festival freshness of those days beautifully corresponds the word Jindeth, which is frequently used here.”
His own (zov idvov). See on Matt. xxii. 5; xxv. 153; Acts i. Peed: Petri
We have found (evpjxayev). This has been called the chap- ter of the Eurekas.
The Messias. Peculiar to this Gospel, and only here and iv. 25.
Christ. See on Matt. i. 1.
42. Beheld. Thesame word as in ver. 36, on which see. Rev., looked upon.
Thou art. Some read interrogatively: art thou. Jona (Iwva). The correct reading is Iwdvov, of John.
A stone (Ilétpos). See on Matt. xvi. 18. A detached mass of rock. Cephas is the Aramaic name, occurring 1 Cor. i. 12; Nine. ik Gear. Drs aly 11,9,
43. Jesus. The best texts omit.
Would go forth (79érncev é€erIeiv). Rev., better, was minded to go. On the construction see on Matt. xx. 14. On the verb to be minded, see on Matt. i. 19.
And findeth. Note the graphic interchange of tenses: was minded, findeth. The co-ordination of the two clauses, which by other writers would be placed in logical dependence, is char- acteristic of John. [Even where there is a real inner dependence he uses only the simple connective particles. Compare ii. 13
qq. Philip. See on Mark iii.18. For hints of his character see Vi25, 15 xlin2l 6qq.3.xiv. 8,9.
Saith. The best texts insert Jesus: “And Jesus said unto him.”
Follow (cxodovJe). Often used in the New Testament with the special sense of following as a disciple or partisan. See Matt. iv. 20, 22; ix. 9; Mark i.18; John viii. 12. Also with the meaning of cleaving steadfastly to one and conforming to his example. See Matt. x. 38; xvi. 24; John xii. 26. The verb occurs but once outside of the writings of the Evangelists, 1 Cor. x. 4. It appears in the noun acolyte, or acolyth, or aco- lothist, a church-servant ranking next below a subdeacon, whose duty it was to trim the lamps, light the church, prepare the sacramental elements, etc. Under the Byzantine emperors the captain of the emperor’s body-guard was called Acolouthos, or the Follower. See Scott’s “ Count Robert of Paris.”
44, Of Bethsaida. Rev., more literally, from (ao). Beth- saida of Galilee. See xii. 21, and on ver. 28. Philip, being of the same city as Andrew and Peter, was the more ready to wel- come Christ, because of the testimony and example of his fel- low-citizens. Notice the change of preposition: from Beth- saida (am) and out of (én) the city. See on from the dead, Luke xvi. 31.
45. Nathanael. Probably the same as Bartholomew. See on Bartholomew, Mark iii. 18.
Moses in the law, ete. Note the circumstantial detail of this confession as compared with Andrew’s (ver. 42).
46. Come out of Nazareth (é« Naapér eivar). Lit., “be out of;” a characteristic expression of John. See iii. 31; iv. 92; vii. 17, 223 viii. 23; xv. 19; xviii. 36, 38, ete. It means more than to come out of: rather to come out of as that which is of ; to be identified with something so as to come forth bear- ing its impress, moral or otherwise. See especially iii. 31: ‘Ele that zs of the earth is of the earth;” @.¢., partakes of its quality. Compare Christ’s words to Nicodemus (iii. 6), and 1 Cor. xv. 47,
In the Greek order, owt of Wazareth stands first in the sen-