John 8:13 (WEB)
The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
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John Chrysostom
“The Jews were about to object to Him, “If thou bearest witness concerning thyself, thy witness is not true” ( c. viii. 13 ): therefore He spake these words in anticipation; as though He had said, “Ye will surely say to Me, we believe thee not; for no one that…” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“But wherefore do they not now bring against Him the charge which they did before, when they said, “Thou bearest witness of thyself, thy witness is not true?” ( c. viii. 13.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For if even after both testimonies and demonstrations so many and so great, they said, “Thou bearest record of Thyself, Thy record is not true:”had He, without John’s saying anything, come into the midst, and first borne record Himself; what would they not have said?” — editor's note: John viii. 13.
Read the whole comment“For if He had said, “I am He,” both this would have offended them, as I have already said; and they would have thought, even if they had not spoken, much as the Jews said to Him, “Thou bearest record of Thyself.”” — editor's note: John viii. 13. [R.V., “witness.”]
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having said, I am the Light of the world; and, he that followeth Me, walketh not in darkness, the Jews wish to overthrow what He has said: The Pharisees therefore said unto Him, Thou bearest record of…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
As if our Lord Himself were the only (one that bore) witness to Himself; whereas the truth was that He had, before His incarnation, sent many witnesses to prophesy of His Sacraments.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord however overthrew their argument: Jesus answered and said, Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true. This is an accommodation to those who thought Him no more than a mere man. He adds the…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The witness of light is true, whether the light shew itself, or other things. The Prophet spake the truth, but whence had he it, but by drawing from the fount of truth? Jesus then is a competent witness to Himself.…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
As if to say: Ye judge untruly, according to the flesh, thinking, because I am in the flesh, that I am flesh only, and not God.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Understanding Me not as God, and seeing Me as man, ye think Me arrogant in bearing witness of Myself. For any man who bears high testimony to himself, is thought proud and arrogant. But men are frail, and may either…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
As to live according to the flesh is to live amiss; so to judge according to the flesh, is to judge unjustly. They might say, however, If we judge wrongly, why dost Thou not convict us, why dost Thou not condemn us?…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Which may be understood in two ways; I judge no man, i. e. not now: as He says elsewhere, God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved: not that He abandons,…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
As if to say: In saying, I judge no man, I meant that I did not anticipate judgment. If I judged justly, I should condemn you, but now is not the time for judging. He alludes however to the future judgment, in what…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
But if the Father is with Thee, how did He send Thee? O Lord, Thy mission is Thy incarnation. Christ was here according to the flesh without withdrawing from the Father, because the Father and the Son are every…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Is this made a bad use of by the Manichæans, that our Lord does not say, in the law of God, but, in your law? Who does not recognise here a manner of speaking customary in Scripture? In your law, i. e. the law given…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
There is much difficulty, and a great mystery seems to be contained, in God’s words, In the mouth of two or three witnesses, let every word be established. (Deut. 10) It is possible that two may speak false. The…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on John
In many places the Father bears witness of the Son; as, This day have I begotten Thee; (Ps. 2) also, This is My beloved Son. (Matt. 3:17)
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
It is written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. If this is to be taken literally, in what respect does our Lord differ from men? The rule has been laid down for men, on the ground that one man alone…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
Or it is as if He said, If your law admits the testimony of two men who may be deceived, and testify to more than is true; on what grounds can you reject Mine and My Father’s testimony, the highest and most sure of all?
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Bede on John 8:13–18 (Catena Aurea).