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Gill's Exposition
And needed not that any should testify of man,.... Of this or the other man, that he was a good or a bad man; he needed no proofs to be made, or testimonies bore, or evidence given of men's characters…
Barnes' Notes
Did not commit himself - The word translated “commit” here is the same which in Joh 2:23 is translated “believed.” It means to put “trust” or “confidence in.” Jesus did not put “trust” or “reliance”…
Adam Clarke
He knew all men - Instead of παντας all men, EGH, and about thirty others, read παντα, every man, or all things; and this I am inclined to believe is the true reading. Jesus knew all things; and why?…
We have here an account of the success, the poor success, of Christ's preaching and miracles at Jerusalem, while he kept the passover there. Observe,
I. That our Lord Jesus, when he was at Jerusalem…
Cambridge Bible
did not commit The same verb as -many believed" in Joh 2:2. -Many trustedin His name; but Jesus did not trustHimself unto them." The antithesis is probably intentional.
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