Francis Patrick Kenrick

G. P. " If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham." Griesbach adopts the present tense, conformably to three uncial manuscripts, and to the quotation of Origen. Schott objects that the imperative mood in the latter member of the sentence is not support- ed by authority. Our Lord here speaks of Himself in His humblest character, as a divinely commissioned teacher.