The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 95

he• did, believed on him; but oertain of them ii. 553! eto'. This name is Greek (thongh went away to the Pharisees, and told them Hebra1zed 1n the Talmud), and signifies the the things whioh lesu had done. npot rtJv supreme court of the people, resident in Maplav. Here Mary is named alone, as the Jerusalem, consisting of seventy-one mem- sister who wne most deeply o.fBioted by the bers, with a president, Nasi, and a vice- doo.th of Lo.zarus, and most in need of president, Ab-baith-den.) Extraordinary friendly consolation (cf. also eh. v. 1). Thie sessions of the Sanhedrin were called at the clause may he read so as to include those house of the high priest, but ordinary who went to communicate tho startling in- sessions in some rooms adjoining the temple. telligence to the Pho.riseee among the The points submitted to their cognizance ..-o,\,\ol of the J ewe who went to comfort were hierarchical and religious. They had Mary and who "believed;" on the ground at this time lost their actual power of in- that ol i,\O&vru is in o.pposition with ,ro,\,\ol, flicting capital punishment. 'l.'hey were o not (nccording to the text of D, rwv /,\8ovr,,,v) court of appeal from lower courts in the with 'IouaaC.,v. This, however, would imply province, framed after the same model. Pha- that nil of them believed, and that the nvh risees and Sadducees were alike to be found went to the Pharisees with no hostile intent in their number. The family of Annas, his (Meyer); but why should not if alrrwv refer sons, and his son-in-law Caiaphae, were all to the 'Iou6c.C•"'• implying another set not of Sadducees, and embraced the priestly part the friends of Mary (Godet)? The remark of the assembly. They were the most would then he in harmony with the fact to deadly enemies of Christ throughout. The which the evangelist continually calls atten- Pharisees are scarcely again mentioned in tion, that Christ's miracles and words pro- the account of the Passion. The prie•tly duced a twofold effect, and made a frequent Sadducean party became also bitter enemies ilivision among the Jews, thus bringing to of Christianity and of the Church during l_ight who were and who were not his true apostolic times. Here they take the initia- disciples. 'l.'he same facts excited faith in • tive. And they said, What are we about l some and roused animosity in others. The beoaue this Man is (as we must admit) doing great sign hPB been dividing men into many signs, which will produce a perilous hostile camps ever since. As Browning's effect among the people. There were certain Arab physician so.id- aspects and views both of the Pharisaic and Sadducee.n party with which our Lord's " 'Tie well to keep back nothing of a case. teaching coincided. When he denounced Thie man (Lazarus) so cured regards the ritualism, literalism, and tradition, and laid Curer then emphasis on mornl law, he had to some extent As-God forgive me-who but God him- tbe ear of the Sadducees; when he cleansed self, the temple of the priestly bazaar, when he Creator and Sustainer of the world, rebuked the secular conceptions of Mes- That came and dw.elt in flesh on ii sianic glory, the Pharisees inwardly rejoiced. awhile I .•• Nevertheless, they had both too many The very God I Think, Abih; dost thou grounds of criticism and dislike not to think? combine age.inst him. The council of the So the All-great were the All-loving too; nation found it a delicate and difficult task So through the thunder comes a liumllll to frame charges in which the entire voice, authorities ol the nation and the popular Saying, • 0 heart I made, n heut beata clamour could coinoide. here I Ver. 48.-If we let him alone thu, as we Face, my hands fashioned, see it in my- have been doing hitherto-if we suffer him self.'" to do these things-all men will believe o... Ver. 47.-The ohief priests and Phariseea him, and the Romans will oome and take away from us, i.e. from the Sanhedrin, from 1 'l'he authorities differ. The T .R, Alford · the lawful rulers in all matters affecting (6th edit.), and 'fisohendorf (8th edit.) have religious order or privilege, our plaoe- a, with~. A•, L, X, by Westoott and Hort the city or temple-and the nation, which regarded as e.n alternative reading; the R.T. we rule through our subordinates and sur- has & with A•, B, O. D. rogates, hut to acoomplish whioll we shuJl • The T.R. has 6 'h1a-ovs, but nooe of the prove our incompetence if we cannot keep modcru editors. down nll insubordination and hold perilou1 JOIIN-U, a 98 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING ·ro 81', JOHN. [oB, XI, 1-57,