For οσα of AC?D a is read in NBC*X.
‘kab’ ἓν, οὐδὲ αὐτὸν οἶμαι τὸν κόσμον ™ χωρῆσαι τὰ γραφόμενα
For Άμην is omitted in ABCD 1, 33
loved, and a certificate of his truth is added. The whole verse has a strong resemblance to xix. 35, and it seems im- possible to say with certainty whether they were or were not written by the evangelist himself. The οἴδαμεν might seem to imply that several united in this certificate. But who in John’s old age were there, who could so certify the truth ofthe gospel? They could have no personal, direct knowledge of the facts; and could merely affirm the habitual truthfulness of John. Cf. too the οἶμαι of ver. 25 where a return to the singular is made; but this may be because in the former clause the writer speaks in the name of several others, while in the latter he speaks in his own name. Who these others were, disciples, Ephesian presbyters, friends, Apostles, it is vain to conjecture. τούτων and ταῦτα refer to the whole gospel, including chap. xxi. Be- sides the things narrated ἔστι δὲ... ᾽Αμήν. The verse re-affirms the state- ment of xx. 30, adding a hyperbolical estimate of the space required to re- count all that Jesus did, if each detail αν. separately told, ἐὰν γράφηται καθ’ Ve
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