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Barnes' Notes
Do ye now believe? - Do you truly and really believe? This question was evidently asked to put them on a full examination of their hearts. Though they supposed that they had unshaken faith - faith…
Adam Clarke
Do ye now believe? - And will ye continue to believe? Ye are now fully convinced; and will ye in the hour of trial retain your conviction, and prove faithful and steady?
Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with: -
I. With an assurance that, though he was leaving the world, he was returning to his Father, from whom he came forth Joh 16:28-32, where we…
Cambridge Bible
Do ye now believe? The words are only half a question (comp. Joh 20:29). The belief of which they are conscious is no illusion, but it is not yet as perfect as they in their momentary enthusiasm…