- John 8:16-20
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- John 8:16 (KJB)
- And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and
the Father that sent me.
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- Since Jesus would have the knowledge of what was in men’s hearts
including their motives and intents, if He did make a judgment it would be
absolutely true because He would have all the facts. It would not be a
judgment where He needed to have human witnesses. He then continues to state
that any judgment that would be made, would be made in concert with the
Father because He is not acting alone and the Father would be witness to the
judgment which would mean corroboration on the highest level.
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- John 8:17 (KJB)
- It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
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- (Deu 17:5-6 KJV) Then shalt thou bring
forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto
thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with
stones, till they die. {6} At the mouth of two witnesses, or three
witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at
the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Under the law, if anyone was to be put to death for any
infraction of the law, there must be at least two or three credible
witnesses to confirm the crime. One witness was insufficient because their
account of the crime had to be substantiated.
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- John 8:18 (KJB)
- I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me
beareth witness of me.
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- Jesus was able to bear witness of Himself by means of the miracles that
He did which had shown His deity. No one could heal a man of 38 years of
some type of paralyzing disease unless they were divine. To confirm the
legitimacy of Jesus to these people, God the Father was also witness to the
Lord Jesus Christ and this was done at His baptism and then on the Mount of
Transfiguration. So to keep with the law, Jesus was not His only witness but
His Father was also His witness making the requirement of two witnesses
under the law.
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- John 8:19 (KJB)
- Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither
know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have
known my Father also.
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- Know and Known - To Fully know, recognize or fully understand
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- They now responded to His statement about His Father. They asked Him
where His Father was? When they asked Him about where His Father was, they
were seeking a location. They may have had in mind Joseph the Carpenter so
they could send for him and discuss his son. Once again Jesus was speaking
on a spiritual level but the Jews were thinking on an earthly level. Jesus
then declares to them that they do not know Him or His Father. They were
unable to recognize who He was because of their Scriptural illiteracy and
their personal prejudices. If they would have known Him, they would also
have known from where He came from and that would lead them into knowing who
His Father is. The key to knowing the Father is in the Lord Jesus Christ. If
a person is truly saved in Christ, they will know the Father.
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- John 8:20 (KJB)
- These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and
no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
- Jesus did not speak in secret nor was His teachings private. He made His
teachings public so all could benefit from them. These words He had with the
Jews were also spoken in public and I am sure the leaders would love to
have arrested Him because of the accusation that they did not know God. They
thought they were special because they had the law and Jesus comes along
stating that they do not have nor know the Father. At this time they could
not take Him because the hour of His arrest had not yet come and God’s
timing had to be fulfilled just at the proper time. In every Christian’s
life, the timing of God always plays a large role. Nothing that happens in
the Christian’s life is ever coincidental.
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