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Joh 8:28. Ὑψώσητε, ye shall lift up) on the cross.-τότε) then, not before: 1Co 2:8, “Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”-γνώσεσθε) ye shall know from the fact, what now ye believe not on the credit of My word; Joh 8:24, “I said, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.’ We read the event recorded, Mat 27:54, “When the centurion, and they that were with him, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly and said, Truly this was the Son of God;” Luk 23:47, etc., “All the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts;” Act 2:41, “Three thousand souls-added” [to the church on Pentecost]; Joh 21:20, “Thou seest how many thousands of Jews there are, which believe.”-καὶ, and) The connection of the words is this; I am (that which at some time to come ye shall know) and I do nothing of Myself, etc. From this to the end of Joh 8:29 there are four sentences: The first begins with, and I of Myself; the second with, and He who; the third with, hath not left me; the fourth with, because [for]. Of these the second and third are parallel; and also the first and fourth.-ποιῶ, I do) Understand, and I speak.-καθὼς-ταῦτα, as-these things) A similar mode of expression occurs, Num 32:31, ὅσα-οὕτω, whatsoever things [the Lord hath said]-so [will we do].-See Comen. in Didact.-λαλῶ) these things, which I speak, I speak. Understand, and I do. The one is to be supplied from the other.