John 5:43 (WEB)
I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Fathers and councils · 31
Irenaeus of Lyons
“The Lord also spoke as follows to those who did not believe in Him: “I have come in my Father’s name, and ye have not received Me: when another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive,” calling Antichrist “the other,” because he is alienated from the Lord.” — editor's note: John v. 43.
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Tertullian
“…supposed that the Father acted in the Son’s name, than that the Son acted in the Father’s; although the Lord says Himself, “I am come in my Father’s name;” and even to the Father He declares, “I have manifested Thy name unto these men;” whilst the Scripture likewise says, “Blessed is He that cometh in the name of…” — editor's note: John v. 43.
Read the whole comment“Then He says at last: “I am come in my Father’s name, and ye have not received me.”” — editor's note: Ver. 43.
Read the whole comment“(At another time) He said: “I am come in my Father’s name.”” — editor's note: John v. 43.
Read the whole comment““I am come,” saith He, “in the Father’s name;” and again, “Father, glorify Thy name;” and more openly, “I have manifested Thy name to men.”” — editor's note: John v. 43.
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John Damascene
“For the Lord said to them: I am come in My Father’s name and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” — editor's note: St. John v. 43.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…the Saviour being found true, who said, I am come in My Father’s name, and ye receive Me not: but if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 43. Cf. 2 John 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Cursed, therefore, is he that cometh in his own name; as He saith in the Gospel: “if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”” — editor's note: John v. 43.
Read the whole comment“Then a little after He said, “I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye have not received Me; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”” — editor's note: John v. 43.
Read the whole comment“But His own words are a better guide to our understanding, when He saith, “I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: another will come in his own name, and him ye will receive.”” — editor's note: Chap. v. 43.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…not” ( c. v. 39 ); alluding partly to His miracles, partly to the testimony from the Scriptures; “For they,” He saith, “are they which testify of Me” ( c. v. 43, 44 ); and, “I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye receive Me not”; and, “How can ye believe which receive honor of men?”” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Which same thing the Saviour in the Gospel confirms, “I am come in my John Father’s name.” [John 5:43]” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“For it is said, “I came in my Father’s name and ye received me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”” — editor's note: John v. 43. Slightly varied.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…in another, the Lord Himself said: “I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye did not receive Me, if another shall come in his own name ye will receive him.”” — editor's note: S. John v. 43.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“How can ye believe, which receive glory from men, and the glory of Him, Who alone is God, ye seek not.” — editor's note: St. John v. 40–44.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“When another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”” — editor's note: John v. 43.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having made mention of John, and the witness of God, and His own works, many, who did not see that His motive was to induce them to believe, might suspect Him of a desire for human glory, and therefore He…
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Or, I receive not honour from men: i. e. I seek not human praise; for I came not to receive carnal honour from men, but to give spiritual honour to men. I do not bring forward this testimony then, because I seek my…
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As if to say, I said this to prove that it is not from your love of God, that you persecute Me; for He bears witness to Me, by My own works, and by the Scriptures. So that, if ye loved God, as ye rejected Me,…
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As if He said, For this cause came I into the world, that through Me the name of the Father might be glorified; for I attribute all to Him. As then they would not receive Him, Who came to do His Father’s will; they…
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Hear John, As ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many Antichrists. (1 John 2:18) But what dost thou dread in Antichrist, except that he will exalt his own name, and despise the name of the…
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Here is the crowning proof of their impiety. He says, as it were, If it was the love of God that made you persecute me, you would persecute Antichrist much more: for he does not profess to be sent by the Father, or…
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How faulty then is the boasting temper, and that eagerness for human praise, which likes to be thought to have what it has not, and would fain be thought to have all that it has, by its own strength. Men of such…
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The best way of guarding against this sin, is to bring to our consciences the remembrance, that we are dust, and should ascribe all the good that we have not to ourselves, but to God. And we should endeavour always…
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For I am not come to condemn, but to save. There is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom you trust. As He had said of the Scriptures above: In them ye think ye have eternal life. So now of Moses He says, In…
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Perhaps, He says, in accommodation to our way of speaking, not because there is really any doubting in God. Moses prophesied of Christ, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up from among your brethren like unto…
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But, in fact, the whole that Moses wrote, was written of Christ, i. e. it has reference to Him principally; whether it point to Him by figurative actions, or expression; or set forth His grace and glory. But if ye…
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As if He said, He has even written, and has left his books among you, as a constant memento to you, lest you forget His words. And since you believe not his writings, how can ye believe My unwritten words?
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From this we may infer too, that he who knows the commandments against stealing, and other crimes, and neglects them, will never fulfil the more perfect and refined precepts of the Gospel.
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Indeed had they attended to His words, they ought and would have tried to learn from Him, what the things were which Moses had written of Him. But they are silent. For it is the nature of wickedness to defy…
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Cross-references · 39
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 17 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 210.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 5:41–47 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 210.
Cited together in Letters Letter 210.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 210.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Letters Letter 210.
Cited together in Letters Letter 210.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.6.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 21:2–9 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 21:2–9 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 21:2–9 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.13 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.25.