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Joh_13:16-17. Truly you, the lesser ( ἀπόστολος : one sent), may not dispense with the performance of that which I, the greater, have here performed. Comp. Joh_15:20; Mat_10:24; Luk_6:40.
ταῦτα ] That which I have set forth to you in accordance with the above (Joh_13:13-16) by my ὑπόδειγμα , by means of the feet-washing, and have made an obligation.
εἰ expresses the general, and ἐάν the particular, additional condition. Comp. on the twofold protasis, Stallbaum, ad Plat. Phaed. p. 67 E, Apol. p. 20 C; Klotz, ad Devar. p. 512; Ellendt, Lex. Soph. I. p. 493. The εἰ makes a definite supposition ( οἴδατε δὲ αὐτὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ μαθόντες , Euth. Zigabenus); ἐάν is in case you, etc. The knowing is objectively granted, the doing subjectively conditioned.
μακαρ .] said in reference to the happiness of the present and future Messianic ζωή . Comp. on Joh_19:29.