Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
Which of you convinceth, х elengchei (G1651) rather, 'convicteth'] me of sin?-or can bring home against Me a charge of sin?
[And] if I say the truth (the "and" appears not to belong to the genuine text), why do ye not believe me?
Glorious dilemma! 'Convict me of sin, and reject me: But if ye cannot, why stand ye out against My claims?' Of course they could only be supposed to impeach His life; but in one who had already passed through unparalleled complications, and had continually to deal with friends and foes of every sort and degree, such a challenge, thrown wide among His bitterest enemies, can amount to nothing short of a claim to absolute sinlessness.