John 3:35. The Father loveth the Son. There is a continual heightening of the thought and expression. We read of Him ‘that cometh from above,' Him ‘that cometh out of heaven,' Him ‘whom God sent,' ‘the Son,' whom ‘the Father loveth.' In John 3:17 we read that the Father sent the Son to save the world, because He ‘so loved the world' (John 3:16): here we read of the love of the Father towards the Son who thus gave Himself for the accomplishment of the purpose of the Father. From chap. John 10:17 it seems probable that it is of this love that we must understand the verse of a love, therefore, referring to the work of redemption, not to the essential relation of the Son to the Father (comp. note on John 5:20).

And hath given all things into his hand. From perfect love follows perfect communication not of ‘the words of God only (John 3:34), but of all things possessed. The Father has given all things into the Son's hand. Whatsoever the Son speaks or gives or does, is spoken, given, done, by the Father.

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