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And, &c. The kai (= And) here is a Hebraism, and does not mark the actual transition. There is nothing whatever in the context to show where the Paragraph breaks should be in this chapter; either in the MSS., or in the Versions. The Authorized Version varies in its different editions. The Authorized Version text in the Revised Version Parallel Bible has a at Joh_3:14 and Joh_3:16. The Camb. Paragraph Bible (Dr. Scrivener) has no break either at verses: Joh_3:3, Joh_3:14 or 16. The Revised Version has a break only at Joh_3:16, with WI and Scrivener's Greek Text. The Companion Bible makes the important break at Joh_3:13, (1) because the Past Tenses which follow indicate completed events; (2) because the expression "only begotten Son "is not used b y the Lord of Himself; but only by the Evangelist (Joh_1:14, Joh_1:18; Joh_3:16, Joh_3:18; 1Jn_4:9); (3) because "in the name of" (Joh_3:18) is not used by the Lord, but by the Evangelist (Joh_1:12; Joh_2:23. 1Jn_5:13); (4) because to do the truth (Joh_3:21) Occurs elsewhere only in 1Jn_1:6; (5) because "Who is in heaven "(Joh_3:13) points to the fact that the Lord had already ascended at the time John wrote; (6) because the word "lifted up" refers both to the "sufferings ' (Joh_3:14; Joh_8:28; Joh_12:32, Joh_12:34) and to "the glory which should follow" (Joh_8:28; Joh_12:32. Act_2:33; Act_5:31); and (7) because the break at Joh_3:13 accords best with the context, as shown by the Structure B, above.
hath ascended = hath gone up (of himself). It does not say: "hath been taken up by God, "as Enoch and Elijah. But Christ had "gone up" when the Evangelist wrote these words. ascended. Greek. anabaino. As in Joh_1:51, Joh_2:13; Joh_5:1; Joh_7:8, &c. Mat_20:17. Mar_6:51. Rom_10:6.
to = into. Greek. eis. App-104. Compare Deu_30:12. Pro_30:4. Act_2:34. Rom_10:6. Eph_4:10.
heaven = the heaven. See note on Mat_6:9, Mat_6:10.
but = except, literal. if not. Greek. ei me.
came down. Greek katabaino. The opposite of "gone up".
from = out of. Greek. ek. App-104. Not the same word as in Joh_3:2.
the Son of Man. See App-98.
Which is, &c = Who is, &c., and was there when John wrote. This clause is in the Syriac, but is omitted by WI, and put by Revised Version in the margin. Omit "even".
in. Greek. en. App-104.