19. Verily, verily. See on i. 51.
But what He seeth. Referring to can do nothing, not to of himself. Jesus, being one with God, can do nothing apart from Him.
The Father do (rov ratépa rovotvta). Rev., rightly, doing. The participle brings out more sharply the coincidence of action between the Father and the Son: “the inner and immediate intuition which the Son perpetually has of the Father’s work ” (Meyer).
Likewise (ouoiws). Better, as Rev., in like manner. Like- wise is popularly understood as equivalent to also; but the word indicates identity of actcon based upon identity of nature.
20. Loveth (iret). To love is expressed by two words in the New Testament, ¢iAéw and dyarrdw. ~Ayardw indicates a reasoning, discriminating attachment, founded in the conviction that its object is worthy of esteem, or entitled to it on account of benefits bestowed. iAéw represents a warmer, more in- stinctive sentiment, more closely allied to feeling, and imply- ing more passion. Hence ayamdw is represented by the Latin diligo, the fundamental idea of which is selection, the deliberate choice of one out of a number, on sufficient grounds, as an object of regard. Thus ¢cAéw emphasizes the affectional element of love, and dyamrdw the intelligent element. Socrates, in Xeno- phon’s “ Memorabilia,” advises his friend Aristarchus to allevi- ate the necessities of his dependents by furnishing means to set them at work. Aristarchus having acted upon his advice, Xenophon says that the women in his employ loved (épidovr) him as their protector, while he in turn loved (nya7a) them because they were of use to him (“ Memorabilia,” 1i., 7, § 12). Jesus’ sentiment toward Martha and Mary is described by nyara, John xi. 5. Men are bidden to love (ayarav) God (Matt. xxii. 37; 1 Cor. viii. 3); never durezv, since love to God implies an intelligent discernment of His attributes and not merely an affectionate sentiment. Both elements are combined