Acts ii. 44; iv. 32; Heb. iv. 3). The saints (oi dryvov) ; charac- teristic of Paul and the Apocalypse. Four times in the Acts (ix. 18, 82, 41; xxvi. 10), and once in Jude (3). Also Heb. vi. 10; xiii. 24. In Paul, 1 Cor. vi. 1; xiv. 33; Eph. i. 1, 15, ete. In Apocalypse v. 8; viii. 3, 4; xi. 18, etc.
Until now (és prs). Though the light has been increasing, and though he may claim that he has been in the light from the first. The phrase occurs in John ii. 10; v. 17; xvi. 24; and is used by Paul, 1 Cor. iv. 13; viii. Texve 6
10. Abideth (uéves). See on ver. 6. Compare ver. 9, 2s in.
Occasion of stumbling (cxdv8arov). See on offend, Matt. y. 29. For the image in John, see John vi. 61; xi Or xvi wh, Apoce. ii. 14. The meaning is not that he gives no occasion of stumbling to others, but that there is none in his own way. See John xi. 9, 10.
11. Is—walketh—whither. The condition of him who hates is viewed as related to being, action, and tendency.
He goeth (imdye). Or, s going. See on John vi. 21; viii. 21.
Hath blinded (érddAwcev). For the image see Is. vi. 10. See on closed, Matt. xiii. 15. Compare John i. 5, and see note on xaréraBev, overtook ; John xii. 35,40. The aorist tense, blinded, indicates a past, definite, decisive act. When the dark- ness overtook, it blinded. The blindness is no new state into which he has come.
12. Little children. See on ver. 1, and John i. 12. Not children in age, but addressed to the readers generally.
Name. See on John i. 12; ii. 23.
13. Fathers. Indicating age and authority.