Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 20:9 - 20:9

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 20:9 - 20:9


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9. οὐδέπω. Not even yet. S. John’s belief in the Resurrection was as yet based only on what he had seen in the sepulchre. He had nothing derived from prophecy to help him. The candour of the Evangelists is again shewn very strongly in the simple avowal that the love of Apostles failed to grasp and remember what the enmity of the priests understood and treasured up. Even with Christ to expound Scripture to them, the prophecies about His Passion and Resurrection had remained a sealed book to them (Luk 24:25-27). For δεῖ comp. Joh 3:14, Joh 12:34; Mat 16:21; Mat 26:54; Mar 8:31; Luk 9:22; Luk 17:25; Luk 22:37; Luk 24:7; Luk 24:26; Luk 24:44. The Divine determination meets us throughout Christ’s life on earth, and is pointed out with frequency towards the close of it. Comp. Eph 3:11.