John 16:9

Of sin, because they believe not on me;
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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637
Of sin, because they believed (believe, Greek and Syriac version) not in Me. He will convict My enemies, both Jewish and Gentile unbelievers, both of the great sin of unbelief (S. Chrysostom and Augustine), and of every other sin (S. Cyril), for refusing to believe in Me, after the many reasons they have heard, and the miracles they have seen. For the Spirit will bring home to them the state of their soul, both outwardly, by earnest preaching, by the sanctity of the Apostles, and the miracles He will work through them; and inwardly, by enlightening their minds by His Inspiration, so that they will acknowledge, even against their will, that they are in their former infidelity and other sins, and that they cannot be liberated from them, except by faith in Me, which they refused to accept. For He will demonstrate to them that there is no other Saviour who can atone for sin, but Myself. See Acts iv12. And consequently, though many were moved by this preaching of the Apostles, yet others, b...

John Chrysostom

AD 407
This means, will cut off all their excuses, and show that they have transgressed unpardonably.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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