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Joh 15:27. Δὲ, but, moreover) The Antithesis is between the future μαρτυρήσει, He shall testify, Joh 15:26, and the Present, μαρτυρεῖτε, ye bear witness.[362])-μαρτυρεῖτε, ye bear witness) viz., of Me.-ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, from the beginning) ch. Joh 16:4, “These things I said not unto you at the beginning (ἐξ ἀρχῆς), because I was with you.” Ye are (ἐστε) from the beginning, i.e., Ye have been from the beginning, and still are with Me. A similar phrase occurs, 1Jn 3:8, where see the note, “The devil sinneth from the beginning,” an abbreviated expression for [He hath sinned from the beginning and still sinneth.]
[362] But Engl. Vers. makes it future, “Ye also shall bear witness.” So b and some MSS. of Vulg. “testimonium perhibebitis.” But the best MSS. of the Vulg., viz. Fuldensis and Amiatinus, have the present perhibets.-E. and T.