The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 335

r.pos .,.b. ela,,. and •ls ..~. 1tOAmw .-oii Da'l'p&s, theee mroitntione in the form of a direct and at a spt'o,al <'pooh "ber.ame flesh," the R<ldross to the eteme.1 God, and makes the bt'nrnin~ forth of his glory cm earth we-re sories of facts on which he dwells the t.hosewhicb belonged to human life, to the form groundwork of the prRyer whioh follows for of a servant, nn<l wore profoundly difforont his disciples, e.s represontotive of all who from that ,,ap</>~ 0eoii in which his innormo@t like them, have come into rel1\tions with st'lf~neciousness, the OC'ntro of bis Person- the Father through him. I manifeated thy nlity, originally dwdt. And now he set'ks to Ne.me ( i,t>a•lpOXTa here oorrosponde to l3o(a11a carry this new appanage of his 8onship, this T<Afl@ITas of Ver. 4. The force of ,pavlpoo, i■ Goo-glorifying humanity, up into tlie glory different from c1,...,.,dAu,r,-., or lµ,Pd><(o,; see of the pre-exieten t maj~sty (cf. Phil. ii. 9 ; on eh. xiv. 21). "I poured light upon, e.nd I Tim. iii. 16; Heh. i. 8, 13). The 6o~a wbiob thus made appr~ciablo, apprehensible, Uir, WRS 'risible to the dieciples on earth (eh. i. Name." This Name we.s but portie.lly and H) was glory limited, coloured, conditioned, imperfectly understood before. The Name by human life and death; but so complete of God, the compendium of oll his excel- was the Lord's union with the Logos, that lenoes, the essential features of his substan- it did not quench his memory of the glory tial Being which Christ hns thus illuminated, nf his omnipresent, eternnl Being, nor is "the FatJ1er." "Whotsoever is mnde his remembrance of absolute coexistence manifest is light." This light is the ·efful- with the Fatbl'r before e.11 worlds. He gence of the glory of the Father. By being woul<l lift humanity to the very throne of and living ou earth as Son of the Father, Go<l b,· its union with his Person. This the Father was revenled. A full revelation stupendous clnim both as t.o the po.st e.nd of the Father involves and is involved in fnLurc would be utterly hewildcring if it e. manifestation of bis own Sonship. The stood a.lone ; but the Ol<l Testament he.s relation between the Father and the Son is prepared the mind of the disciples for this one of in.finite compla.cency e.nd mutual great mystery (Pro,·. viii. ; Ise.. 'l'i. ). The affection, and the revelation of it demon- thc,oplumies generally, and ob. viii. 25 and strates the fa.et of the eternal e.nd essential Heh. i., with numerous other passages, sus- love of the Divine Being. Thus the foct t.a in e.nd corroborate the conception that the the.t " God is love" is manifested in the life Logos of God we.s throughout all human of the Son of man, who we.s in himself a hi,tory on the verge of manifestation in the revelation of the Son-the Son of God. "I flesh. The record of the extre.ordina.ry manijesud thy No.me," said Jesus-showing God-conscioul!Iless of Jesus does transcend the.t be regarded his work of self-me.nifeete.- e.11 b ume.n experience, and baffles na at tion and God-revelation as virlne.lly complet.i every turn ; but the human coDSCioUBI1eas of -to the men whom thou ge.vest 1 me (cf. Jesus appears gre.due.lly to have come into here ob. vi 44 e.nd x. 29). The Father's such communion with the Logos who be.d " ghing" of the sons of men to Christ refers become flesh in him, tbe.t be thought the primarily to the men that were me.de enscep• veritable thoughts e.nd felt the emotions of tible of his specie.I grace and revelations, the eternel God BS though they were abso- who iu seeing, saw, in hearing, heard, who, lutely his owu. In nddition to this idea of being drawn by inward monitions e.nd bis resumption of hie own eternal state, Divine gre.ce, e.nd verily taught of God, Lange e.nd Moulton, in opposition to Meyer, came to Christ. Thus the Father ge.ve lay emphasis on the answer to this prayer, them to Christ. The first monitions, sus- consisting in such e. manifestation of the ceptibilities of soul for Christ, which are premundo.ne glory in his flesh, the.t it shouM found throughout the world e.nd the Chnroh, perfectl'I' est.i.blish the relation between the are God's we.y of giving men to Christ. glory of the Father before e.11 worlds, ond The supremacy e.nd monergy of grace is the glory of utter and complete self-sacrifice involved in the whole of this representation. for the redemption of the world. The glory Out of the world. They were m the world, of omnipotence e.nd omnipresence is lost in but have been drawn out of it by the re- the greater glory of infinite love. ThUB velation of the Father. Thine they were, the glory which he bad with the Father and thou ge.vest 1 them me. So the.t the would be beet seen in the completion of his approach even to the Lord JesUB, the draw- u"'nDy the -rerEA.,crra., of the cross. ing to Christ e.nd to the blessed revelation "ve~. 6-19.--{2) The prayer for Ms di.8- of tlte Father, we.s preceded by a previous cipl.&. condition-" Thine they were." Before the Vere. 6-8.-Here the Di vine InterceBBOr 1 TregeJICI!, Tischendorf (8th edit.), e.nd turns from himself, and from the approach- ing glory of hie own mediatorie.l Person a.nd B.T. read i6w1to.s here, in place of the position, to meditate, for the advantage of 3E6w,cds of T.R., in the first clause, with hie rli;;oiples, on what had e.lroody been done N, A, B, D, K, n, and Fathers. Trcgellto1 for them, in them, to them. He clothea still reads 6<6wiccis in the secon<l clauae. c!lt. nn.1-26.) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. ,JOHN. 316