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Joh_1:44-45. Τῇ ἐπαύρ .] i.e. after the last-mentioned day, Joh_1:39, which is the same with the τῇ ἐπαύρ . of Joh_1:35, consequently the fourth day from Joh_1:19.
ἠθέλησεν , κ . τ . λ .] He was just desiring to go forth, and findeth, etc.; therefore still at the lodging-place, Joh_1:40, for ἐξελθεῖν refers to the stay there ( μένει , Joh_1:40).
εὑρίσκει ] as if accidentally, but see Joh_17:5 ff.
The statement, instead of being hypotactic in form (“when he would go out, he findeth”), is paratactic, as often in Greek from Homer downwards (Nägelsbach, z. Ilias, p. 65, ed. 3; Kuhner, II. p. 416), and in the N. T.; Buttmann, N.T. Gr. p. 249 [E. T. p. 196]. We must place the scene at the commencement of the journey homeward, not on the road during the journey (Lücke).
ἀκολ . μοι ] of following as disciples. Comp. Mat_4:19-20; Mat_9:9; see also Joh_1:46; Joh_2:2. The invitation to do this (not merely to go with Him) is explained by Joh_1:45, as brought about by the communications of Andrew and Peter, though certainly the heart-piercing look of Jesus Himself, and the impression produced by His whole bearing, must be regarded as the causes which mainly led Philip to come to a decision. John does not record the further conversations which of course ensued upon the ἀκολ . μοι , and the obedience which followed, because his aim was to narrate the call.
ἐκ τ . πόλεως , κ . τ . λ .] see on Mat_8:14.