers as to Himself; presently after, in turn, when asked Himself, He answers as to the Father; Joh 8:25; Joh 8:27, “They said, Who art Thou? Jesus saith-Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning;-they understood not that He spake to them of the Father;” because Himself and the Father are one.-καί, also) Comp. ch. 14. [Joh 8:7] “If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also; and from henceforth ye both know Him and have seen Him.”-ᾔδειτε ἄν, ye should have known) So that there should be no need for you to inquire, where He is. This passage contains a most clear testimony concerning the unity of the Father and of the Son: wherefore at Joh 8:20 [27?] it is described as something wonderful, that they did not understand Jesus.

[221] Ver. 18, καί, and) Here the two that bear witness are mentioned expressly: there is to be added the testimony of a third, the Holy Spirit.-V. g.