The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 1 — Section 450

le1111 was not yet glorified. This verse he.e ea.ored consecration e.nd personal union with o greot woight, as the evongelist's interpre- the Logos. The union of the Divine and totion of the previous words of tl,e Lord, human nature of Christ is maintained by that nor con they be put oside. The history of ea.me Spirit who is the union of the Father the outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost, e.nd of the Son. In what sense ce.n it be said, and tho mighty gift of the risen ond glorified "the Holy Spirit was not yet"? Our Lord Jesus to those who believed on him, ore himself has thrown most light upon this their obundont justi.6.cotion. If the thirty- perplexing saying when, on promising the eighth verso were not on immense odvonce Pe.raclete, he said, "He shall not spee.k of upon tho promise of the thiity-seventh verse, [ or, 'from'] himself: he will take of mine, it would not be eosy to show how the words and show unto you" (eh. xvi. 13, 14); and of the first promise could only find fulfilment when he declared (eh. xvi. 7-10) that 1,e in e. future e.nd e.s yet unreolized condition. must himsrlf go to the Father, resume his Elerne.l life is a present gift. Se.tisfe.ction nntenat.al glory,ce.rry our nature,diHhonoured of the thirst of the soul we.a an immcdie.te by man, but now clothed with an infin:te bestowment of Christ, and he.d been realized majesty, to the very tlirone of God, a.a tho by untold multitudes of those who had been oondi tim1 of the girt of the Pe.raclete. There inwardly clee.nsecl by the Spirit, who had was, in the constitution of nature, in the come to the we.tars of life, who he.d received order of providence, in the revelations of the Logos, e.nd known tlie.t they were sons the prophets, in the Person of the Son of of God. But the thirty-eighth verse speaks man, that wherewith the blessed Spirit we.s of a new and nobler life flowing to others ever and ceasele&1sly working; but not until from belief in Christ. It looks forwe.rd to the atonement we.a made, till God bad the production of a worldwide blessing glorified his Son Jesus, not until the Person conditioned by whe.t we.e yet to happen. of the God-Man was constituted in its So the.t we cannot doubt that John se.w more infinity of power and perfection of sym- deeply into the Lord's words than some of pe.thy, were the facts ready, were the truths those who have criticized his comment. liberated for the so.I vat ion of men, were the John, se.ys Weiss, does" not mee.n to explain stree.ms of living water ree.cl y to flow from the metaphor of the living water, but he every heart that received the Divine gift. intends to prove the truth of Jesus' promise In comparison with all previous manifesta- from his own blessed experienco." "The tion of the Spirit, this we.s so wonderful (Holy) Spirit was not yet" is, however, a the.t John could say of all that he.d gone strange and startling ete.tement. The work before-"not yet," "not yet." The Baptist's and Person of the Spirit are spoken of expression, "I knew him not" (see note, eh. throughout the Old Testament-from Gen. i. 31), a.nd the scene described in eh. xx. 21, i. 2; vi. 3; Job uvi. 13; uxiii. 4; Ps. 22, do not contra.diet this (see note). This civ. 30; cuxi.x. 7; to Zech. iv. 6. The is the first time the.t John mentions the glori- redeeming and renewing, quickening powers fice.tion of the Son of me.n. Jesus certainly of thtl Spirit are represented e.s equipping looked e.t his death, with what followed it, e.s judges, artists, we.rriors, e.nd prophets for his glory (see eh. xii. 23, etc.; xiii. 31; x,ii. their work, e.s so.notifying the individual 5). This evo.ngelist does not, so clee.rly o.s soul (Pa. Ii. 11 ; Ezek. iii. 24, 27), and St. Paul (se.ys Westcott), discrimine.te the building the temple of God (Hag. ii. 5). The two stoaes of '' humiliation" and II alory " prophetio gift is espeoie.lly referred to the (of. Phil~ ii. with 1 John iii. 5, 8). " Spirit by St. Paul (1 Oor. xii. 10, 11 ; 2 Pet. Vers. 40-53.-(7) The conflict among I.he i. 21 ; ,raua -yparpfi is ®•o,rv•uu-ros, 2 Tim. iii. hearers, and diaers results of this series of 16). More than this, our Lord himself is, discourses. Tlie Sanhedrin and its o.Dicers. in the synoptio Gospels, so.id to be conceived Ver. 40.-Either "some," or" certain," or by the Holy Spirit, and Ida humanity b[\p- "many" 1 must be supposed to complete tized e.nd anointed, empowered e.nd directed the text of the, oldest manuscripts. [CertainJ throughout by the Spfrit, e.nd kept by him in of the multitude therefore, when they hee.rd these words (Aoyow, referring to vcrs. 37, 38), and Oyril read Ilv<vµa by itself; some so.id, This is of a truth the l'rophet. 1u all manusoripts, L, X, r, reo.d li-ywv; others, -ro probability II the Prophet" predicted by li-y,ov. R.'r., Westcott and Hort, Meyer, Deut. xviii. 15, whom the Lord God would and Godet e.ocept th.i rea.ding of ~ ; i.e. ra.ise up to them (of. Acts iii. 22; notes, eh. without any addition, on the ground that, i. 21 e.nd vi. 14). Th.is we.s one of the while the simple reading exple.ius all the additions to it, in the numerous groups of 1 R.T., Tregelles, Alford, Tischendorf manuscripts, etc., it is diffioult to imagine (8th edit.), ond Meyer exclude, with ~. B, how the shorter form oould he.ve been derived L, T, X, and numerous ver~ious, 1ro,\,\o(. from a.ny of the longer forms. Tregelles It is rctaiued in T.lt., r, ~, I\, n, with other hraokets l.l-,,,011, vmiollll.  320 THE GOSPEL AOOORDING TO ST. JOHN. [cu. vu. 1--53.