xviii. 20; 1 John 1, 6; ii. 4, 27). The detachment, however, is only superficial. The inner connection is closely held in the writer’s mind, and is impressed upon the reader by that con- stant iteration which, upon a hasty view, savors of monotony, but which serves to represent the central thought in its many- sidedness, and to place it in its commanding relation to subor- dinate thoughts. His frequent use of the particle ovv (there- fore) directs attention to the sequence of events or ideas (ii. 22 ; ili. 25, 29; iv. 1, 6, 465 vi. 55 vii. 25; viii. 12, 21, 31, 38; x. 7; xi. 1, 3, 9,17, 21). The phrase zn order that (iva), mark- ing an object or purpose, is of frequent occurrence, and exhibits the characteristic of John’s mind to regard things in their moral and providential relations. Thus iv. 34: “ My meat is an order that I may do the will of Him that sent me;” the em- phasis lying not on the process, but on the end. Compare vy. 36; vi. 29; viii. 56; xii. 23; xiii. 34; xvii. 3.
The subject or the significant word of a sentence is often repeated, especially in dialogues (which are characteristic of John’s Gospel), where, by the constant repetition of the names of the parties they are kept clearly before the reader’s mind (see 11. 18; iv. 7 sqq.; viii. 48 sqq.; x. 23 sqq. Also i. 1, 7, 10 5) 1V22 eyend lt evioi SPxines):
The demonstrative pronoun is habitually introduced to recall the subject, when a clause has intervened between the subject and the verb (see xv.5; vii. 18; x. 1; xii. 48; xiv. 21, 26; xv. 26). The personal pronoun is frequently employed, especially that of the first person. “In this respect,” says Westcott, “much of the teaching of the Lord’s discourses depends upon the careful recognition of the emphatic reference to His undi- vided personality ” (see viii. 14, 16; v. 31).
The quotations are commonly from the Septuagint, and never immediately from the Hebrew.