Joh 3:11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
Interesting verse. Jesus talking to Nicodemus.
He starts out in the first person saying, "I say to you" then he transitions into, "we speak of what we know."
Who is the "we." Is Jesus referring to himself and the disciples, himself and John the Baptist, himself and the prophets, himself in the plural tense, or is he referring to the Godhead?
Seems commentators are all over the place with this verse. To me it seems that the 'we' cannot be Jesus and the disciples since the disciples were only with him for a short time at this point and how could they give testimony of 'what they have known and seen'?
Interesting verse. Jesus talking to Nicodemus.
He starts out in the first person saying, "I say to you" then he transitions into, "we speak of what we know."
Who is the "we." Is Jesus referring to himself and the disciples, himself and John the Baptist, himself and the prophets, himself in the plural tense, or is he referring to the Godhead?
Seems commentators are all over the place with this verse. To me it seems that the 'we' cannot be Jesus and the disciples since the disciples were only with him for a short time at this point and how could they give testimony of 'what they have known and seen'?