The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 1 — Section 437

in with itB dc>m1tnde, to realizo ita ooi-rupt motive sufficiently strong prosonted iteelf. and unspiritual dreams. You are violating With the nssistanoe of oa,,...,, or with fUllh none of it-s chl'rish0d fancies; you are abas- l\n emphnsis upon the present tense (&11a- ing none of it.s idols; your time i8 alAoays /3a(vo,) 11s to make it equivalout to the inLro- rendy; my time is not yet com-0." duction of n viiv, the passage menus, "I nm Yer. S.--Go ye up to the 1 feut. "Join not going up no10." Chrysostom, Liloke, De the pilgrim-bands. Take part in the cere- Wctte, see in this suggestion the solution of moninl of sacrifice and lustration. Be there the problem nnd u. preparntion for whnt in good time for the booth-building. You follows. The word l;ryor, "nigh" (ver. 2), ha"l"e no testimony to deliver against the may reasonably be interpreted with more corruption of the holiest service, the hollow- latitude the.n is genernlly done. It might ness of the ritual th1tnksgiving." I go not easily mean I\ date sufficiontly neor to be yet• Ullto this fell.St. 'l'he text as it here the topic of conversation in the family oirole, stands frees tho lan!1:lla.ge of our Lord from even were it still o. mouth before the cele- the charge of Porphyry, or proves that it bration. The preparations me.y ho.ve been we.s founded on false premisses; though the mnde, the pilgrims were beginning to e.s- fact that the apparent refusal we.s so soon semble for their long journey, e.nd the " not followed by a compliance makes it probable yet" ond the emphasis on the present tense that the ree.l point of the sentence rests not of cwa/3a,,,., me.y easily he.ve been con- so mnoh on the oli,r.., ns on the Tali'l"TW .opTfJJ/, ditioned by some of the specie.I work which Not as a pilgrim, not in triumphal prooes- had still to be completed in Galilee on the sion, would he go to the Feast of Tabernacles. wo.y to Judma e.nd Perma. Eeoause my He reserved that solemn sscrificio.l act for see.son-my special opportunity-he.s not a lo.ter ocoariou. He would suffer e.s the been yet fulfilled; or, fully come. Probably Pasche.I Lamb, not go to Jerusalem to as- this cle.use points to the completion of the sert the completion of its accepto.ble year, predestined hour of his oonsummation, of the and to foment the self-satisfaction of its baptism with whioh he should be baptized, religions guides. This is not sa.tisfootory, the fire the.t he would kindle, the work bece.n,e there is no feast the special feo.tures which ho would .finish. of which seemed to furnish our Lord with Ver. 9.-He.ving ea.id these things to them, more obvious illustrations of his own work he e.bode in Ga.Ii.lee. Such a respite cannot and Person. Moreover, he did make his mean n. few days only. Not until after this appearance in the midst of the feast. So period, n.nd possibly after tile brethren lie.cl Godet e.nd Meyer accepted the 0J1e, e.nd urge started on the pilgrimage, did "he stead- therefrom the fact that J esns delibero.tely fastly set his face to go up to Jerusalem." altered his intention, so soon a.s u. new A. great question arises e.s to the possibility of harmonizing this journey with the great 1 The authorities for Tali'r7111 are I:(•, r, .6, intercalated portion of Luke's Gospel (ix. A, eight uncials, with many cursive me.nu- 51-xviii. 31). '!'his is not the plaoe to soripts, some Its.lie and Syria.a Versions; consider the numerous and complioe.ted bnt the correctious of I:(, a, b, e.nd B, D, K, problems involved. One thing is certain- L, T, X, n, fifteen musives, and numerous that the synoptists nll describe the final quoto.tious, omit it. It is deleted by Tisch.en- departure from Galilee, which followed a dorf (8th ed.i t. ), Scholz, La.chme.nn. Tregelles, period of partial retirement from the multi- Westcott and Hort, R.T., etc. It looks like tude, and of instructions, mire.oles, and ad vice a transfer from the next clause. rendered in the inner circle of his immedinte • The two texts, ov,c and of/,,-,.,, are followers. They e.lso (Me.tt. xvii. 24; xix. cnrionsly balanced in the ancient authorities 1; xx. 17; e.nd Mark x. 1 especially) indi- e.nd by modem editors. Thus for the cate that, on our Lord's journey to Jerusalem former, I:(, D, K, M, n, may be quoted, after closing his Galilme.n ministry, he went seveml ancienl; versious and some cursives ; into Judrea, and thence to the le.nd of Perme. while Porphyry confirms it by making e. on the other side of the Jordan. This le.tter ha.r,dle of the negative to accuse Christ of statement is perfectly in harmony with vacille.tion, e.nd Epipha.nins co=ented e.t John's representation (eh. x. 40), where, length upon the omission. So A.ugnstine, after an extended jou!'Iley in Judme. e.nd the Jt:rome, et.c. The reading oliT"', with T.R., neighbourhood of Jerusalem, we hce.r the.t Griesbach, Scholz, Lachme.nn, and R.T., he spent three months beyond J orde.n. rests on B, L, T, X, r, .6, A, some Italic Numerous critics, whose views e.ro well VersioIIJ!, e.nd Syriac: but Tregelles, Meyer, entitled to consideration, urge that on this Tischendorf (8th edit.), e.nd Godet prefer occe.sion our Lord did resume his Ge.lilree.n ou,c,. This is one of the important texts ministry and effect his fine.I departure e.s where I:( and B a.re on opposite sides, e.nd described in Matt. xix. 1. Now, the oir- where R.T. follow the Vatican reading. cumste.ntial wo.y in which Luke describes Scrivener awl Weatcott and Hort ooincide. incideuta upon the le.st journey to Je1usa.- cu. v11. 1-53.) THE GOSl'EL ACCORDING 'l'O ST. ,JOHN.