Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 19:37

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 19:37 - 19:37

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 19:37 - 19:37

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37. ὄψονται. All present, especially the Jews. The whole world was represented there. Ἐκκεντᾶν, ‘to pierce deeply,’ occurs nowhere else in N.T. excepting Rev 1:7, and forms a connexion worth noting between the Gospel and the Apocalypse (see on Joh 1:14, Joh 4:6, Joh 7:30, Joh 8:2, Joh 11:44, Joh 13:8, Joh 15:20, Joh 20:16); all the more so because S. John here agrees with the present Masoretic Hebrew text and in every word differs from the LXX. The LXX. softens down ἐξεκέντησαν (which seemed a strange expression to use of men’s treatment of Jehovah) into κατωρχήσαντο (‘insulted’). See on Joh 6:45, Joh 12:13; Joh 12:15, where there is further evidence of the Evangelist having independent knowledge of Hebrew. With the construction εἰς ὅν comp. Joh 6:29, Joh 17:9.