The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 133

l!On of (',-od f>RP!'leB behind the veil. The p11rnllel p.'leimgee), PhillP. m11y hl\ve felt thl1 " therefore " implil'e some kind of previous momont to ho a moet ontioal one in hie hie- rolBtion with Philip, whoae eomewbe.t timid, t/lry; for he ml\y h11vo been perfectly 11wo.re cnutiou11, epooule.tive mind, 118 hinted in the of the outbreP.k of poril which converse with enrliei: portions of the Gospel, me.do bim Greek proelllytce might at that moment b11vo acress1 hie t.o them. Pei'Bonal ncque.intance provoked in tho minds of the turbulent popu- is, of Munie. po!!lli.ble. Was Philip irlentiMl lace. ' Andrew cometh and Philip, e.nd they with the Aristion of Fe.pie.a (see Introduction, (together) tell Je1u1. Jceue n.lono could solve p. KXKiv., and Archdeacon Fe.rrnT, Expo,itnr, the difficulty at that timo, and JcRUB him- No"cmber, 1881)? The mention of Both- self is the just and reasonable Source of nil snide. of Galilee confirms the suggestion enlightenment. Jesus ie at this hour the that they were inhe.hite.nts of one of the highest EJCpression of man e.nd bis destiny, Greek cities of Dece.polis, or of the elopes of and be is also the perfect Manifeet11tion of lh«' Lebe.non. Me.nv commentatma refer to the F&thcr, the only Medilltor between God Philip's Greek ne.me 88 indice.ting proclivi- and me.n, absolutely ono with both. We ties or eympa.thiee on his part which would still go t.o him t.o know who.t God ie and 1111\ke him peoulie.rly aooeasi.ble. what God would h11vo us t.o think o.nd to be, Ver. 22.-The slight modifice.tion of text and to loam wh11t m11n mo.y become. We lll"l'fcn-ed by the Reviaed Version givee great take to him the puzzles of our logic, the vive.oity to the piotnre (eee below, note 1). o.oonsations of our conscience, 11nd the bur- Philip receives the respeotfnl request of dens of our hen.rt. Addition11l interest is the Greeks, •• Sir [my lord], we wonld l!CO thrown round this nnrmtive by II suggestion Jesus," i.e. "convcl'Be with.'' They pro- of Archdeacon Watt.ins, th11t, in the course bably sought to bring some proposal before of this week, our Lord hod cleo.nsed the him. Surely they muet he.ve had, if they temple nnd oourt.s of its profane tro.ffi.c, e.nd wished it, me.ny opportnnities of merely decle.red it to be e. house nf prayer for all lltleing Jesus, when he crossed the Mount nations. Such grand revolutionary concep- of Olivet during those three days, or tarried tions as those of our Lord must have deeply in the court of the Gentiles ; now they stirred the sonls of tho susceptible Greeks. pressed for an interview. l'hilip oometh Aliens were, as we know from Josephus llll.d telleth Andrew. Andrew was the ear- (' Ant.,' xv. 11. 5), forbidden to pass beyond liest of the dieciples, who brought his own the balustrade round the f,pov. M. Ge.n- brother Simon to Jesus (eh. i. 40-42). nean • hns found o.mong the ruins of Jeru- Be is mentioned as in close associs.tion with salem one of the slabs of stone which Simon, Ja.mes, and John, as partners with recorded this exclusion. tliem in the fishing-trade on tlie le.kc of Galilee (see Mark i. 16, 29, and iii 18, com- 1 ~EpxiTtu 4'111.,.,,.,..os ,ea} 71.l-yu T,j •AY'6pla.• pared with Luke v. 10). There is some hint fpx<Ta.1 'A11'6pla.s ,ea} 4'171.1,nros ,ea} A"°rou,n is thai Alldrew and ~ ohn, after the first call the reading of tt, A, B, L, cursives, Italic, t.o become followere of Christ, clung to him. 21!:thiopic. The ,ea} .,.,1.71..., was added in t< and went with him to Jerusalem, and then to the repeated fpxETa.1, which BUbsequently returned with him through Samaria, after displaced the verb, and· the ,ca.l disappeared which OCl01lffOO the second call of the brothem before the 71.e-yovaw. Hod the verb been Simon and Jama. The frequent references written as a gloss, (pxovra., would have_ beeu to Andrew and Philip in this Goepel oorre- wri.tt.en. The ree.ding is preferred by R.T., s11ond with the tradition preserved in the Tischendorf (8th edit.), Tregelles, Moyer. Murainriaa Fragment on the Oinon, touch- • See ' Survey of Westem Po.lestine : ing Andrew's pa.rt in the composition of this Jerusalem,' by Warren and Conder, p. 423, Goepel These two disciplea a.re represented quoted from the 'Quo.rterly Statement of 118 consulting with each other on previona the Palest. Explor. Society,' 1871, p. 132, occaeione, ns though peenlie.rly related in by Clermont-Ge.nneo.u. The inscription is sympathy. Philip eeee cert.ai.n difliculties, written in monumental che.raoters, in seven e.nd An.drew has a pmotice.l mind, and pro- liues: M11'6EVa. a.ll.,\o-y,1171 ua,rop<v<T61U •vros posell a way out of them (see eh. vi. 7, 8). TOU 7r<p, TO 1<po11 TpUt/)a.lCTOU /CA& .,.,p,{Joll.ov OS There was something now to be said on both '6' a.11 "-11,Pl/11 fO.UTll>I a.,nos E<TTa., '6,a. TO •(a.Ko• sides. Their ancient prophecies anticipated ll.ov8E111 8a.vaT011-" No stranger is to C!lter a world-wide aspect of the Messie.n.ic king- within the (Tpu,PaJ<-ros) bnlastre.de round the dom (Isa. l'I'. 4, ii; lvi. 3, 7; es well aa Gen. temple and encloeare. Whoever is caught xlix. 10). Now, if thiM incident occurred will be responsible to hilllllClr for the dee.th 11fter Jesne had claimed the hundred and which will ensue." Curionely, Jpsephus, in tenth psa.l.m BS &D oracle which described. the paesage referred to, speaks of the ,,-p6,pa.,c- his own Divine claims and his universal ,,..s which 1urrounds the 1•po11. The insorip- victory 88 the Lord and Son of David and tion also tlirows interesting light upou the royal Warrior-Preai (Matt. :nii. 41-46, and episode in Acts xxi. 26, etc. ott. :tn. 1-50.) TRE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN'.