But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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Barnes' Notes
In their law - Psa 35:19. All the Old Testament was sometimes called the law. The meaning here is that the same thing happened to him which did to the psalmist. The same words which David used…
Adam Clarke
Written in their law - See on Joh 10:34 (note). These words are taken from Psa 69:4. This psalm is applied to Christ, Joh 2:17; Joh 19:28; to the vengeance of God against Judea, Act 1:20. The psalm…
Here Christ discourses concerning hatred, which is the character and genius of the devil's kingdom, as love is of the kingdom of Christ. Observe here,
I. Who they are in whom this hatred is found -…
Cambridge Bible
in their law -Law" is used in the wide sense for the O.T. generally. Comp. Joh 10:34; Joh 12:34; Joh 15:25; Rom 3:19.
without a cause The passage may be from either Psa 69:4 or Psa 35:19: there are…
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