Verse of the Week - John 8:28 - February 5, 2017

Some say, Who is this Jesus? 

They allow him to have been a Prophet, an excellent Teacher, and even more than a creature; but cannot acknowledge him as over all, God blessed for evermore. Will not this suffice? 

Jesus here answers the question. 

Does this admit his being the Light of the world, and the Life of men, one with the Father? All shall know by their conversion, or in their condemnation, that he always spake and did what pleased the Father, even when he claimed the highest honours to himself.

And that I do nothing of myself 

That is, you shall have proof that God has sent me; that I am the Messiah; and that God concurs with me and approves my doctrine. 

This proof was furnished by the miracles that attended the death of Jesus 

The earthquake and darkness; but chiefly by his resurrection from the dead, which proved, beyond a doubt, that he was what he affirmed he was - the Messiah.

adapted from Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary and Barnes' Notes on the Bible.