John 8:16

ἀληθινή (BDLTX) for ἀληθής (from John 8:13-14).

16. καὶ ἐὰν κρ. δὲ ἐγώ. But even if I should judge, like ‘even if I should bear witness’ (John 8:14). ‘I judge no man; not because I have no authority, but because judging is not what I came to do. Even if I do in exceptional cases judge, My judgment is a genuine and authoritative one (see on John 1:9), not the mock sentence of an impostor. It is the sentence not of a mere man, nor even of one with a divine commission yet acting independently; but of One sent by God acting in union with His Sender.’ Comp. John 5:30. For καὶ … δέ comp. John 8:17; John 6:51; John 15:27; 1 John 1:3; Matthew 16:18; Acts 22:29; Hebrews 9:21; 2 Peter 1:5. It is important to note which of the two conjunctions connects the clauses and leads: here and John 15:27 it is δέ, but in John 6:51 καί. See on John 8:31.