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2Jn_1:12. Justification of the shortness of the Epistle.
πολλὰ ἔχων ὑμῖν γράφειν ] says the apostle, conscious as he was of having only given a few brief hints of that which was agitating his mind.
οὐκ ἐβουλήθην διὰ χάρτου καὶ μέλανος ] From the idea γράφειν the more general idea of communication is to be supplied.
χάρτης “is the Egyptian paper (papyrus), and probably the finer augustan sort, which served for letters (Hug, Einl. I. 106);” de Wette.
μέλαν , besides here, only in 3Jn_1:13; 2Co_3:3. The following words: ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω , state the reason of οὐκ ἐβουλήθην ; by ἀλλά the reason is expressed in the form of an antithesis.
γενέσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ] In the phrase: γίγνεσθαι πρός , the ideas of motion and of rest are both included; comp. γιγν . εἰς , Act_21:17; Act_25:15; the construction with πρός : 1Co_16:10; comp. Joh_10:35; Act_10:13, etc.
καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλῆσαι ] An imitation of the Hebrew ôÌÆä àÆìÎôÌÆä , Num_12:8; comp. πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον , 1Co_13:12. Similar combinations in the classics also; Xen. Mem. ii. 6. 32, στόμα πρὸς στόμα is used of a kiss.
ἵνα ἡ χάρα κ . τ . λ .] comp. 1Jn_1:4. With the reading ἡμῶν (see the critical notes) mutual joy is meant; comp. Rom_1:11-12.