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38. πιστεύετε (אBDKLU) for πιστεύσατε, and γινώσκητε for πιστεύσητε (to avoid apparent repetition) with BLX against A; א has πιστεύητε.
CHRIST IS LOVE
In chapters 5 and 6 two miracles, the healing of the paralytic and the feeding of the 5000, formed the introduction to two discourses in which Christ is set forth as the Source and the Support of Life. In chapters 7 and 8 we have a discourse in which He is set forth as the Source of Truth and Light, and this is illustrated (9) by His giving physical and spiritual sight to the man born blind. In chap. 10 we again have a discourse in which Christ is set forth as Love, under the figure of the Good Shepherd giving His life for the sheep, and this is illustrated (11) by the raising of Lazarus, a work of Love which costs Him His life. As already stated, the prevailing idea throughout this section (5–11) is truth and love provoking contradiction and enmity. The more clearly the Messiah manifests Himself, and the more often He convinces some of His hearers of His Messiahship (Joh 7:40-41; Joh 7:46; Joh 7:50, Joh 8:30, Joh 9:30-38, Joh 10:21; Joh 10:42, Joh 11:45), the more intense becomes the hostility of ‘the Jews’ and the more determined their intention to kill Him.