‹And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et le Père qui m'a envoyé a rendu lui-même témoignage de moi. Vous n'avez jamais entendu sa voix, vous n'avez point vu sa face,
KJV
‹And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.›
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
God, so neither does the voice belong to the Nature of the Word or of the Father who spoke. Hence ( Jn. 5:37 ) our Lord says: "Neither have you heard His," i.e. the Father's, "voice at any time, nor seen His shape." By which words, as Chrysostom says (Hom. xl in Joan.), "He gradu…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
high by the Father's testimony, so that His teaching might become the more credible. Hence He says ( Jn. 5:37 ): "The Father Himself who sent Me, hath given testimony of Me." And specially at the time of baptism, by which men are born again into adopted sons of God; since God's s…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
for the Son, that the Lord’s word might be fulfilled, “He that sent me, he beareth witness of me.” [ John 5:37 ] Chrys.: Neither Moses, nor Elias speak, but the Father greater than all sends a voice out of the cloud, that the disciples might believe that this voice was from God.…
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