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Was risen (ἠγέρθη)
Rev., more correctly, was raised. The same verb as in Joh 2:19, Joh 2:20.
Had said (ἔλεγεν)
Rev., more correctly, He spake. The best texts omit unto them.
Believed the Scripture (ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ)
Notice that ἐπίοτευσαν, believed, is used here with the simple dative, and not with the preposition εἰς, into (see on Joh 1:12). The meaning is, therefore, they believed that the Scripture was true. On γραφή, a passage or section of Scripture, see on Mar 12:10.
In John, as elsewhere, the word almost always refers to a particular passage cited in the context. The only two exceptions are Joh 17:12; Joh 20:9. For the Old Testament, as a whole, John always uses the plural αἱ γραφαί. The passage referred to here is probably Psa 16:10. Compare Act 2:27, Act 2:31; Act 13:35.
The word
The saying just uttered concerning the destruction of the temple.