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This newest volume from the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series is designed for those who know biblical languages. It is written primarily for the pastor and Bible teacher, not for the scholar. That is, the aim is not to review and offer a critique of every possible interpretation that has ever been given to a passage, but to exegete each passage of Scripture in John...

imperative force of the previous phrase.4 It is less likely that an indicative would be sandwiched between two imperatives than three imperatives would be working emphatically together.5 Jesus is not assuming their belief in God (indicative: “You believe in God”) and hoping to add belief in him (imperative: “Believe also in me”)—as if belief in God and Jesus could ever be separated (a foreign thought to this Gospel and Scripture as a whole). Rather, Jesus is assuaging their fears by commanding them
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