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Johannes 12:45
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
John 12:41, John 14:9, John 14:10, John 15:24, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3, 1 John 5:20
Reciprocal: Job 42:5 - mine Daniel 2:22 - and the Mark 9:37 - receive me Luke 9:48 - Whosoever shall receive this John 5:20 - greater 2 Corinthians 4:4 - the image
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. Not with bodily eyes, for there were many that saw Christ, who never saw the Father: they saw Christ as a mere man, and were offended at the meanness of his outward appearance; they saw nothing divine in him, nor the glory of the Father through him; but with the eyes of the understanding, whoever saw or perceived the glory of Christ in his miracles, saw the glory of God in them also, for the Father that dwelt in him did the works, John 2:11, and whoever truly sees Christ with an eye of faith, sees his glory, as the glory of the only begotten of the Father, as the brightness of his Father's glory, as having the fulness of the Godhead dwelling in him, the same perfections as in the Father; so that he that hath seen the one, hath seen the other also, John 14:9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Seeth me ... - This verse is a strong confirmation of his equality with God. In no other way can it be true that he who saw Jesus saw him that sent him, unless he were the same in essence. Of no man could it be affirmed that he who saw him saw God. To say this of Paul or Isaiah would have been blasphemy. And yet Jesus uses this language familiarly and constantly. It shows that he had a consciousness that he was divine, and that it was the natural and proper way of speaking when speaking of himself. Compare John 5:17.
