The Baptist shews at once that -no man" is hyperbolical; there are some who received the testimony.

hath received … hath set to his seal Better, received … set his seal.

his testimony his witness. -His" is emphatic, balancing -God." -He that received Christ'switness, set his seal that Godis true." To believe the Messiah is to believe God, for the Messiah is God's interpreter, John 1:18. The metaphor is from sealing a document to express one's trust in it and adherence to it. Comp. Joh 6:27; 1 Corinthians 9:2, On -true" see note on John 1:9; -true" here is opposed to -lying" not to -spurious."

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