Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
In my Father's name (en tw onomati tou patrov mou). Seven times Jesus in John speaks of the "Name" of the Father (John 5:43; John 10:25; John 12:28; John 17:6, John 17:11-12, John 17:26). See John 1:12 for use of onoma (Luke 1:49).
And ye receive me not (kai ou lambanete me). "And yet ye do not receive me," as in verse John 5:40, "the Gospel of the Rejection" (John 1:11; John 3:11, John 3:32; John 12:37) often applied to the Fourth Gospel.
If another come (ean allov elqh). Condition of third class (ean and second aorist active subjunctive of erxomai). Note allov, not eterov, like allon Ihsoun in II Corinthians 11:4. Similar prophecies occur in Mark 13:6, Mark 13:22 (Matthew 24:5, Matthew 24:24), all general in character like Antichrist in II Thessalonians 2:8-12. There is no occasion for a reference to any individual like Barcochba (about AD 134) as Pfleiderer and Schmiedel hold. These Messianic upstarts all come "in their own name" and always find a following.
Him ye will receive (ekeinon lhmyesqe). "That one," whoever he is, as Jesus said. Future active indicative of lambanw. Credulous about the false Messiahs, incredulous about Christ.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 5:43:
John 5:43
John 8:13
John 12:28
John 12:44
Hebrews 5:5
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