Matthew Poole and continuators on John 3:11

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know , and testifie that we have seen : and ye receive not our witness .

Christ speaketh onely of himself, tho he speaketh in the Plu. Num. for in the next verse, he saith onely, If I have told you earthly things; he lets Nicodemus know, that he spake nothing, but he was certain of.

This he expresseth by two words, Know and See, which are terms expressive of the greatest certainty of a thing imaginable; for the terms express a certainty of the mind, arising both from the rational deduction, and sensible demonstration; and herein our Saviour lets his Ministers know what is their Duty to teach unto people, viz. What they know and have seen▪ those that think that the Doctrine of the Gospel would have no certainty, but for the authority of the Church, stand highly concern'd to reflect upon this Text.

Ye ought to believe what I tell you upon the authority of my Revelation; but such is the hardness of your heart, such your stubborness and unbelief, that you receive not my Testimony.

Marginal references: Chap. 7.16. and 8.28. and 12.49. and 14.24.; Vers. 32.