Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
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Gill's Exposition
If I have told you earthly things,.... Not that the doctrines he delivered were earthly ones; for he was not of the earth, but from heaven, and above all, and so spake not of the earth, but of heaven,…
Barnes' Notes
We speak - Jesus here speaks in the plural number, including himself and those engaged with him in preaching the gospel. Nicodemus had said Joh 3:2, “we know that thou art,” etc., including himself…
Adam Clarke
We speak that we do know - I and my disciples do not profess to teach a religion which we do not understand, nor exemplify in our conduct. A strong but delicate reproof to Nicodemus, who, though a…
We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of…
Cambridge Bible
We speak that we do know The plural is no proofthat any of the disciples were present, though S. John at least may have been; nor does it necessarilyinclude more than Christ Himself. The plurals may…
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