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15 You judge by appearances,[a] but I do not judge anyone.(A) 16 And even if I should judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me.(B) 17 Even in your law[b] it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:15 By appearances: literally, “according to the flesh.” I do not judge anyone: superficial contradiction of Jn 5:22, 27, 30; here the emphasis is that the judgment is not by material standards.
  2. 8:17 Your law: a reflection of later controversy between church and synagogue.