Joh 3:11 | JFB | STEP | 11-13. We speak that we know, and . . . have seen —that is, by absolute knowledge and immediate vision of God, which "the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father" claims as exclusively His own ( ). The "we" and "our" are here used, though Himself only is intended, in emphatic contrast, probably, with the opening words of Nicodemus, "Rabbi, we know. ", &c. ye receive not, &c.—referring to the class to which Nicodemus belonged, but from which he was beginning to be separated in spirit.

John 3:11

11-13. We speak that we know, and . . . have seen—that is, by absolute knowledge and immediate vision of God, which "the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father" claims as exclusively His own (Joh 1:18). The "we" and "our" are here used, though Himself only is intended, in emphatic contrast, probably, with the opening words of Nicodemus, "Rabbi, we know.", &c.

ye receive not, &c.—referring to the class to which Nicodemus belonged, but from which he was beginning to be separated in spirit.