John 5:43 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

BSB

I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

KJV

I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

ASV

I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

BBE

I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

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Ἐγὼ Egō I myself G1473 ἐλήλυθα elēlutha have come G2064 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 ὀνόματι onomati name G3686 τοῦ tou of the G3588 πατρός patros Father G3962 μου mou of Mine G3165 καὶ kai and G2532 οὐ ou not G3756 λαμβάνετέ lambanete you receive G2983 με me Me G3165 ἐὰν ean if G1437 ἄλλος allos another G243 ἔλθῃ elthē shall come G2064 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 ὀνόματι onomati name G3686 τῷ tō the G3588 ἰδίῳ idiō own G2398 ἐκεῖνον ekeinon him G1565 λήμψεσθε.¶ lēmpsesthe you will receive G2983

The early church

"I am come in My Father's name, and ye receive Me not; if another shall come in his own name, him will ye receive." Seest thou that He everywhere declareth that He hath been "sent," that judgment hath been committed to Him by the Father, that He can do nothing of Himself, in order that He may cut off all excuse for their unfairness? But who is it that He here saith shall come "in his own name"? He alludeth here to Antichrist, and putteth an incontrovertible proof of their unfairness. "For if as loving God ye persecute Me, much more ought this to have taken place in the case of Antichrist. For he will neither say that he is sent by the Father, nor that he cometh according to his will, but in everything contrariwise, seizing like a tyrant what belongeth not to him, and asserting that he is the very God over all, as Paul saith, 'Exalting himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, showing himself that he is God.' (2 Thess. ii. 4.) This is to 'come in his own name.' I do not so, but am come in the Name of My Father." That they received not One who said that He was sent of God, was a sufficient proof that they loved not God; but now from the contrary of this fact, from their being about to receive Antichrist, He showeth their shamelessness.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on John

(Hom. xli. 13.) Here is the crowning proof of their impiety. He says, as it were, If it was the love of God that made you persecute me, you would persecute Antichrist much more: for he does not profess to be sent by the Father, or to come according to His will; but, on the contrary, usurping what does not belong to him, will proclaim himself to be God over all. It is manifest that your persecution of Me is from malice and hatred of God. Then He gives the reason of their unbelief: How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? another proof this, that theirs was not a zeal for God, but a gratification of their own passions.

John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

As if He said, For this cause came I into the world, that through Me the name of the Father might be glorified; for I attribute all to Him. As then they would not receive Him, Who came to do His Father's will; they had not the love of God. But Antichrist will come not in the Father's name, but in his own, to seek, not the Father's glory, but his own. And the Jews having rejected Christ, it was a fit punishment on them, that they should receive Antichrist, and believe a lie, as they would not believe the Truth.

Alcuin of York · d. 804Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · 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 more diligence and attention. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a view 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, "Search the Scriptures," and so it was spoken to them in the nature of an appeal. Ye profess to receive and believe the Scripture, let that be the judge. It is spoken to us as advising or commanding all Christians to search the Scriptures. Not only read them, and hear them, but search them; which denotes diligence in examining and studying them. We must search the Scriptures for heaven as our great end; For in them ye think 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 Christ adds reproofs of their unbelief and wickedness; their neglect of him 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 great 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, because 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!

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Jesus, The Christ God Minister, Christian Unbelief