=37, 38. If I do not the works of my Father, put no faith in me.= Works which show forth his power and glory and are in accordance with his will and character (ch. 17:4).--=But if I do, though ye put no faith in me, put faith in the works.= Beware of understanding faith, rendered in our English version by _believe_, as a mere intellectual act. The idea is, If prejudice against the person of Christ prevents an affectionate regard for him, the soul may still have respect and reverence for the work he has done, and is doing in the world. =That ye may perceive and know= (γνῶτε καὶ γινώσκητε) is the best reading.--_Alford_, _Meyer_. To _perceive_, or recognize, denotes the outward act; to _know_ denotes the permanent state.--=That the Father is in me and I in the Father.= A spiritual unity, such as cannot be predicated of any other son of God. The Father is in the Son because he lives and moves in him; is the spirit which animates and controls and makes divine the man Jesus. The Son is in the Father because his thoughts, wishes, purposes, desires, all centre in Him. The argument of these verses is substantially the same as that addressed by Christ to the Jews in verse 25 (see note there), and that addressed to his own disciples in ch. 14:11. The best evidence of the divinity of Christ is his own character; next is a consideration of the divine work which he has done and is doing in the world. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand; 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place[423] where John at first baptized: and there he abode. [423] ch. 1:28. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake[424] of this man were true. [424] ch. 3:30-36; Matt. 3:11, 12. 42 And many believed on him there.