ACC ~ John 3 v32

CHRIST TESTIFIES TO THINGS OUR SENSES CANNOT COMPREHEND

CHRYSOSTOM: After this high and solemn mention of Christ, John’s tone again lowers. For the expression “what he has heard and seen” is suited more for a mere man. What he knew, he knew not because he learned by sight or hearing but because everything is already in his nature, having come forth perfect from the bosom of his Father and needing no one to teach him…. As our senses are our surest channels of knowledge and teachers are most dependent on those who have apprehended by sight or hearing what they teach, John adds this argument in favor of Christ, that which he has seen and heard—meaning that everything that Jesus said is true, none of it is false. HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 30.1. [1]

[1] NPNF 1 14:103-4**.

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