It is constantly said--as we think with considerable

misapprehension--that in his Epistle St. John may imply, but does not refer directly to any particular incident in, his Gospel. It is our conviction that St. John very specially includes the Resurrection--the central point of the evidences of Christianity--among the things attested by the witness of men. We propose in another discourse to examine the Resurrection from St. John's point of view.

[299] dedoken hemin dianoian hina ginoskomen k.t.l. 1 John v. 20. N. T. lexicographers give as its meaning intelligentia (einsicht). See Grimm. Bretschn., s.v. Prof. Westcott remarks that "generally nouns which express intellectual powers are rare in St. John's writings." But dianoia is the word by which the LXX. translate the Hebrew lv, and has thus a moral and emotional tinge imparted to it. We may compare the sense in which Aristotle uses it in his Poetics for the cast of thought, or general sentiment. (Poet., vi.)

[300] ei ten marturian ton anthropon lambanomen. 1 John v. 9.

[301] The A. V. (very unhappily) tried to minimise this reiteration by the introduction of synonyms in four places--"bear record," "record" (vv. 7, 10, 11), "hath testified" (ver. 9).

[302] ho elthon.
[303] di hudatos kai aimatos.

[304] ouk en to hudati monon, all' en to hudati kai en to aimati.

[305] treis eisin oi marturountes, ver. 8.

[306] The Water, John iii. 5, cf. i. 26-33, ii. 9, iii. 23, iv. 13, v. 4, ix. 7. The Blood, vi. 53, 54, 56, xix. 34. The Spirit, vii. 39, xiv., xv., xvi., xx. 22. The water centres in Baptism (iii. 5); the blood is symbolised, exhibited, in Holy Communion (vi.); the Spirit is perpetually making them effective, and especially by the appointed ministry (xx. 22).

[307] hoti aute estin he marturia tou Theou, hoti memartureken peri tou uiou autou, ver. 9.

[308] v. 39, 46, etc.
[309] viii. 18.
[310] viii. 17, 18.
[311] ver. 36, x. 25.

[312] ho pisteuon eis ton uion tou Theou, ver. 10. (See Bihs Ellicott on the force of various prepositions with pisteuo. Comment, on Pastoral Epistles.)

[313] Bentley. Letter of January 1st, 1717.