reading of the Rec. Text, is, strictly, whatsoever things he may have heard.
Will shew (dvayyere?). Better, as Rev., declare. Compare Mark v. 14,19; Acts xx.27; 2 Cor. vii. 7. Also to rehearse ; Acts xiv. 27. Used of the formal proclamation of the Chris- tian religion (Acts xx. 20; 1 Pet. i. 12; 1 Johni. 5). See on Acts xix. 18.
Things to come (ra épydpueva). The article, omitted by A. V.,is important. The meaning is not, He will show you some things to come, but the things that are to come, or the things that are coming. These things are whatsoever He shall hear. The phrase occurs only here in the New Testament.
14. Shall receive (Ajyerat). Rev., take. See on iii. 32.
15. All things that (rdvra éca). Lit., all thongs as many as. Rey., all things whatsoever.
Shall take (Areras). The best texts read Nap Raver, taketh. The relation between the Son and the Spirit is put by Jesus as present and constant.
16. Ye shall not see (ov Sewpetre). The present tense: “ye behold me no more.” So Rev.
Ve shall see (@yeo3e). A different verb for seeing is used here. For the distinction, see on i. 18. OQewpéw emphasizes the act of vision, pd, the result. Oewpéw denotes deliberate contemplation conjoined with mental or spiritual interest. “The vision of wondering contemplation, in which they observed little by little the outward manifestation of the Lord, was changed and transfigured into sight, in which they seized at once, intuitively, all that Christ was. As long as His earthly presence was the object on which their eyes were fixed, their view was necessarily imperfect. His glorified presence showed Him in His true nature” (Westcott).
Vou, Il.—17
958 WORD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Because | go unto the Father. The best texts omit.
17. Then (otv). Rev., correctly, therefore. It is a particle of logical connection, not of teme.
18. He saith (Aéyec). Emphasizing the purport of the say- ing.
A little while (70 pxpdv). In vv. 16, 17, without the article. Here the article the or this little while defines the special point of their difficulty; this “little while” of which He speaks.
We cannot tell (ov« oldayev). Rev., more simply and liter- ally, we know not.
He saith (Aade?). Emphasizing the form of the saying. 19. Knew (éyvw). Better, Rev., perceived. See on ii. 24.
20. Weep—lament—be sorrowful («Aavcere—Spnvncere— AuTnInoeode). Of these three words, the last is the most general in meaning, expressing every species of pain, of body or of soul, and not necessarily the outward manifestation of sorrow. Both the other words denote audible expressions of grief. Opnvew marks the more formal expression. It means to utter a dirge over the dead. Thus Homer, of the mourning over Hector in Troy:
‘¢ On a fair couch they laid the corse, and placed Singers beside it, leaders of the dirge (Spnvev), Who sang (édpfveov) a sorrowful, lamenting strain, And all the women answered it with sobs.’’ “¢ Tliad,” xxiv., 720-722.
The verb oecurs Matt. xi. 17; Luke vii. 32; xxiii. 27. Knralo means audible weeping, the crying of children, as distinguished from daxpiw, to shed tears, to weep silently, which occurs but once in the New Testament, of Jesus’ weeping (John xi. 35). See on Luke vii. 32.