Johannes 10:38

38 tue ich sie aber, glaubet doch den Werken, wollt ihr mir nicht glauben, auf daß ihr erkennet und glaubet, daß der Vater in mir ist und ich in ihm.

Johannes 10:38 Meaning and Commentary

John 10:38

But if I do
Works, which none but God can do:

though ye believe not me;
what Christ said in his doctrine and ministry, though they paid no regard to that, and did not receive his testimony, on the credit of him the testifier, as they ought to have done:

believe the works;
not only that they are true and real, and not imaginary and delusory; but for the sake of them believe the above assertion, that Christ is the Son of God, he and his Father being one; or take such notice of these works and miracles, consider the nature, evidence, and importance of them, and the divine power that attends them,

that ye may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in
him;
or "in the Father", as one of Beza's exemplars; the Vulgate Latin, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, or "in my Father", as read the Syriac and Arabic versions; that they are one in nature, distinct in person, equal in power, and have a mutual inhabitation and communion in the divine essence; all which is manifest, by doing the same works, and which are out of the reach and power of any mere creature.

Johannes 10:38 In-Context

36 sprecht ihr denn zu dem, den der Vater geheiligt und in die Welt gesandt hat: "Du lästerst Gott", darum daß ich sage: Ich bin Gottes Sohn?
37 Tue ich nicht die Werke meines Vaters, so glaubet mir nicht;
38 tue ich sie aber, glaubet doch den Werken, wollt ihr mir nicht glauben, auf daß ihr erkennet und glaubet, daß der Vater in mir ist und ich in ihm.
39 Sie suchten abermals ihn zu greifen; aber er entging ihnen aus ihren Händen
40 und zog hin wieder jenseit des Jordans an den Ort, da Johannes zuvor getauft hatte, und blieb allda.
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