JOHN 12:43 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
For they loved human praise more than praise from God — the explanation for their hidden faith is not lack of belief but misplaced values: they prize human honor (from the Jewish establishment) over divine approval (from God). This preference for earthly acceptance over heavenly honor represents the fundamental choice between light and darkness, faith and unbelief.
Church Fathers on John 12:43
And thus the Evangelist tacitly explains it, when he adds, But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him.
He means the miracles related above. It was no small wickedness to disbelieve against such miracles as those.
It is evident here that the arm of the Lord is the Son of God Himself. Not that the Father has a human fleshly form; He is called the arm of the Lord, because all things v ere made by Him. If a man had power of such a kind, as that without any motion of his body, what he said was forthwith done, the word of that man would be his arm. Here is no ground to justify, however, the error of those who say that the Godhead is one Person only, because the Son is the arm of the Father,…
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