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Joh_8:13-14. This great declaration the Pharisees present ( οἱ Φαρισ .) cannot leave unchallenged; they, however, cleverly enough, while avoiding dealing with its real substance, bring against it a formal objection; comp. Joh_5:31. Jesus replies, that the rule of law referred to does not apply to His witness regarding Himself, as He testified concerning Himself, not in His own human individuality, but in the conscious certainty of His having been sent from, and being about to return to, heaven—a relation which is, of course, unknown to His opponents, who therefore reject His testimony. The refutation lies in the fact that God is able, without any departure from truth, to testify concerning Himself.
κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτ ., κ . τ . λ .] not: even though I (Lücke), nor: although I, etc. (B. Crusius), for both would require ἐὰν καί ; but: even if, i.e. even in case (adeo tum, si), if I for my part ( ἐγώ ), etc. See Klotz, ad Devar. p. 519; Stallb. ad Plat. Apol. p. 32 A; Baeumlein, Partik. p. 151.
ποῦ ὑπάγω ] through death, Joh_7:33.
ἔρχομαι ] ἦλθον was previously used of the historical moment of the past; here, however, the Praes., in using which Jesus means His continuous coming forward as the ambassador of God. Comp. Joh_3:31. The latter represents it more as a matter of the present.
ἤ ] not again καί , because the two points are conceived, not as before copulatively, but alternatively (“whether I speak of the one or the other, you do not know it”); comp. 1Co_11:27. The latter is more expressive, because it is disjunctive.