| Geneva Study Bible {15} Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? (15) Men that are blinded with the love of themselves, and therefore are detestable and stubborn, will bear the punishment of their folly. People's New Testament 12:57 Why even of yourselves? Why not judge what is right without any external signs? Wesley's Notes 12:57 Why even of yourselves, without any external sign, judge ye not what is right? - Why do ye not discern and acknowledge the intrinsic excellence of my doctrine? Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 57. why even of yourselves, &c.-They might say, To do this requires more knowledge of Scripture and providence than we possess; but He sends them to their own conscience, as enough to show them who He was, and win them to immediate discipleship. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 12:54-59 Christ would have the people to be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before it is too late. If any man has found that God has set himself against him concerning his sins, let him apply to him as God in Christ reconciling the world to himself. While we are alive, we are in the way, and now is our time. |