He who hates me, hates my Father also.
Many profess loyalty to God while despising the Gospel; but contempt for the Gospel conceals contempt for God Himself. Christ lays bare this hypocrisy through His doctrine, showing that no one can hate Him without hating the Father, for they are one in essence.
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Verse 23. He that hateth me, &c. To show them that this was no slight crime, he reminds them that a rejection of himself is also a rejection of God. Such is the union between them, that no one can hate the one without also hating the other. See .
The Pharisees hated Christ despite His unmatched miracles, wrought by His own power and authority, not borrowed from God through prayer as others' were. To hate Him is to hate the Father; no profession of piety excuses it.
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