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also many, &c. = many other things also. See Joh_20:30.
every one = one by one. Greek. kath' (App-104) en.
I suppose = I think. Greek. oimai, contr. for oiomai, which occurs in Php_1:1, Php_1:16. Jam_1:7.
even . . . not. Greek. oude, compound of ou. App-105.
world. Greek. kosmos. App-129.
contain. Greek. choreo. Elsewhere in John: Joh_2:6; Joh_8:37 (hath no place). Compare Mat_19:12.
the books, &c. = the written books. Figure of speech Hyperbole. App-6. Amen. All the texts omit. In that case, only the double "verily" found in John. This chapter is a supplement, of the highest value, to the Gospel formally concluded in Joh_20:31.
The use of the first person singular in Joh_21:25, contrasted with the Evangelist's modest self-effacement elsewhere, has led some to doubt the Johannine authorship of this chapter. But the evidence of the MSS. and Versions, and the attestation clause at Joh_21:24 is so closely allied to that in Joh_19:35 as to leave little room for doubt. Note further, the use of many characteristic words (see p. 1511), the expression noted in Joh_21:1, the double "verily" (Joh_21:18), and, above all, the eight signs with their wonderful structure and correspondence (see App-176).