IVbich John here conclenscs. His more lilcely the nature of the Lorri, which fell short of tbnt John omits the Inter scone, nnd 'prefers tho grcnt utterance of Peter in Mo.tt. xvi. 16. to give this, which stnnds closely related This wns o.n ascription which the diemoniace, with tho immedinte circumstnncee (cf. nleo or tho devils, by their lips were ready from Luke ix.). The context nnd surrounding of the fir~t to proclnim prematurely (Mark i. the scene in Mntt. xvi. 18-17 nnd Mnrk 24; Luke iv. 34). (On the holiness of viii. 27-29 nppenr to differ in plnce,occasion, Christ, on his entire coneecrntion, nnd on query, nnd answer, nnd in the correspond• the fact that he wa.s sealed and seut into ing tenching tbnt followed. The question the world to do the Father's will, see eh. x. wne " the anticipntion of Gethsemnne " 36; I John ii. 20; Rev. iii. 7.) "Thon art (Etlersheim). sent on the highest mission. Thou canst Vars. 68, 69.-Simon Peter-prominent accomplish all that thou bast tolJ us; we here, and in eh. xiii. 6-11, 24, 36; xviii 10; hn.ve come to believe it, and we do know it. :u:. 2-10 ; :u:i. 7, etc. ; just os be is in the We cannot leave thee. We are not looking synoptic Gospels (see portrait of St. Peter, for temporal honours or Messianic splen- Introduction VIII. 3 (4))-[tben 1] e.nswerad dours, but for the food that endureth unto him,Lord, to whom ehe.ll we go1 Perhaps a.,r•• everlasting life." /\Ev1Toµ•8a. is even stronger the.n the lnr&.-,.,,,; Yer. 70.-The answer of the Lord is one Hast thou not drown us to thyself, and sup• of the most solemn e.nrl heart-rending cha- plied a need e.nd craving which thou be.dst racter, e.nd a. further hint from hie own lips first of e.11 excited? Is there any teacher to of what the evange&t had uttered on his rive.I thee? Can we look for another while we own o.ccount. It is an outburst of bitter he.ve thee? '' Dn nobis olterum te" (Augus- grief over the moral imperfections which are tine). The second po.rt of this immortal developing Uilller this strong revelation of reply points clenrly bnck to ver. 63, where the Divine glory. Did I not ohoose-I, the Lord had declared that the words he even I the Holy One of God-you the twelve he.d spoken to them were spirit and life. to myself U!•ll.•!d.µ.1111), e.nd o! you one is a Thon he.st words of eternal life, Not "the devil l This "choice" is repeatedly re- words," which would savour too much of ferred to (eh. xiii 18; xv. 16; cf. Lnke vi. the dogmatic e.nd teohnicnl, but words of 13; Acts i 2, 2!). "He appointed twelve life-words which minister the Spirit of life; to be with him, that he might send them words which convey tho Divine power, even forth to preach, and to he.ve power to co.et the Holy Spirit, to our minds; words which out dmmons" (Mark iii. H). This choice bring those thoughts before us which we was made in the foll human self-conscious- ce.n believe, e.nd believing which, we have ness and know ledge of their peculie.rities. eternal life. " Thou hast such words" ( cf. It is morally inconceivable that he, in his for ueo of rx.,,,, l Cor. xiv. 26). The third Divine foreknowledge, chose Juda.a to item of this confession is twofold. We he.ve special reprobation, knowing him then to believed, e.nd he.ve oome to know; so thnt we be devilish in his nature, and so that he now do believe and know that, etc. There might have his character demoralized bv is a knowledge which precedes belief, and this close contact with Christ's holiness, e.nd there are some gree.t fl\ots and ideo.s about thus be trained for the damnation of the Christ which lead to n higher e.nd to a traitor's sin and doom. Yet this choice, to dill'eront belief (see eh. xvii. 8; 1 John iv. Christ's human nature e.nd self-conscious- 8); but again the fullest knowledge follows ness, was early seen to be one which was belief, a notional e.nd real e.ssent lee.ds to not softening but hardening the heart of e.n invincible assent. Faith is the womb of Jud&B. He brought him nearer to himself, assurance. This richer knowledge is medi- and g11ve him fresh opportunity of acquiring ated by love. "He that loveth not knoweth just idee.e of the kingdom and its methods, not," and the faith that evokes "love" also and by these warnings the Lord was giving excites and con.firms the "knowledg1J" that him chance after chance of escaping from is life eternal ( eh. xvii. 2). That thou art what, even to the Lord's prophetic human the Roly One of God.• The recognition of foresight, looked like his destiny. "One of you," says he-" one is devil." Official re- 1 0311 of T.R. is omitted by nine principal
uncials e.nd numerous versions, by 'rischen- 'l'ov eeov. Some of the oorly versions give dorf (8th edit.), TregeUes, Westcott and d Xp11T"Tds cS il-y,os 'l'Ov E>•ov. The Latin tran3o Hort, R.T. It hns the authority of E, F, lations, cS Xp11T'TOS d vi~s Toii a,oii. TheM H, M, Vulgnte, otc. seem n gradual npproxime.tion to the ful! 2 The text of T.R. is thnt of the great text of Matt. xvi., and of the bnlk of Clllb me.ss of lo.ter manuscripts e.nd versions, hut sivcs, etc., which is d Xp,ITTas J vi~, Tou E>,oi: it appears highly probable that it was trans- Toii (c,ill'Tos. Tregolles, R.T., Wcslcolt and ferred here from Mo.tt. xvi. 16. The older Hort, Tischendorf (8tb. t1dit.), ]foyer, and manuscripts, ~. D, c•,D, L, give cS ilr,os Godot o.dopt the shorter :eailli,g. 276 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. [on. v1. 1-71.