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6. πειράζων. This need not mean more than to try whether he could suggest anything; but more probably, to test his faith, to prove to him how imperfect it still was in spite of His having been so long with him (Joh 14:9). Jesus had no need to inform Himself as to Philip’s faith: He ‘knew what was in man.’ In Philippo non desideravit panem, sed fidem (S. Augustine).
αὐτός. Without suggestions from others; Joh 15:27. The Evangelist knows the Lord’s motives (Joh 2:24-25, Joh 4:1-3, Joh 5:6, Joh 7:1, Joh 13:1; Joh 13:3; Joh 13:11, Joh 16:19, Joh 18:4, Joh 19:28). Unless this is most audacious invention it almost amounts to proof that the Evangelist is the Apostle S. John.
τί ἔμελλεν ποιεῖν. The miracle and the lesson deduced from it.