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Joh 1:18. Θεόν, God) Whom grace and truth exhibit as love [in essence].-οὐδείς, no one) not even Moses, much less those earlier than the time of Moses, nor Jacob, nor Isaiah, nor Ezekiel: not even the angels saw Him in such manner as the Son. See the note on Rom 16:25, etc. [The revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began].-εὥρακε, hath seen) no one hath seen: no one hath declared [God]: The Son hath seen, the Son hath declared, [God] ch. Joh 3:32 [What He hath seen and heard, that He testifieth].-ὁ ὤν, who was) Comp. Joh 5:1, and still more, Joh 6:62 [What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up, where He was before?]; 1Jn 1:2 [That eternal life which was with the Father, and has been manifested unto us]. So ὤν for was, ch. Joh 9:25 [whereas I was blind, now I see; τυφλὸς ὤν]: So Heb. יונק, who sucked, Song Son 8:1. εἰς τὸν κόλπον, in the bosom) ch. Joh 6:46 [Not that any man hath seen the Father, save He which is of God, He hath seen the Father]. Pro 8:30 [Then I was by Him as one brought up with Him, I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him]. Zec 13:7 “My shepherd, and the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of Hosts.” The bosom here is divine, paternal, fruitful, mild, secret, spiritual. Men are said to be in the loins, who are about to be born: they are in the bosom, who have been born. The Son was in the bosom of the Father; because He was never not-born. The highest degree of unity, and the most intimate knowledge are signified by immediate sight [the seeing God face to face].-εκεῖνος [That Being] He) An epithet of excellency and distance [implying the vast interval that separates Him above all others].-ἐξηγήσατο, hath explained [declared God]) both by His words and by the sight of Himself [as God manifest in the flesh].