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JOHN 15:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.”
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father — the works (erga) that Jesus performed—healings, exorcisms, resurrections—are signs of divine power and presence. Those who witnessed these works and yet hated Jesus are without excuse; their rejection is not intellectual doubt but moral choice. They have seen the kingdom of God at work and have chosen to resist it.

Church Fathers on John 15:24

Then by way of another consolation, He declares the injustice of these persecutions both towards Him had them. If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Christ spoke to the Jews only, not to any other nation. In them then was that world which hated Christ and His disciples; and not only in them, but in us also. Were the Jews then without sin before Christ came in the flesh, because Christ had not spoken to them? By sin here He means not every sin, but a certain great sin, which includes all, and which alone hinders the remission of other sins, viz. unbelief. They did not believe in Christ, who came that they might believe in…

Augustine · 4th century

For as he who loves the Son, loves the Father also, the love of the Father being one with that of the Son, even as their nature is one: so he who hates the Son, hates the Father also.

Alcuin · 8th century
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