The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 483

Galihe~n BppcBmnoe, nna confines hie rC'<'ord and most ineffi\ccable illlpreiaion upon his to lh<' ~<'lf-manifcetaticme in the neigbbonr- own mind. R WM, indood, the third appenr- hr>nd of Jerns&lem, or on the Mount of e.noe to tbB apostles after bia res11rrectillll Olive11. John, wilh ohRmctcrietfo diff"cr- but not the IMt. M•Clellan, ln hie special enooe, ahowe that be well remembel'I! sped&l diBBertation on the 1111bject, treats with great appearaneee to the disciples in JLn1enlem, watmth and vigorous denunciation the &lld also on the familior shores of the Lake theory of the Gospel being conclnded with of Tiberfoa, confirming, therefore, the value ob. xx., and of the subsequent &ddition by of each of the groupe of facts recorded in the the apostle of eh. xxi. Hie arguments aro synoptic Goepel&. little better than e.sscrlions, bseed upon the Once more, it is contended by me.ny who translation or paraphrase which he gives of admit the composition of the twenty-fil'l!t the w-o:U.c\ µi11 oiY11, eto., of eh. :u:. 80. 1'his chapter to be by St. John, that he was here is II.I! foltows: "• Accordingly (oii11}, whilst it prodncing & striking epilogue to the whole, is true (µl11) that Christ wrought many other which answers in ma.ny wnys to the prologue mimcles in the presence of hie di'sciples, in the first chapter; that ns the prologue besides (Kai) those which are written in the illustrat.es (a.) the pre-incarnation energy Holy Scriptures of this book, yet (8~) these and preaence of the Logos (eh. i. 1-5), so which e.re recorded, are recorded with this we have here the idea of the post-resurreo- special object, that ye may believe in Christ tion energy and presence of the "Son of [though ye have not seen him], o.nd that 'be- God" in the work of the Chnrch, watching, lieving, ye might have life in his Name.• • waiting, guiding, helping, co-operating with "The appropriateness of the position e.nd his own, "whoreceivecl him,and to whom he la.ngnage of the comment in reference only gave power to become eoiltl of God ; " (b) that to this one pe.rticnlnr incident is obviom ; as in eh. i. 6 we have the various methods and the conclusion ·theory tumbles to the by which the o,' r.5,o, receive and bear wit- ground. With it," he ndds with ch1naoter- ness to the archetypal light, from John the istic impetuosity, " deservedly perishes the Baptist to the company of the regenerated, dangeroue appendix theory concerning eh. llO here from Vel'II. 14--19 we have a repre- x:li." After enumerating numerollB theories aent.ation of the principle of witness, the with derogatory oomment, he adds, "Bnt for powcre o.nd ends of holy love, the methods the bypothe&is that the ·Gospel originaUy and law of Divine pleasing; e..nd (e) that as ended _with eh. icx., the theory (of its being in eh. i. U-18 tho prologue sets forth hlB an appendix) wonld never have been heard first coming in the lleab. foll of gm.ce and of, and with the utter collapse of that hy;po- truth, in vem. 20-23 the risen Lord pre- thellis, it is shattered to atoms I So perish, dicts and io a cart.a.in extent defines the we may firmly believe, one after another, the seoond caming. This is & very attractive, if conceits of 'mode~ criticism.' " Of course, &0wewhnt canjectoml, series of comparisons. the two ideas stand and fe.11 together._· No It cannct be said that these analogies do not words are needed to vindicate one of these exi,.--t. The correspondenoe consists in the positions without the other. It is unfortu- two sets of facts rather than in the art nate that, in para.phrasing the clause ·9n of the wruer. The true representation of -whioh the ooncl11Sion rests, Mr. M•Clellan the cfficooity of the Lord's resurrection- shonld hn.ve begged the question -at issue life =d ascended majesty is contained by introducing a- phro.se which gives the hi.Btorically in the "Acts," which ore far apostolio comment a specifio reference to the more cerilli.nly "Acts of the Bi«n Lord" words of JeB1IS as addressed to Thomas; and than "A.ct.B of the Apostles," and a.re con- omitted the weighty reference to the w'hole tained prophetically in the Revelation of of the proof which demonstrates that" JesUB St. John. We have in f;L.is append.ix or is the Christ, the Son of God." • Thill able epilogue to the Gospel, indications and commenta.tor often forces on his- reader the spooimf>ns of the kind of interoonrse which contradictory of hie own conolwnons. prevailed between Jesus and his disciples during the forty clays, and a specimen which, Vera. 1-14.--(1) 'J'ha manifestation of after the me.nner of John, made the deepest hi'TTl$Cl/ in the u;ork of lifs. • 011. xxr. 1-25.J THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO S'r. ,JOHN. 4gg