I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.I have many things to say and to judge of you — I have much to say concerning your inexcusable unbelief: but he that sent me is true - Whether ye believe or no.And I speak the things which I have heard from him — I deliver truly what he hath given me in charge. read more
§ 83. JESUS’S THIRD DISCOURSE AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES TO THE HOSTILE JEWS, John 8:12-59 . His self-assertion against their unbelief in him as Son of God. It is divisible into two parts: 1. His self assertion, as Son of God, against Jewish unbelief, John 8:13-30. John 8:2. His supreme Lordship, even above Abraham, John 8:31-58. The discourse was delivered on the last great day of the feast, (John 7:37,) a few hours probably after the scenes of the previous chapter. The place was the... read more
25. Who art thou? Since you declare I am, and require our faith, declare who you are. How gladly would they have had him declare, I am your leader to universal supremacy. The same that I said Tholuck’s rendering of this much disputed passage seems to us the true one: What I told you already in the beginning, that am I. He refuses to add the word Messiah, hero, liberator. Just what all his discourses to them have described him to be, just that he is; and with that, were their hearts... read more
26. Many things to say Many a lesson would it require to correct the selfish feelings and expectations so deeply fixed in their hearts, in order to the appreciating and accepting the holy Son of God. Judge of you To condemn and banish from your minds. He that sent me By this he Jesus plainly means, as they might have known from previous explanations, his Father; but they are conjuring up hopes that some one else is meant. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 8:25
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.Even what I say to you from the beginning — The same which I say to you, as it were in one discourse, with one even tenor from the time I first spake to you. read more