John 21:25

"This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true."

Key Reflection

This verse identifies John as both the eyewitness who testified to the events and the author who recorded them. It affirms the reliability of John's account, indicating that his testimony is trustworthy and genuine.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 25. Many other things. Many miracles, Joh 20:30. Many discourses delivered, &c. I suppose, &c. This is evidently the figure of speech called a hyperbole. It is a mode of speech where the words express more or less than is literally true. It is common among all writers; and as the sacred writers, in recording a revelation to men, used human language, it was proper that they should express themselves as men ordinarily do if they wished to be understood. This figure of speech is commonly the effect of surprise, or having the mind full of some object, and not having words to express the ideas: at the same time, the words convey no falsehood.

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