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Joh 10:24. Ἐκύκλωσαν, came round about) How gratifying that would have been to the Saviour, if they had done so in faith!-καὶ ἔλεγον, and they were saying) owing to the unreasonable impulse of a murmuring nature.-αἴρεις, dost thou raise up) keep in suspense; i.e. Thou dost worry to death, Thou dost wear our life out. Let the phrase, Joh 10:18 [οὐδεὶς αἴρει αὐτήν, “no man taketh it away”-My life]; but it was they that were wretchedly worrying themselves to death. He had been long staying amongst them, especially after the Feast of Tabernacles.-εἰπέ, tell us) As if indeed He had never told them and showed who He was: see Joh 10:25, “I told you, and ye believed not.” Presently after He speaks openly at Joh 10:30; Joh 10:36; Joh 10:38, “I and My Father are one:-Say ye, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?-that ye may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” We often think, If I could hear or read this or that, expressed in this or that way, I would be able to believe. But God alone knows how it is most fitting to speak with us, in order to cherish and exercise our faith.-παῤῥησίᾳ, plainly) freely, in express terms.