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answered and said. A Hebraism. See Deu_1:41 and App-122.
If thou, &c. Assuming the hypothesis as a fact. App-118.
knewest = hadst known. Greek. oida. App-132. See note on Joh_1:26.
the gift. See note on "How", Joh_3:4. Greek. dorea. Occurs only here in the Gospels, elsewhere only in Act_2:38; Act_8:20; Act_10:45; Act_11:17. Rom_5:15, Rom_5:17. 2Co_9:15. Eph_3:7; Eph_4:7. Heb_6:4. Note the eight gifts in this Gospel (Joh_4:10; Joh_10:11; Joh_13:15; Joh_14:16, Joh_14:27; Joh_17:8, Joh_17:14, Joh_17:22).
living: i.e. perennial, unfailing. Understood by all Jews, from Jer_2:13; Jer_17:13. Zec_14:8. Greek. zao, a word characteristic of this Gospel. See note on p. 1511.