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Joh_8:20. Ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα ] Joh_8:12-13. Godet arbitrarily imports into the text “words so important.” Comp. Joh_6:50.
ἐν τῷ γαζοφυλ .] At the treasury. On ἐν , as denoting immediate neighbourhood, see Kühner, ad Xen. Anab. iv. 8. 22; Ast, Lex. Plat. I. p. 700; Winer, p. 360 [E. T. p. 481], who, however, is of opinion—though it cannot be substantiated—that the place itself where the treasury stood was called γαξοφυλ .; so also Tholuck, Brückner. Respecting the γαζοφυλάκιον , which consisted of thirteen brazen chests destined to receive the taxes and charitable offerings in the temple, see on Mar_12:41. In a place so much frequented in the forecourt of the women did Jesus thus speak,—and no one laid hands on Him.
καὶ οὐδεὶς , etc.] Historical refrain, constituting a kind of triumphal (comp. Joh_7:30) close to the delivery of this discourse.