The truth (adjSevav). Without the article, and therefore not the whole truth, but that which ts true as to any part of divine revelation.
47. He that is of (0 dv éx). The familiar construction. See on i. 46.
48. Say we not well. Indicating a current reproach. Well (xaros) is literally, jinely, beautifully. Sometimes ironical, as Mark vii. 6.
Thou art a Samaritan (Sapapeirns ef ov). Lit., a Samari- tan art thow: the od, thou, terminating the sentence with a bitter emphasis: thow who professest such reverence for God and His law, art only a Samaritan, hostile to the true law and kingdom of God.
49. | have nota devil. He ignores the charge of being a Samaritan, refusing to recognize the national distinction. For devil read demon.
50. There is one that seeketh. That seeks my honor and judges between me and my opposers.
51. Keep (rnpyjon). See on 1 Pet. i. 4. Saying (Acyov). Better, word, as Rey. See on ver. 43.
He shall not see death (Jdvarov ov pu Jewpnon). The phrase Jewpeiv Jdvaror, to see death, occurs only here in the New Testament. The double negative signifies a nowise, by no means. Oewpnen, see, denoting steady, protracted vision, is pur- posely used, because the promise contemplates the entire course of the believer’s life in Christ. It is not, shall not die forever, but shall dive eternally. Upon this life, which is essentially the negation and contradiction of death, the believer enters from the moment of his union with Christ, and moves along cts entire course, in time no less than in eternity, seeing only life, and with his back turned on death. The reverse of this truth, in connection with the same verb, is painfully suggestive. The