I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
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.