faith" (WcslMU). Some ha..-e compared the evangelist's intimate friend Andrew is thus (lXpl"ell8ion with (pxov 1t1tl fJ-,.,_,.,,.,, thrice re- lifted out of his compamtive obsourity pented (T.R.) in RH. ";·; but it is unneces- among the apostolato, not by his e.ssooi- sary to do so. Faith precedes revelation RB atiou with John, but by his relationship we! I M follows it. They oame, and saw where with Simon. he Willi a.biding. We cannot say where; it Ver. 41.-(a) The Messiali. Ke (Andrew) mRy have been some cave in the rocks, some first 1 :llndeth his own brother Simon. Dr. bumble shelter a.mid the hills, some chnmber Plummer here observes, "In Church history in a carnrnneerai; for he lmd not where t.o St. Peter is everything, and St. Andrew lny his head. Be called no place hid home. nothing: but would there he.rn boon an And they abode with him that day, for it Apostle Peter but for Andrew?" Hongsten- was about the te11.th hour. The estreme berg, De Wette, e.nd others have explrlined difficulty of reconoiling John's statement o.s the curious word " first," as though both the to the time of the Crucifixion with that of unnamed disciple nnd Andrew had gone l\Iark (see note on eh. xix. 14) has led very together to search out Simon, and tho.t able critics, like Townson, McLellan, West- Andrew hnd been the first of the two to be c.ott, to argue that all John's notioes of successful. This would leave the t6iov less time a.re compatible with his having adopted satisfactorily accounted for than the simple the Roman method of measuring, i.e. from supposition that each of the disciples started midnight to noon, and from noon to mid- in different directions to find "his own" night. On that hypothesis the "tenth hour" brother, and that Andrew was more fortunate would be ten a.m., and the two disciples than his companion. The two pairs of would have remained "ith our Lord through- brothers are frequently mentioned as being nut the day. This is not necessa.rily involved together. James and John, Andrew nnd by our present context, and we e.re not sure Simon, are partners on the lake of Gnlilee in that a like supposition will free us from all their fishing business, and Are finally called difficulty in eh. xix. 14. Meyer says that into full discipleship and a.postolate after the "the Jeumh reckoning is involved necessarily visit to Jerusalem (see Mark i.19, 11). The in eh. xi. 9; e.nd in eh. iv. 6, 52 it is not four are specie.Hy mentioned as being to- excluded." The ordinary New Testament gether (Mark xiii. 3), so that it is not un- measurement would make the hour four p.m., reasonable to suggest that when Andrew first and on that under:;tanding severe.I l1ours sought "his own " brother Simon, John also might still be open for the sa.cred fellowship. sought for "his own " brother Jo.mes. It is The personal witness showd himself by this worthy of note that the evangelist never delicate hint of exact time, this special note mentions his own name, nor that of James, of remembrance concerning the most critical nor that of their mother Salome, although he epoch of his life. does imply their presenoe. Andrew oaith to Vers. 40-49.-(2) The naming and con'l7ic- him (Simon), We have found the Meseias- tio111l of the discipla. the article is omitted, a.s Xp,u-r&r is merely tbe Ver. 40.-0ne of the two who heard from translation of " Messiah "-(whioh, adds the John that Jesus was the Son of God and evangelist, is, being interpreted, Christ). the Lamb of God, and who, on that astound- Andrew is described on two additional occa- ing intelligence, and at their teacher's own sions as bringing others to Jesus (eh. vi. 8; illlggeetion, followed (became henceforth fol- xii. 22). Here the rapidity and depth of his lowers of, a.KOM1160,) him, was Andrew, the convictions are noted. The writer's own brother of Simon l'eter (notice e. simila.r impression is implied rather than given. He construction at eh. vi 45, where & clause hides hls own faith under the bolder and commences with the copula). The other more explicit utterance of his friend. Thie disciple, "With the studied reticence ever was the result upon the mind of two disciples preserved aLiout bis own designation, is left of the first conference with Jesus. Marvel- unnamed by the writer. " Simon Peter" is lous enough that such e. thought should havo here spoken of as the better-lrnown man. possessed them, however imperfect their idPas The hestowment of thls designation on were as yet concerning the Christ I The Andrew shows that the Gospel was written ,~pr/1taµ.•v implies that they had long boen when Peter·e greater name was widely waiting for the Consolation of Israel, looking recognized, and the reference is me.de with- for hie coming, seeking his appearing. "We out the faintest touch of depreciation. Simon have sought,'' they ee.y, "and we have found." Peter'e reputation gives force and impor- A more wonderful E~P'I"" than that of .Arohi- t.a.nee to the record of Andrew's faith. The 1 The awkward reading 1rpfirrov is pre-
c;f n..,.., of T.R. and Le.chma.nn, by Tregelles, ferred to 1rpf;rrar of T.B. by Lachma.nn, Tre- T~hendorf (8th edit.), R.T., Westcott and gellee, R.T., and Westcott and Hort, 011 tho Hort, on the authority of B, c•, L, and quota- authority of t(2, A, B, M, I, 22, 69, etc.; but not tions from Origen and numerous cursives. by Meyer, Godet, or 'fischendorf (8th edit.), Oil I, 1-61.] THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOFIN. 37