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Joh 10:36. Ὃν ὁ Πατὴρ ἡγίασε, whom the Father hath sanctified) This sanctification is mentioned in such a way as to be prior in time to His being sent into the world (see by all means Joh 17:18, “As Thou hast sent Me into the world, so,” etc.: comp. Joh 10:19; Joh 10:17, “For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also,” etc. [sanctify = set apart as holy, and for a holy end]; “Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth;” 1Pe 1:20, “Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world”): and it implies, in conjunction with it, the inference of Christ’s Godhead, at an infinite interval before those to whom only the word of God came. Although as dignity is that on account of which they are called gods; so sanctity is that on account of which Christ is called the Son of God. Christ therefore is holy, as He is the Son of God;[290] He is sanctified, as ὁρισθείς, defined [declared and marked out] to be the Son of God, Rom 1:4; and σφραγισθείς, sealed, Joh 6:27, “Him hath God the Father sealed.” That is evident in this passage from the appellation, ὁ Πατήρ, which He applies to God, with the greatest force. He shows that there was no need that the word of God should at some particular time come to Him:[291] comp. Joh 10:30, “I and the Father are one.” We must understand to the whom, the word I [Him, namely I, whom], with which the verb I said [below], in the first person, is in connection.-ἀπέστειλεν, hath sent) This sending presupposes the Godhead of the Son, and so confirms it. [The Haphtara, or appointed portion of Scripture, for the Feast of Dedication contains (Joh 10:22) these words, Jehovah Sabaoth, the Lord God of hosts hath sent me unto you: Zec 6:15.-Not. Crit].
[290] Luk 1:35, “Therefore that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” Gabriel to the Virg. Mary.-E. and T.
[291] As to those alluded to in Psa 82:6. For the Word of God was always with Him, as being the Word.-E. and T.