πιστεύετέ μοι. In English we lose the point that Jesus now turns from S. Philip and addresses all the Eleven. ‘Ye have been with Me long enough to believe what I say; but if not, at any rate believe what I do. My words need no credentials: but if credentials are demanded, there are My works.’ He had said the same, somewhat more severely, to the Jews (John 10:37-38, where see note); and He repeats it much more severely in reference to the Jews (John 15:22; John 15:24). Note the progress from πιστεύετέ μοι here to ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ in John 14:12; the one grows out of the other.

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