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Joh 13:23. Ὃν ἠγάπα, whom He loved) [So also ch. Joh 19:26, Joh 21:7; Joh 21:20.-V. g.] John avoids with great care express mention of himself It is more an object to be desired, to be loved by Jesus, than to be distinguished by a proper name. There is, however, in this passage, a designation [intimation by description] of the proper name itself (as in Luk 2:11, notes; the name Jesus not being given, but its equivalent force being represented by the term Saviour; Rev 1:4, “Him which is, and which was, and which is to come,” a periphrasis for the Tetragram of Jehovah, יהוה; add, if you please, the observations I have made in Paneg. Gregorii Thaum. p. 181); for John is designated as the one especially favoured by the grace of the Lord.[333] Accordingly this appellation is put, even where the accompanying context did not much require it: for instance, in ch. Joh 20:2, in connection with Peter, whose name is given. Moreover here, when Jesus’ passion was at hand, the first remarkable intimation of His love was given to John, through the revelation to him of the secret [Joh 13:20]; previously he seems not to have known that he was so dear to Him.
[333] This is the meaning of the Hebrew name John.-E. and T.