serve this ordinance) I give unto you, in order that ye love one another.” It is, however, more than improbable, and contrary to usage, that the Holy Supper should be spoken of as évrod) a commandment.
That (iva). With its usual telic * force; indicating the scope and not merely the form or nature of the commandment.
As (xa9as). Rev., better, even as. Not a simple comparison (Sorep), but a conformity ; the love is to be of the same nature. There are, however, two ways of rendering the passage. 1. “I give you a new commandment, that ye love one another with the same devotion with which I loved you.” 2. “I give youa new commandment, that ye love one another, even as up to this moment I loved you, in order that you may imitate my love one toward another.” By the first rendering the character of the mutual love of Christians is described; by the second, its ground. The Rev. gives the latter in margin.
35. Shall—know (yva@covtat). Perceive, or come to know.
My disciples (€uoi wadnrai). See on Matt. xii. 49. Lit., disciples unto me. Compare xv. 8.
36-38. Compare Matt. xxvi. 831-35; Mark xiv. 27-31; Luke xxi. 31-38.
37. Now (apts). Without waiting for a future time. See on ver. 33, and compare viv now, in ver. 36.
| will lay down my life. See on x. 11.
38. Wilt thou lay down thy life? Fora similar repetition of Peter’s own words, see on xxi. 17.
* Directed to an end (réAos), and therefore marking a pumpose.