Joh 1:11. Τὰ ἴδια, His own) From the world, the whole, the discourse goes down to the part. Formerly there belonged to Messiah, as peculiarly His own, τὰ ἴδια, whatsoever belonged to Israel-its land, city, and temple: οἱ ἴδιοι, His own people, the Israelites; Mat 8:12, “The children of the kingdom.” The time, moreover, of His coming into the world and to His own is one and the same, namely after the coming of John; Joh 1:6-7.