Have no life in you (ov éyere wv év éavtois). Not accord- ing tothe Greek. Rightly, as Rev., ye have not life m your- selves. All true life must be in Christ. Compare Col. iii. 3.
54. Eateth (tp@ywv). Another verb for eating is used. With the exception of Matt. xxiv. 38, itis found only in John, and always in connection with Christ. No special significance can be fairly attached to its use here. It seems to be taken as a current word, and épayov is resumed in ver. 58.
55. Indeed (dAn9ds). Lit. truly. The best texts read arnIjs, true: true meat, true drink.
56. Dwelleth (uéver). Render, as Rev., abideth. The word is a favorite one with John, occurring more frequently than in all the rest of the New Testament.
57. The living Father (6 Sav warip). A phrase found no- where else in the New Testament. On liwing and live, see i. 4.
By the Father (sa tov marépa). Wrong. Render, because of, as Rev. Because the Father is the living One. So, because of me, instead of by me.
59. In the synagogue (év cuvvaywyy). But the definite article is wanting; so that we must either understand im a synagogue, or in an assembly. See on Jas. ii. 2. Among the ruins at Zell Him, the probable site of Capernaum, have been found among the remains of a synagogue a block of stone, perhaps the lintel, carved with the pot of manna, and with a pattern of vine leaves and clusters of grapes. See a full account of these ruins in Thomson’s “ Land and Book, Central Pales-
tine and Pheenicia,” pp. 417-419.
60. Hard (ckdmpés). See on Matt. xxv. 24; Jude 14. Ac- cording to the Greek order, hard is this saying.
Hear it (adtod dxovew). Adrod may be rendered Him, but this is not probable. Hear means a docile hearing, with a view