But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham?.... So the woman of Samaria said, concerning Jacob, Joh 4:12. The Jews had a mighty opinion of their ancestors, especially of Abraham; and yet they allow the Messiah to be greater than he, as Jesus truly was: so one of their ancient commentators (w) on those words of Isa 52:13 thus paraphrases them, ""Behold my servant shall deal...
When conviction pressed them hard, these scribes and Pharisees abandoned argument for railing. They name Him a Samaritan, an enemy to their church, someone they despised, and demon-possessed, poisoning the crowd against Him with a black name, for it is easy to run down what is once put into ill repute.
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Commenting on John 8:48-50
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. (q) That is, that will avenge both your despising of me and of him.