ladder to the gallows; but it is a gracious allurement, such as that of the man whom everybody loves, and to whom every- body willingly goes.”
45. Taught of God (ddaxrol rod Ocov). The idea is thrown into a compound adjective, JeodiSaxrou, in 1 Thess. iv. 9.
46. Hath seen. As contrasted with hearing and learning. (ver. 45). The Father is not seen immediately, but through the Son. Compare i. 18; xiv. 9; 1 John iii. 2; Matt. xi. 27.
Of God (mapa tod Ocod). More correctly, as Rev., from, with an idea of association with: from with God. Tapa is used of procession from a personal object, indicating it gen- erally as the starting-point.
49. Are dead (a7éJavov). The aorist points, not to their present condition but to the historical fact ; they died. So Rev.
51. The living bread (0 dpros o fav). Lit., the bread the living (bread). Wyc., quick bread.
I will give. The éyo, J, is emphatic, in contrast with Moses (ver. 32).
Flesh. See oni. 14.
Which | will give. The best texts omit. Read, as Rev., my flesh for the life of the world.
52. Strove (€udyovto). The murmuring (ver. 41) now breaks out into open contention among the Jews themselves.
53. Eat the flesh. Appropriate the life. Compare Gal. ii. 20; Eph. iii. 17.
Drink His blood. Appropriate the saving merit of His death. The passover was approaching, and the reference may well have been to the flesh and blood of the paschal lamb.