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John 12:45 — King James Version← Study notes

And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.


John 12:45Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 12:458 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ho
the onearticleG3588
θεωρῶνtheōrōn
beholdingverbG2334
ἐμὲeme
Me myselfpronounG1473
θεωρεῖtheōrei
he beholdsverbG2334
τὸνton
the OnearticleG3588
πέμψαντάpempsanta
having sentverbG3992
μεme
MepronounG1473
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 12:45

Because the love of human praise prevented the chief rulers from believing, Jesus cried and said, He that believes in Me, believes not on Me, but on Him that sent Me: as if to say, Why are you afraid to believe in Me? Your faith through Me passes to God.

Chrysostom · 4th century

He signifies to them that He is more than He appears to be, (for to men He appeared but a man; His Godhead was hid.) Such as the Father is, such am I in nature and in dignity; He that believes in Me, believes not in Me, i.e. on that which He sees, but in Him that sent Me, i.e. on the Father. [He that believes in the Father must believe in Him as the Father, i.e. must believe that He has a Son; and reversibly, he who believes in the Son thereby believes in the Father.] And…

Augustine · 4th century

Since the Son is the Word of the Father, and reveals completely what is in the mind of the Father, He says He receives a commandment what He should say, and what He should speak: just as our word, if we say what we think, brings out what is in our minds.

Theophylact · 11th century
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