SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:43
Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís; si otro viniere en su propio nombre, a aquel recibiris.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 5:43
Verse 43. 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 v. 36, 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 Matt. xxiv. 5.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 43. I am come in my Fathers name , etc.] Power and authority; by his consent, with his will, and according to a covenant with him: Christ came not of himself, of his own accord, by a separate power and will of his own, but was called, and sent, and came by mutual agree meat; and brought his credentials with him, doing the works and miracles which his Father gave him to finish: and ye receive me not ; notwithstanding this they rejected him as the Messiah, and would not receive him as such; yea, traduced him as an impostor, and a deceiver: if another shall come in his own name ; which some understand of Simon Magus, others of antichrist; rather the false Christs are intended, of whom our Lord speaks, in ( Matthew 24:24), who would rise up of themselves, and not be able to give any proof of their mission; or do anything which might entitle them to the character of the Messiah, or Christ, a name they would take to themselves: and so the Ethiopic version reads, if another shall come in my name; saying he is Christ, or the Messiah: him ye will receive ; as thousands of them did receive Barchocab, the false Christ, who rose up some years after in Adrians time; and even some of their greatest Rabbins, as particularly the famous R. Akiba, who was his armour bearer: and it is easy to observe, that though they were so backward to receive, and so much prejudiced against the true Messiah, they were always forward enough to embrace a false one: and indeed to follow any, that set up himself for a temporal deliverer of them; as the instances of Theudas, and Judas of Galilee, with others, show; (see Acts 5:36,37). And the true reason why they rejected Christ was, because he did not appear in outward pomp and glory, nor set up a temporal kingdom, or give out that he would deliver them from the Roman yoke.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 39-44 - The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with mor diligence and attention. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do wel to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a vie to their own glory. It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the Scriptures, yet to be strangers to its power. Or, "Searc the Scriptures," and so it was spoken to them in the nature of a appeal. Ye profess to receive and believe the Scripture, let that be the judge. It is spoken to us as advising or commanding all Christian to search the Scriptures. Not only read them, and hear them, but searc them; which denotes diligence in examining and studying them. We mus search the Scriptures for heaven as our great end; For in them ye thin ye have eternal life. We must search the Scriptures for Christ, as the new and living Way, that leads to this end. To this testimony Chris adds reproofs of their unbelief and wickedness; their neglect of his and his doctrine. Also he reproves their want of the love of God. But there is life with Jesus Christ for poor souls. Many who make a grea profession of religion, yet show they want the love of God, by their neglect of Christ and contempt of his commandments. It is the love of God in us, the love that is a living, active principle in the heart which God will accept. They slighted and undervalued Christ, becaus they admired and overvalued themselves. How can those believe, who make the praise and applause of men their idol! When Christ and his followers are men wondered at, how can those believe, the utmost of whose ambition is to make a fair show in the flesh!
Greek Textus Receptus
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