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Joh_3:33. Αὐτοῦ ] placed before for emphasis: His witness, correlative with the following ὁ θεός .
ἐσθράγισεν ] has, by this receiving, sealed, i.e. confirmed, ratified as an act. For this figurative usage, see Joh_6:27; Rom_4:11; Rom_15:28; 1Co_9:2; 2Co_1:22; Eph_1:13; Jacobs, ad Anthol. ix. pp. 22, 144, 172.
ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀληθ . ἐστιν ] In the reception of the witness of Jesus there is manifested on man’s part the practical ratification of the truthfulness of God, the human “yea verily” in answer to the proposition “God is true,” because Jesus (see Joh_3:34) is the ambassador and interpreter of God. The non-reception of that witness, whereby it is declared untrue, would be a rejection of the divine truthfulness, the “nay” to that proposition. Comp. 1Jn_5:10. Reference to O. T. promises (Luthardt) is remote from the context.