Joh 5:19, 30, 36, 7:28, 8:28, 54, 10:37-38, 12:49 | Family | STEP | Of himself ; in opposition to, or without the concurrence of the Father, which was the crime with which they charged him. He denied the charge, and asserted, that instead of opposition, as they contended, there was between him and the Father the most perfect agreement in plan, will, and operation. These also doeth the Son ; there is oneness of operation.

John 5:19

Of himself; in opposition to, or without the concurrence of the Father, which was the crime with which they charged him. He denied the charge, and asserted, that instead of opposition, as they contended, there was between him and the Father the most perfect agreement in plan, will, and operation.

These also doeth the Son; there is oneness of operation.

John 5:30

Of mine own self; in opposition to, and without the concurrence of the Father.

I hear; from my Father. The idea is, that he dwells in the Father's bosom, and hears and knows all his counsels.

Not mine own will; not to exalt myself, or build up a separate interest, but to honor the Father by doing his will.

John 5:36

The works which the Father hath given me; the whole course of his teachings and miracles.

John 7:28

Ye both know me--know whence I am; some understand the Saviour as upbraiding the Jews for their willful rejection of him, as much as to say, You know from my works who I am, and who has sent me. Compare chap Joh 3:2; 12:42. Others suppose that he concedes to them a merely earthly knowledge of himself, as if he had said, Ye do indeed know me as a man, and whence I am; and yet I have a higher origin, being sent from the Father.

Whom ye know not; though they had the Scriptures, they had no true knowledge of God, and this was the reason why they did not ]know his Son. Compare chap Joh 8:19; 16:3; 17:3. An affirmation of the Bible may be true in one sense, and not true in another. In order, therefore, rightly to treat it, we must understand the sense in which a declaration is made, and in that sense, on the authority of God, must receive it.

John 8:28

Lifted up the Son of man; upon the cross. Another of the obscure hints which the Saviour was in the habit of giving concerning the manner of his approaching death and its mighty results. The Jews raised him upon the cross to destroy him; but God made this the way of raising him to universal dominion. Compare chap Joh 12:32.

Nothing of myself; nothing in opposition to, but all things in accordance with the appointment and will of the Father.

John 8:54

If I honor myself; if what I say of my office is not sustained by God's accompanying testimony.

My Father that honoreth me; he confirms what I say of myself.

John 10:37-38

The works of my Father; divine works--the works of God.

Believe me not; admit not my claim to be the Son of God. Jesus Christ, by the performance of divine works, proved himself to be divine, the Messiah, the Son of God, the Saviour of men. His claiming this character, therefore, instead of being blasphemy, as the Jews asserted, was acting in accordance with truth; and lovers of truth who embrace him in this character, know that it belongs to him. They pay him divine honors, not in derogation of, but to the glory of the Father. Php 2:10,11; Heb 1:6; Re 5:12,13. Believe not me; that is, my declaration concerning myself.

The Father is in me, and I in him; that we are one, as I declared to you, verse Joh 10:30.

John 12:49

Of myself; not of my own authority merely, but by the authority and appointment of the Father. Chap Joh 7:16-18.