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Joh 1:38. Τὶ ζητεῖτε, what seek ye?) He was aware it was Himself they sought. He means therefore. What seek ye with Me? not, Whom seek ye? By this question He touched their heart. He showed that He knew that they were seeking something; and He gives them the opportunity of begging [from Him] what they would.-Ῥαββί, Rabbi) Seasonably they give this title to Jesus; Joh 1:49.[39] Also the interpretation being added, shows that the disciples assigned it to Him in the restricted signification.-ποῦ μένεις) we ask, where thou art stopping, where thou hast thy μονή [mansion, residence]. They are desirous of His intimacy.
[39] i.e. as ver. 40. Nathanael there addressed Jesus, in consequence of learning His omniscience in having seen Him under the fig-tree, Rabbi, etc.: so here, ver. 38, the disciples give Him the same title for the same reason, viz. their learning His omniscience, as extending to the knowledge of their thoughts and what they were seeking.-E. and T.