John 10:38

But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. BUT IF I DO, THOUGH YE BELIEVE NOT ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS. There was in Christ's words, independently of any BUT IF I DO, THOUGH YE BELIEVE NOT ME, BELIEVE THE WORKS. There was in Christ's words, independently of any miracles, a self-evidencing truth, majesty, and grace, which those who had any spiritual susceptibility were unable to resist (; ). But, for those who wanted this, "the works" were a mighty help. When these failed, the case was desperate indeed. THAT YE MAY KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN HIM - thus reiterating His claim to essential oneness with the Father, which He had only seemed to so...

38._But if I do. _He shows that they are held plainly convicted of unbelieving and sacrilegious contempt, because they render no reverence or honor (304) to what are undoubtedly the works of God. This is a second concession, when he says, “Though I allow you to doubt of my doctrine, you cannot deny, at least, that the miracles which I have performed are from God. You therefore openly reject God, and not a man.” _That you may know and believe. _Though he places _knowledge _before faith, as if _faith _were inferior to it, he does so, because he has to do with unbelieving and obstinate men, who never yield to God, until they are vanquished and constrained by experience; for rebels wish to _know _before they _believe _And yet our gracious God indulges us so far, that he prepares us for _faith _by a _knowledge _of his works. But the _knowledge _of God and of his secret

31-38 Christ's works of power and mercy proclaim him to be over all, God blessed for evermore, that all may know and believe He is in the Father, and the Father in Him. Whom the Father sends, he sanctifies. The holy God will reward, and therefore will employ, none but such as he makes holy. The Father was in the Son, so that by Divine power he wrought his miracles; the Son was so in the Father, that he knew the whole of His mind. This we cannot by searching find out to perfection, but we may know and believe these declarations of Christ....

Verse 38. _BELIEVE THE WORKS_] Though ye do not now credit what I have said to you, yet consider my works, and then ye will see that these works prove that _I am in the Father and the Father in me_; and, consequently, that _I and the Father are one_. This seems to be the force of our Lord's argument; and every man must see and feel that it is conclusive. There was no possibility of weakening the force of this reasoning but by asserting that these miracles were not wrought by the power of God; and then they must have _proved_ that not only _a man_, but a _bad man_, such as they said Jesus was, could work these miracles. As this was impossible, then the argument of Christ had a complete triumph....

JESUS ANSWERED THEM - The answer of Jesus consists of two parts. The first John 10:34 shows that they ought not to object to his use of the word God, even if he were no more than a man. The second John 10:37 repeats substantially what he had before said, left the same impression, and in proof of it he appealed to his works. John 10:34 IN YOUR LAW - Psalms 82:6. The word “law” here, is used to include the Old Testament. I SAID - The Psalmist said, or God said by the Psalmist. Ye are god

EXPOSITION JOHN 10:1 5. _Christ the Shepherd of the flock of God_._ _The discourse which now follows was the Lord's parabolic or allegoric reply to the conduct of the Pharisaic malignants. These men, claiming to be infallible guides of the ignorant, to be veritable shepherds of the flock of God, had ignored the advent of the true and good Shepherd, had opposed the Divine call and supreme claim of the Messiah, had set themselves to disturb and dislocate the relations between him and those who saw his glory and found in him the Consolation of Israel. They had excommunicated the adoring disciple who had passed out of lifelong darkness into marvelous light. They had exaggerated the faint glimmer of light which had broken upon their own blindness into true vision. They had said, "We see," and thus shown themselves to be willfully

BUT IF I DO,.... Works, which none but God can do: THOUGH YE BELIEVE NOT ME; what Christ said in his doctrine and ministry, though they paid no regard to that, and did not receive his testimony, on the credit of him the testifier, as they ought to have done: BELIEVE THE WORKS; not only that they are true and real, and not imaginary and delusory; but for the sake of them believe the above assertion, that Christ is the Son of God, he and his Father being one; or take such notice of these works and miracles, consider the nature, evidence, and importance of them, and the divine power that attends them, THAT YE MAY KNOW AND BELIEVE, THAT THE FATHER IS IN ME, AND I IN HIM; or "in the Father", as one of Beza's exemplars; the Vulgate Latin, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, or "in my Father", as read the Syriac and Arabic versions; that they are one in nature, distinct in person, equal in p...

JOHN 10:38 kai. ginw,skhte {B} Copyists seem to have regarded the reading kai. ginw,skhte, which has early and diversified support (î45, 66, 75 B L (W X ginw,skete) Q ¦1 33 565 _al_), to be pleonastic after gnw/te, and therefore either replaced the verb with pisteu,shte (as in (a pisteu,hte) A K D P Y ¦13 28 700 _al_) or omitted it entirely (as in D ita, b, c, d, e, ff2, l syrs _al_)...

CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Shepherd of the Sheep. (John 10:1 .)_ 2. The Good Shepherd, His Sheep and His Work. (John 10:6 .) 3. At the Feast of Dedication; the Repeated Testimony. (John 10:22 .) 4. Accused of Blasphemy and His Answer. (John 10:31 .) 5. Beyond Jordan; and Many Believed on Him. (John 10:40 .) The teaching of this chapter is closely linked with the preceding event. It has become evident that the true sheep of Christ, belonging to His flock, would be cast out of the Jewish fold. The healed man cast out had become one of

THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION._ Mg.,_ At that time suggests a closer connexion with what precedes than the old reading And. But in any case the notes of time are not precise. The Feast of the Dedication (p. 104) was instituted to commemorate the restoration (p. 607) of the Temple services in 165 by the Maccabees after its desecration for three years by Antiochus Epiphanes (1Ma_4:36-59, 2Ma_10:1-8, Josephus, _Ant._ XII. vii. 7). It lasted for eight days from December 25, and according to Josephus was called Lights, because this liberty beyond our hopes appeared to us. According to 2Ma_1:9 it was called the Tabernacles of the month Chisleu, many of the customs of Tabernacles being reproduced at it. For the Porch of Solomon, _cf._ Acts 3:11 *. The Jews, either incited to hope by Jesus-' teaching, or wishing to discredit Him with the crowd, demand a clear pronouncement of His Messianic cla