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Joh 12:45. Θεωρῶν, he that seeth) with that vision which faith accompanies: ch. Joh 6:40, “This is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting Life.”-ἐμέ) Me, the Light, Joh 12:46.-θεωρεῖ, seeth) By the looking to Me, He reaches the Father: ch. Joh 14:9. There is not added here [as in Joh 12:44], he seeth not Me, but. For believing and seeing, though joined together, stand on a different footing. In Joh 12:47 there is added the idea of hearing, “If any man hear My words,” etc.-τὸν πέμψαντά με, Him that sent Me) This passage is to be commended to the consideration of those, who are in doubt as to how they ought to set God before them in calling on Him in prayer. Add ch. Joh 14:9.