resurrection, ever coming into the world and to the Church, and to men as the risen Lord ” (Westcott).
And receive (rapadpouas). Here the future tense, will receive. Rev., therefore, much better: [come again and will receive you. The change of tense is intentional, the future pointing to the future personal reception of the believer through death. Christ is with the disciple alway, continually “coming” to him, unto the end of the world. Then He will receive him into that immediate fellowship, where he “shall see Him as He is.” The verb zrapadaySdvw is used in the New Testament of taking along with (Matt. iv. 5; xvii. 1; Acts xvi. 33, on all which see notes): of taking to (Matt. i. 20; John xiv. 3): of taking from, receiving by transmission ; so mostly in Paul (Gal. i. 12; Col. ii. 6; iv. 17; 1 Thess. ii. 13, etc. See also Matt. xxiv. 40, 41). It is scarcely fanciful to see the first two meanings blended in the use of the verb in this passage. Jesus, by the Spirit, takes His own along with Him through life, and then takes them to His side at death. He himself conducts them to Himself.
lam. See on vii. 34. 4. | go (trdyo). Withdraw from you. See on viii. 21.
Ve know, and the way ye know (oiéate, xal tiv odov oigare). The best texts omit the second ye know, and the and before the way; reading, whither I go ye know the way.
5. And how can we know (kal was Suvaueda thy oddv eidévat). The best texts substitute oldapev, know we, for duvap- eSa, can we; reading, how know we the way. So Rev. Some also omit and before how.
6. | am the way. The disciples are engrossed with the thought of separation from Jesus. To Thomas, ignorance of whither Jesus is going involves ignorance of the way. “ There- fore, with loving condescension the figure is taken up, and they are assured that He is Himself, if we may so speak, this dis-