John Chapter 7, Verse 19
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19: ου μωσης δεδωκεν υμιν τον νομον και ουδεις εξ υμων ποιει τον νομον τι με ζητειτε αποκτειναι
19: Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth
the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
19: Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the
law?
Did not Moses give you the law? This they admitted, and on this they prided themselves. Every violation of that law they considered as deserving of death. They had accused Jesus of violating it because he had healed a man on the Sabbath, and for that they had sought his life, Jn 5:10ff. He here recalls that charge to their recollection, and shows them that, though they pretended great reverence for that law, yet they were really its violators in having sought his life.
None of you, &c. None of you Jews. They had sought to kill him. This was a pointed and severe charge, and shows the great faithfulness with which he was accustomed to proclaim the truth.
Why go ye about to kill me? Why do ye seek to kill me? See Jn 5:16.
