Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 8:55 - 8:55

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 8:55 - 8:55


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55. ἐγνώκατε … οἶδα. And ye have not learned to know Him (Joh 8:52); but I know Him. Οἶδα refers to His immediate essential knowledge of the Father, ἐγνώκατε to the progressive knowledge of mankind by means of revelation. Here and elsewhere (Joh 7:15; Joh 7:17; Joh 7:26-27, Joh 13:7, Joh 21:17) A.V. obliterates the distinction between the two verbs. Comp. Joh 14:7. ἔσομαι … ψεύστης. Preserve the order; I shall be like unto you, a liar: referring back to Joh 8:44. Winer, p. 243.

τ. λ. αὐ. τηρῶ. Christ’s whole life is a continual practice of obedience (Heb 5:8; Rom 5:19; Php 2:8): His relation to the Father is analogous to that of the believer to Christ (Joh 15:10, Joh 17:11; Joh 17:18).