22. Which stood (6 éornxws). Having remained during the night near the scene of the miracle, and being there still.
Boat (7Aovdptov). Diminutive: ledéle boat.
That—whereinto His disciples were entered. Omit, and read as Rev., save one.
23. Howbeit there came other boats (dAAa 5é 7rJev mrordpia). Some editors omit dé, howbett, change dda, other, into adda, but, and read, but there came boats.
26. The miracles (cnueta). Both the insertion of the defi- nite article and the translation mzracles in the A. V. tend to obscure the true sense of the passage. Jesus says: You do not seek me because you saw signs. What you saw in my works was only marvels. You did not see in them tokens of my divine power and mission.
Were filled (éyoptdc3nre). See on Matt. v. 6; Luke xv. 16.
27. Meat (Bpaow). See on iv. 32. In Matt. vi. 19, 20, and there only, it is used in the sense of rust, that which eats or corrodes. Similarly, corrode is from rodo, to gnaw.
Him hath God the Father sealed. The Rev. makes the sentence culminate properly in God: “for Him the Father, even (od, hath sealed.” According to the strict Greek order it is: for Him the Father sealed, even God. On sealed (eodpart- cev) see on ili. 38. Wyc., betokened Him.
28. What shall we do ? (ré rovoduev). Lit., what do we do? The best texts read zroi@puev, what are we to do?
Works. The question is from the legal stand-point, works being regarded as the condition of obtaining the living bread.
29. Believe. Faith is put as a moral act or work. The work of God is to believe. Faith includes all the works which