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Joh 8:54. Ἀπεκρίθη, answered) He refutes those words [of last ver.] thou thyself.-ὃν ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι Θεὸς ἡμῶν ἐστι) A very similar construction occurs, ch. Joh 10:36, ὃν ὁ πατὴρ ἡγίασε-ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὃτι βλασφημεῖς. Also Gal 1:23, “ἀκούοντες ᾖσαν ὃτι ὁ διώκων ἡμᾶς ποτὲ νῦν εὐαγγελίζεται τὴν πίστιν ἥν ποτε ἐπόρθει, καὶ ἐδόξαζον ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸν Θεὸν;” Jam 1:13, “μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος λεγέτω ὅτι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ πειράζομαι,” and Jos 22:34 in the Heb., “The children of Reuben and Gad, called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us,” etc. For the Septuag. have αὐτῶν for ἡμῶν; as in this passage some have written ὑμῶν for ἡμῶν [So [230][231] [232][233][234] Rec. Text. But [235][236] and Vulg. have ἩΜῶΝ.-ΛΈΓΕΤΕ, ye say)] falsely.
[230] the Vatican MS., 1209: in Vat. Iibr., Rome: fourth cent.: O. and N. Test. def.
[231] Bezæ, or Cantabrig.: Univ. libr., Cambridge: fifth cent.: publ. by Kipling, 1793: Gospels, Acts, and some Epp. def.
[232] Vercellensis of the old ‘Itala,’ or Latin Version before Jerome’s, probably made in Africa, in the second century: the Gospels.
[233] Veronensis, do.
[234] Colbertinus, do.
[235] the Alexandrine MS.: in Brit. Museum: fifth century: publ. by Woide, 1786-1819: O. and N. Test. defective.
[236] Ephræmi Rescriptus: Royal libr., Paris: fifth or sixth cent.: publ. by Tisch. 1843: O. and N. T. def.