that there is some resemblance ; but he has brought forward from the Cabalistic writers nothing which does not exist in a purer form in the writings of John. Comp. Lamp. Comm, on the Apoc., p. 253. The Hebrew noun mrp is undeclined ; and of that noun this is a periphrasis, 6 &v xcct 6 fjv xui 6 ep^o/uevog, as we shall see presently at ver. 8. And therefore the periphrasis also is used without inflexion of case. The article 6, three times expressed, gives to the Greek paraphrase of a Hebrew noun the form of a noun. — eara, seven) The Jews, from Isa. xi. 2, speak many and great things respecting the Seven Spirits of the Messiah. — Lightfoot.
5. 9 A <7ro ’if] <rov Xpnrrov , 6 fidprvc , x.r.X.) In this book apposition is frequently used between an oblique case and a nominative. We have collected examples in the App. p. 778 [Edit. ii. p. 488]. In this manner the Hebrews decline a nomenclature consisting of many words by only prefixing Mem, for instance : and in like manner the French, by the use of the preposition de , etc. Moreover Luke also has, ev rti ai/uurt /j,ov, ro bmp b/xuv Ix^vvo/nevovj ch. xxii. 20. — ruv vzxpuv) The editions read, ex ruv vexpuv.1 It is only in the Apoca- lypse that my text shows a reading sometimes different from the printed editions. I have stated the reason at full length in the App. p. 788 [Ed. ii. p. 498 and following], and in either Defence [App. Crit. Ed. ii. P. iv. N. iv. and ix.] — uyanuvn2) This is the reading of the most ancient Alex, and of six others, not to be despised, and probably of a greater number, who have been overlooked by ancient collators. Others read vr/, on account of the following
words, Xovcuvri and enofri<rev : and it is preferred by Wolf. But the present participle includes the force of the praeter-imperfect also. 0/ [udobvreg^ o) uyanuvreg, oi (piXouvreg , oi ho^cAtpvreg, they who hated , who esteemed , who loved , who honoured: 2 Sam. xix. 6 ; Lam. i. 2, 8. Thus Matt. ii. 20, oi fyrovvrsg, they who were seeking ; 2 Pet. i. 19, tpulvovrt denotes a light which WAS SHINING, for it is followed by Aorist 1st, dtavyutT] and a vars/X»j. Thus Qeupobvreg and uv in the im- perfect, John ix. 8, 25, and repeatedly. And the use of the word uyarruvn in the present with the force of a praeterite was so much easier, because two aorists follow. And so the present is used for the praeterite, when the praeterite follows, ch. xiii. 12. But aya- rruvn is strictly a present, and denotes perpetual love , as John iii. 35, 6 Uarrip ATALIA r'ov Y/ov, xai rravra AEAHKEN sv rr] yeipt auroD, The Father loveth the Son , and hath given all things into His hand : where
1 ABCA Vulg. omit U. Rec. Text has no good authority for it. — E.
2 So ABC : but Rec. Text with Vulg. dyu-Kyjouvn. — E.