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Joh 16:31. Ἄρτι πιστεύετε, ye now believe)[368] An Epiphonema [Exclamation subjoined after the demonstration of some weighty truth.-Append.] in reference to the whole doctrine of Christ [given utterance to with great gratification of mind.-V. g.] Your faith is ἄρτιος, perfected, suitable or apt. Now I have what I wished (when I said, Believe ye, in ch. Joh 14:1), and still wish, ye believe, Joh 16:30; Joh 16:27; ch. Joh 17:7, “Now (νῦν) they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee;” ch. Joh 20:29, “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” I now proceed forwards. [The Imperative is the prevalent form, wherewith He urges them, from ch. Joh 14:1, until in this passage there results the altogether absolute Indicative.-Not. Crit. As often as aught of the Divine power puts itself forth in a soul, there may be frequently observed a turning point of this kind.-V. g.]
[368] So Lachm. also stops both in the Greek and the Vulgate Latin. The Engl. Vers. and Tisch. less appropriately put an interrogation at πιστεύετε; Do ye now believe?-E. and T.