Note 2 at Joh 8:18: The Scriptures teach Jesus' oneness with the Father. As stated in note 2 at Mr 1:10, this oneness is more than singleness of purpose and actually denotes a single one to the exclusion of others, as in the statement, "There is one God" (1Ti 2:5). This truth is so well established in Scripture that some people make no distinction between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but believe they are simply one God expressing Himself in three different ways.

However, Jesus made a distinction between Himself and His Father here and used Himself and His Father as two different witnesses to fulfill the requirement of De 17:6. Jesus would have been deceiving these Jews if there was no distinction between His Father and Himself, and yet they are one (Joh 10:30 and 1Jo 5:7). This is a great mystery and yet a very well established fact in Scripture.