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Joh_15:14. “For his friends,” Jesus had just said. There was a presumption implied in this, that He also would die for His friends (Euth. Zigabenus briefly and correctly points out the sequence of thought by supplying at the end of Joh_15:13 : καθὼς ἐγὼ ποιῶ νῦν ). And who are these? The disciples ( ὑμεῖς ), if they do what He commands them.
The conception of the φίλοι is that of the loving confidential companionship with Himself, to which Christ has raised them; see Joh_15:15. Later on, He designates them even as His brothers, Joh_20:17.