The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 337

mnn nnd thni mnn end ev{'ry man may be believe thRt nil he had ea.id to them wM one P ,ved, end ihue include the whole humRn huge delueiou. And the■ e are in the world, ffl('P, b('(lalll!e we {'Annot dist.inguieh the without me, without visible eight of the el<'Ct from the rcprohate." Oe.lvin implies mirror in which thy glory hae been retleoted, I i,e.t Christ iP hN·e within the MDC1tue.r,, and and I oome-1 rotum-to thee. These are p]RN•ll before his eyes the BOOret judgmonts tl10 oonditione on their part and on mine of the Fnther. Lampe go!.111 rnuoh further. whfohjustify this pre.ycr for them; and my ;-,utbor says, " In the eAme sense in which pm.yer is, Holy Father, keep-or, guard- hC' pre.yt1 for the dieciples, he doe11 not pray them. Thie grand title stands here in soli- for the world." But thr beet oxple.nRtion tary grandeur (though let ver. 25, ..-drtp is that the high-prie&ily intercCSBion at this lil1e11,., be noticed, nnd the faol that Rev. vi. supreme moment ia oonoerned with those 10 speaks of "the Holy aud True," aud 1 who were already given to him, and who John ii. 20 of" the Holy One"). The very hnvc oome to believe in his Divine Person holiness of the Father is appeo.led to as the end c,ommission. He expressly and divinely surest be.sis of the petition. They ho.ve C'ommende to 1.hc Father those whom thou already been tnught to pro.y, "Hallowed he.et given me-the burden of the thought [me.de holy] be tl1y Name." The etemal is contained in the motive he euggcets for holi ncss o.nd righteousness of God is involved this commendation, tiz.-becauee they are iu the saving and en,notiflcation of the be- thine; i.e. though thou haet gi'l'en them to liever in Jesus. "Keep them, holy Fo.ther" me, though they have "come to me," (says our Lord), in and by thy Ne.me, tho■e throug-h thy drawing, they are more than whom thou he.st given me. OOs lillio,ttd.1 µ.o, ever" thine." This most fervent yiel<ling is the reading of the T.R., on the very feeble to the attraction of ,Teeue, and utter moral authority from the codices, simply D•, 69, surrender to hie control, do not alienate the and some versioDs. It is also thus quoted heart from the Father, but make it more by Epiphnniue twice: but the roe.ding of all than ever his. the best uncial mo.nuscripte, N, A, B, C, L, Yer. 10.-And all things that are mine Y, r, 1::,., n, eto., Dumerous versioDs and;quo- are thine; whether they be theee souls, or tations, is rj li,lio,tttis 1<01. Some very lllliln- theee powers thut I wield, or these words portent manuscripts read &, which Godet that I utter, or these works that I dn,-ll prefers as practically equivQlent to oOs, re- arc tl,.ine. This st;1lement ie in perfect ho.r- garded e.s a unity, "that which," e.ud ae mon'I' with all his teaching, eud is not in• calculated to explain the ,; of the uncials, coD1iie.tible with the reverential sentimcDt and the reading o~s. Le.chmanD, Tischon- the.t any servant of God might utter; but ho dorf (8th edit.), Tregellee, Meyer, Westcott adds words to show that the unioD betweell e.Dd Hort, e.Dd R.T. e.11 read rii, which is him and the Father is much closer the.u thrown by attrnction to lw&µ ..rf into the this, and quite unique. And thine are dative, e.nd requires the tre.nslation, Keep mine. Luther observed," No creature coultl them (in or by) in the power of thy Name say this." Perhe.pe Le went too far, be- which thou hast given me. And since & is a ce.uee we are te.ught to believe the.t "all resolution of the attraction, it is quite as things a.re ours," etc., aud the ..-dvr" coveni likely the.t it is e. correction of rj as that much (see 1 Cor. iii. 21). In the full con• the reverse process should have to.ken ple.oe. fidence of filial relation we can believe it The expression ie very peculiar, but not in• trne that the heavenly Father says to every expliooble. Phil. ii. 9 is the beet illustra- one of his veritaLle children, "All that I tion of the cle.uee. It reads, according to the have is thine." Here the words must not trne text, "He bath bestowed on him the he drawn out of their connection; it ie Name ( rb t 110µ0.) which is a hove every name," human souls who a.re of God, o.nd are there- i.e. the eternal Name, the incommunicable fore Christ's. The dogmatic lesson is tbe.t. Name (cf. Rev. ii. 17: xix. 12) of .Jehovah. every one who has heard and lee.rned of the Meyer objects to this that the Father's }l'ather does come to him. Such o.n aesumnce Ne.me was simply given him ae an ambas- gives a sublime hope to the world. And I sador or for purposes of revelation end mani- (lia1Je been and) am glorified in them. Once festation. Thie may be a pa,rtie.l limitation more the Divine Saviour rejoices in the of the thonght. He has already said, "I ,·ictory he Jae.a won in sacuring the faith of have manifested thy Name, thy fathnhood tl,e disciples. How much he loved and to the men," etc. And now he e.dds, "Keep tru.,ted tlaem ! them iD the power and grace of thie glorio11S Y,r. J 1.-And I e.m no more (no longer) Ne.me, of which my Person end message he.ve in the worid (cf. eh. xvi. 28). The earthly been the full expression." That they may uiniolry is over; for o. while he must le.ave be one, nnited, formed into a unity of being, then, in the pitilei;s storm, bereft of his care even as we are, not losing their personality, end cr,llllsel, exposed to infinite peril and but blending and interchanging their in- '.c1i:1,t&.tio11. lke.dless, l!Cllttered, tempted to terests and their affections after the Divine OR. xvu. 1-26.) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO BT. JOHN. 347