John 8:17 (WEB)
It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
Fathers and councils · 19
Tertullian
“Indeed, this was the sum and substance of what He was teaching them, that they were inseparably Two; since, after citing the law when it affirms the truth of two men’s testimony, He adds at once: “I am one who am bearing witness of myself; and the Father (is another,) who hath sent me, and beareth witness of me.”” — editor's note: Ver. 17.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Wherefore the Lord also, in pointing out the diversity that exists among men, who have nothing in common that can tend towards the unity of an indivisible substance, says: “In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.”” — editor's note: S. John viii. 17.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For certainly they were men to whom Jesus said, “It is written in your law,” though in another place we read, “The law of his God is in his heart.”” — editor's note: John viii. 17.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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?…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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)
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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…
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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 · 15
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.2.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.