John 6:30-33 They said therefore to him, What sign show you then, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work?… When the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine's doctrine was impugned, and his discourses complained of before the ecclesiastical courts, he was enabled to vindicate himself with great dignity and courage; and expressions sometimes fell from his lips which, for a time, overawed and confounded his enemies. On one occasion, at a meeting of the synod of Fife, according to the account of a respectable witness, when some members were denying the Father's gift of our Lord Jesus to sinners of mankind, he rose and said, "Moderator, our Lord Jesus says of Himself, 'My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.' This He uttered to a promiscuous multitude; and let me see the man who dares to affirm that He said wrong?" This short speech, aided by the solemnity and energy with which it was delivered, made an uncommon impression on the synod, and on all that were present. Parallel Verses KJV: They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? |
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