Is withered (€&npavIn). The aorist, as in was cast forth. Wyc., shall wax dry.
Men gather. Or, as Rev., they gather. Indefinite. Com- pare Isa. xxvii. 115 Ezek. xv. 5.
". Ye shall ask (airnoecde). The best texts read the im- perative, airjaacte, ask.*
Shall be done unto you (yevjceras dpiv). Lit., 2 shall come to pass for you.
8. Herein (év rovrw). Commonly referred to what follows. My Father is glorified in ¢hzs, namely, that ye bear much fruit. It is better to refer it back to ver. 7. In the perfect unity of will between the Son and the disciple, which results in the dis- ciple’s obtaining whatever he asks, the Father is glorified. To this effect is xiv. 13, “ Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” The design of this glorification is that (iva) you may bear much fruit. This. retrospective reference of év toute, in this, or herein, occurs in iv. 87; xvi. 830; 1 John iv. 17.
Is glorified (€0fd09n). The aorist tense; was glorijied. As in ver. 6, marking the point when the Father’s glory was realized in the perfect union of the believer’s will with Christ’s.
So shall ye be («al yevjoecde). Lit., and ye shall become. Some editors, however, read yévna3e, and connect, in the same construction with the preceding clause, rendering, “ Herein is (was) my Father glorified, that ye might bear much fruit and become my disciples.” Note that the word is become, not be. Christian discipleship implies progress and growth.
9. In my love (€v TH ayarn tH éun). Lit., in the love, that which is mine. Not only the love of the disciple for Christ,
* This does not, as Godet says, turn the promise into ‘‘a moral precept.” It is a hortatory encouragement. But then the reading occurs in Cod. A. !