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Joh_8:45. Because I, on the contrary, speak the truth, ye believe me not
ἐγὼ δέ ] for the sake of strong emphasis, in opposition to the devil, placed at the beginning; and the causative ὅτι , a thoroughly tragical because, has its ground in the alien character of the relation between that which Jesus speaks and their devilish nature, to which latter a lie alone corresponds. Euth. Zigabenus aptly remarks: εἰ μὲν ἔλεγον ψεῦδος , ἐπιστεύσατέ μοι ἄν , ὡς τὸ ἴδιον τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν λέγοντι . To take the sentence as a question (Ewald) would weaken its tragical force.