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Joh 2:25. Ὅτι) because.-τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, of man: in man) This is said of the whole race of men: in the preceding verse, of the individuals contained under it.-αὐτός) Himself, without any other testimony.-τί, what) to wit, treachery: every man is deceitful. The language of John has Euphemy.[48] In man [the natural man] there is what is human: in the new man there is what is divine, Christian, spiritual.
[48] He avoided the harsh expression of all that was implied.-E. and T.