God which is represented here, underlies the absolute term the Word in Johni.1. It is further urged that in the Gospel o Aéyos is applied to the prehistoric Christ, while in this passage it is applied to the historic Christ. But the name of the his- toric Christ is that referred to in ver. 12, not in ver. 13. It is the name “ which no one knoweth but He Himself,” expressing the character of His whole redeeming work. The name in ver. 18 is that which belongs originally and essentially to Him.
14. Followed (jxoA0vIe). Note the imperfect tense denot- ing progression, and thus describing the advancing movement of the host.
15. Sword. See on ch. i. 16.
Smite (zatdacon). See on ch. xi. 6. Shall rule (rocwave?). See on ch. ii. 27. Wine-press. See on ch. xiv. 19.
Of the fierceness and wrath (rod Jupuod cal tis dpyis). Omit and, and render, as Rev., the fierceness of the wrath. See on John iii. 36.
Of Almighty God (rod Qcobd rod travtoKpdtopos). Lit., of God the all-ruler. See on ch. i. 8.
16. On His thigh. Some explain, on the garment where it covers the thigh to which the sword is bound. Compare Ps. xlv. 3. Others, partly on the vesture, partly on the thigh itself, where, in an equestrian figure, the robe drops from the thigh. According to the former explanation cal and is to be taken as explanatory or definitive of the words on Mis vesture. Others again suppose a sword on the hilt of which the name is in- scribed. Expositors refer to the custom of engraving the artist’s name on the thigh of a statue. Thus Cicero says: “A most beautiful statue of Apollo, on the thigh of which the