42. Sed cognovi vos, quia 42. But I know you, that you
dilectionem Dei non habetis in have not the love of God in
vobis. you.
42. *But I know you, that* &c. Their unbelief in Christ was due to the
fact that they did not love God. Had they loved God, they would have
corresponded with grace, and recognised the Messias whom God had sent.
43. Ego veni in nomine Patris 43. I am come in the name of
mei, et non accipitis me: si my Father, and you receive me
alius venerit in nomine suo, not: if another shall come in
illum accipietis. his own name, him you will
receive.
43. The sense is: I am come in the name, and with the power of My Father
manifested in My works. If another come to you, and without giving any
evidence that He is from God, say that he is the Messias, you will believe
him, and believe in him. We know that this actually happened. Many false
Christs arose before the destruction of Jerusalem (70 A.D.); and obtained
a following among the people. A person named Barchochebas was the most
successful of those impostors.
44. Quomodo vos potestis 44. How can you believe, who
credere, qui gloriam ab receive glory one from
invicem accipitis: et gloriam, another: and the glory which
quae a solo Deo est, non is from God alone, you do not
quaeritis? seek?
44. Another cause of their unbelief is their empty vanity which sought,
and was satisfied with, the praise of men.
45. Nolite putare quia ego 45. Think not that I will
accusaturus sim vos apud accuse you to the Father.
Patrem: est qui accusat vos There is one that accuseth
Moyses, in quo vos speratis. you, Moses, in whom you trust.
45. It will not be necessary for Christ to accuse them before God, because
Moses, their own great prophet, will accuse them.
46. Si enim crederetis Moysi, 46. For if you did believe
crederetis forsitan et mihi: Moses, you would perhaps
de me enim ille scripsit. believe me also. For he wrote
of me.
46. *You would perhaps.* See above on iv. 10.
47. Si autem illius litteris 47. But if you do not believe
non creditis, quomodo verbis his writings: how will you
meis credetis? believe my words?
47. This is said because Moses far surpassed Him in their estimation; and
with the telling thought, that their own Scriptures, even Moses himself,
pointed Him out as their Messias, this weighty discourse ends.
CHAPTER VI.
1‐13. *Christ crosses with His disciples to the eastern shore of
the sea of Galilee, where He miraculously feeds a multitude with
five loaves and two fishes.*
14‐15. *The multitude, moved by the miracle, wish to make Him
King, but He withdraws.*
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