John 5:43

John 5:43

41 ^a“I do not receive honor from men.

42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

44 ^aHow can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek ^bthe honor that comes from the only God?

45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^athere is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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I am come in my Father' s name - With all his influence and authority. Among the rabbins, it was essential to a teacher' s credit that he should be able to support his doctrine by the authority of some eminent persons who had gone before. Hence the form, Coming in the name of another.

If another shall come in his own name - Having no Divine influence, and no other authority than his own, him ye will receive. That this was notoriously the case may appear from Josephus, Antiq. b. xviii. c. 14; Acts 5:36, Acts 5:37; Eusebius, Eccl. Hist. b. iv. c. 6. It is by the just judgment of God, that those who will not believe the truth of God shall be so given up as to believe the most absurd of lies. For an account of these false Christs, see the notes on Matthew 24:5.

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