And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
What He says, is of this kind; You judge unjustly. And if, says some one, we judge unjustly, why dost Thou not rebuke us? Why dost Thou not punish us? Why dost Thou not condemn us? Because, He says, I came not for this. This is the meaning of, I judge no man; yet if I judge, My judgment is true. For had I been willing to judge, you would have been among the condemned. And this I say, not judging you. Yet neither do I tell you that I say it, not judging you, as though I were not confident that had I judged you, I should have convicted you; since if I had judged you, I must justly have condemned you. But now the time of judgment is not yet. He alluded also to the judgment to come, saying,
I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent Me.
Here He hinted, that not He alone condemns them, but the Father also. Then He concealed this, by leading them to His own testimony.
