The word (6 doyos). Comprehending all the sayings (pn- pata).
The same (éxeivos). That. The pronoun of remote refer- ence, Westcott finely remarks: “The resumptive, isolating pronoun places in emphatic prominence the teaching which is regarded as past, and separated from those to whom it was ad- dressed. It stands, as it were, in the distance, as a witness and an accuser.”
The last day. Peculiar to John. See vi. 39.
49. Of myself (€& guavtod). Out of myself. This formula occurs only here. The usual expression is dm’ ¢uavtod. "Aro, From, as distinguished from é«, owt of, marks rather the point of departure, while éx, including this idea, emphasizes the point of departure as the living and impelling source of that which issues forth. In vii. 17, we read, “ whether it be owt of God (é« rod} cod), or whether I speak from myself (am’ éuav- TOv).”
Gave (éwxev). The best texts read dédwxev, the perfect tense, hath gwen, the result of the gift still abiding. So Rev.
Say—-speak (e/rw—dadjow). The former relating to the substance, and the latter to the form of Jesus’ utterances.
1. Before the Feast of the Passover. This clause is to be construed with nyd7rncer, loved, at the close of this verse. No- tice that John, in mentioning the Passover, here drops the ex- planatory phrase of the Jews (xi. 55). It is not the Passover of the Jews which Jesus is about to celebrate, which had degen- erated into an empty form, but the national ordinance, accord- ing to its true spirit, and with a development of its higher meaning.
GOSPEL OF JOHN. 225 Knowing (eidas). Or, since he knew. His hour. See on xii. 23, and compare ii. 4.
That (iva). Jn order that; marking the departure as a divine decree.
Depart (ueta84). The compounded preposition werd, signi- fies passing over from one sphere into another.
His own (rods idiovs). See on Acts i. 7. Compare xvii. 6 sqq.; Acts iv. 23; xxiv. 23; 1 Tim. v. 8; Johni. iY.
He loved (#ydrnoev). Notice that John uses the word in- dicating the discriminating affection: the love of choice and selection. See on v. 20.
Unto the end (es réXos). Interpretations differ. The ren- dering of the A. V. and Rev. is of doubtful authority. The passages cited in support of this, Matt. x. 22; xxiv. 138; Mark xiii. 13, may all be rendered éo the uttermost. Morever, other formulas are used where the meaning fo the end is unquestiona- ble. In Apoc. ii. 26, the only other instance in John’s writings where Tédos is used in an adverbial phrase, the expression is dype Térous, unto the end. Similarly Heb. vi. 11. In Heb. iii. 6, 14, wéxpe Tédous, unto the end. The phrase may mean at last, and so is rendered by many here, as Meyer, Lange, Thayer (Lex.). “At last He loved them;” that is, showed them the last proof of His love. This is the most probable rendering in Luke xviii. 5, on which see note. It may also mean éo the utter- most, completely. So Westcott and Godet. But I am inclined, with Meyer, to shrink from the “ inappropriate gradation” which is thus implied, as though Jesus’ love now reached a higher degree than before (ayaryjoas). Hence I prefer the rendering at last, or finally He loved them, taking HyaTrnoev, loved, in the sense of the manifestation of His love. This sense frequently attaches to the verb. See, for instance, 1 John iv. 10 (“love viewed in its historic manifestation” Westcott) ;
Vou. I1.—15