“et si judico ego, judicium meum verum est, quia solus non sum : sed ego et qui misit me, Pater.”
“And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.”
“But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.”
“Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.”
“Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.”
I am not alone. Christ does not here say that he is the Father and he is the Son, he only says that he is not alone, but that the Father is with him, plainly distinguishing the two Persons. The Father is truly the Father, and the Son truly the Son, not one elder or greater than the other, but both entirely equal in all perfections. One in substance, co-eternal, and of one perfect equality. (St. Augustine)
3. That his testimony of himself was sufficiently supported and corroborated by the testimony of his Father with him and for him (v. 16): And yet, if I judge, my judgment is true. He did in his doctrine judge (ch. 9 39), though not politically. Consider him then,
Verses 12-16 Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeon would the world be without the sun! So would it be without Jesus, by whom light came into the world. Those who follow Christ shall not walk in darkness. They shall not be left without the truths which are necessary to keep them from destroying error, and the directions in the way of duty, necessary to keep them from condemning sin.