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Joh 12:41. Ὅτε εἶδε τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, when he saw His glory) Instead of αὐτοῦ, one or two copies write τοῦ Θεοῦ from Joh 12:43; but with this reading the application of Isaiah’s inspired declaration to the times of Christ would be weakened.[327] Isaiah, ch. Joh 6:1 [In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne], saw the divine glory of Jesus: Joh 1:14, “We beheld His glory, the glory of the Only-begotten of the Father,” Joh 17:1, etc., in such a way, moreover, as it was about to be revealed in the New Testament, and as the Jews were not about to recognise it.-ΚΑῚ ἘΛΆΛΗΣΕ, and spake) There is to be understood ὅτε, when, as ὅτι, that, is understood at Joh 12:16. What is pointed to is that speech of the prophet, which is mentioned conjointly with the vision which he saw: Isa 6:5, “Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
[327] Dd read τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ. Memph. and Theb. Versions read τοῦ Θεοῦ. But ABabc Vulg. Rec. Text and Hil. read αὐτοῦ. Note also that the oldest MSS. ABLX, the Memph. and Theb. Versions, read ὅτι. Dabc Vulg. however support the Rec. Text, ὅτε.-E. and T.