The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 1 — Section 398

pbeta, o.nd lo roceivo express, If not litero.1, Dot every one thnt hnth heard tho Fnthcr, uttoranoe In Ieu.. !iv. IS. The prophet, on and hM nlso ILCCepted the lcsson-hns felt desoribing tho glorious triumphs of the the Di vino drnwir,g; being willing to do the Berv1111t of tho Lord iu his now kingdom, will of the Fo.ther, he knows of the doctrine, nclded (LXX.), Kai ,rd.v-ru 'TOVs ulovs ,rou whether it be or' Gori, o.nd ho comes to l/1~a1<-rol,s 0rniJ, 1<al lv wo;,,.;,,.fi ,lp~v11 Tel 7/,cva Christ. Lntcr on, Christ said," Emry one ,rou, "And o.11 thy sons [I will mako] to be th1Lt is of the trutli henreth my voice." It tnught of God, n.nd in much [great] peace is one thing to " hear," nnother to "learn," thy children" (of. also Jer. xxxi. [LXX., another to " come.'' These three stages still :n.xviii.] S!, for the so.me thought in other further illumine the " drawing" of the words). Godet suggests tho.t the former Fo.ther, and the metho,1 which the Father pu.ssage was in the haphtora, from the pro- has ndopted of so gi viug men to Christ th(,t phets-the lesson for the day. If the dis- he may nltimately fold them in his arms course wo.s uttered in tho synngogue of and press them to hfa heart. Leet, how- Co.pernaum, this is not impossible. At o.ll ever, the hearers of J esue, then or now, events, the "and" (1<a() which here follows should conclocle that the kind of direct suggests that the quotation is taken from teaching of which the prophets spnke, nnd Isaio.h. And they shall all bo taught of which he endorsed, was of that immediate God; i.e. direct teo.ching by God is the kind which himself enjoyed, an<l which prime requisite of any sph-ituo.l o.pprehen- alone justifies this l:i.nguage, he con- sion, even of the mysteries of Christ the tinued- Revealer. This solemn truth is affirmed by Ver. 46.-Nc,t that any one bath seen the the entire history of Christ. The vision of Father, save he who is from God, he bath his mo.jesty, even contact with his ineffable seen the Father. "Hearing" and "learn- love, the sight of his humiliation and of ing " do not amount to the be1Lti.fic vision. the shedding of his precious blood, did not, "No one [as John said, eh. i. 18] bath by any necessarily acting law of mind, in- seen God at any time, the only begotten duce fnith. Divine ten.ching by the Spirit [Son] who is in the bosom of tho F1Lther of the Fo.ther and Son is the proliminn.ry [1rpbs Tbv a,&v, eh. i. 1; ,ls -rbv Ko,\wov, eh. i. (see notes on oh. xvi 5-8, on the mission 18], he hath decllLred him•• (cf. Mo.tt. xi. of the Comforter) to believing on Christ. 27). The full revelation of the Father i3 "To.ught of God" (li,6a1<Tol 0•oii), tr::inslo.ted alone possible to one who is ( rap ii -roii Eleoii) in Vulgate, docibilea Dei (of. I 'I'hess. iv. 9), "forth from God," yet evermore sto.nding means more tho.n the reception of one lesson in close association with God. Cyril and in the school of God, ond suggests o. pro- Erasmus here suggest the fact that Christ longed experience and a rich communion be- distinguishes himself from Moses, nnd some tween the Teacher and the tu.ught. Every suggest that Christ p:.otests ago.inst the o:a.e (therefore) 1 (,riis, referring to the w.Lv-ru supposition which would mo.ke the spiritunl of ver. 45a, and to the quot1Ltion, is not so "inner Christ" of modern speculation of more muoh every humo.n being, ns the "all" of value tho.n the historical personality. But the Messinnio kingilom-the "all" of God's wap/i. in association with &, indicates more " sons" and " children "] that bath heard 1 thon mission from God, and obnously stands from the Father, and bath learned (o/ him), in indissoluble relation with the teaching of oometh unto me. Bea.ring may end in heed- the prologue, viz. the eterno.l pre-existence lessness, even when the Lord God Almighty of the persono.l Logos-the identity of the speaks with us. His revelations at groat Person who wo.s made flesh with the Christ. epochs, his inner voice at speoi1Ll moments in of this discourse. These words bring om: our religious history, mo.y be disrega.rded. Lord's teaching b1Lck to a full justi.fic1Ltiou The voice of God may be heard, yet not or reassertion of the st1Ltement that he hnd obeyed; the voice ofconsoienco cmd revelntion come down from heaven. nnd inspiration, the snored monitions nnd Yer. 47.-Verily, verily, I sny unto you. warnings of the hen.rt, mny o.11 be slighted. Ho tho.t believeth [on 1 me] bath eternal life. Ho hns here giYen o. new turn to the 1 O~v of T.R, with lo.tar uncials, is omitted converso.tion, nnd repeated what ho.d been by ~. B, 0, D, L, oto., nnd by many Ito.lio the substu.nce of several discourses ( eh. m1Lnusoripts, the VulgiLte, Coptic, etc.; by iii. 16, 18, 36; v. 24), and forwcJ, indeed, some cursives o.nd Fathers, by Tischendorf the starting-place of this (vers. 27, 35, 36). (8th edit.), Tregelles, R.T., Westcott nnd Hort. 1 Elr lµ~ stands, w:th A, 0, D, r, .o., 1Lnd 2 'A1<060-ar, T.R, nnd R.T., Tischendorf oursiYes, Futhcrs, nnd Ycrsions. ~. D, L, T, (BLh edit.), is susto.ined by ~. A, D, 0, K, L, Armenian (Syrino n,hls, in Deum), aD<l T, VulgiLto, Origon, and Cyril. Godot, on the Tischendorf (8th edit.), W cstcott and Hort, o.uthority of the later uncials and ouraives, and R.'l'., ho.Yo owittcd; Alford a.nu Tre- prof8l'8 clKo.111111, gelles bracket it.  266 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. rcn. VI, 1-71,