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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. The hatred the world bears to the followers of Christ, is interpretatively hatred to Christ himself; and hatred to Christ himself, is no other than hatred to his Father; and indeed, all the hatred that is shown by the men of the world to Christ, to his Gospel, and to his faithful ministers and followers,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, And he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If I had not done among them the works,.... This is another, and a new argument, evincing the inexcusableness of their ignorance, and infidelity, and sin, taken from the works that Christ did; such as healing the sick, raising the dead, giving sight to the blind, causing the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk, cleansing lepers,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
, If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: Notice...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But this cometh to pass,.... This hatred against Christ, and which is pointed at his people for his sake, and reaches to the Father also on his account, is suffered to be, and therefore should be patiently borne: that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law: either in Psalms 35:19, or rather in Psalms 69:4; which is a psalm of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. They fulfilled what had been written long before, even as they afterwards did when they put Christ to death.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But when the Comforter is come,.... Or advocate, the Spirit of God; who was to be, and has been an advocate for Christ, against the world, and for his people, against all their enemies; and who as he was to reprove, and did reprove the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, in favour of Christ, so he was to assist his people, and plead their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. The witness of the Spirit of truth still continues, and Christ’s disciples are still privileged to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom I’ll send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: By this mark you may know whether that which has been taught you is of the Spirit of God. If it does not testify of Christ, if he is not the head and front of it all, there is nothing in it for you to accept. If any man...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye shall also bear witness,.... That is, of Christ; of all the things he did in Jerusalem, and in the land of the Jews; being eyewitnesses, and ministers, or servants of the word, who constantly attended upon him; of all the good he did to the bodies and souls of men; of the various miracles he wrought, and of the several doctrines which were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. May we all bear witness according as we have been with Christ, for there is no bearing witness to Christ unless we have first been with him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning