The Gospel of St. John With Notes Critical and Explanatory By the Rev. Joseph MacRory, D.D. Professor of Sacred Scripture and Hebrew, Maynooth College Ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται, ἵνα πιστέυσητε ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.‐‐St. John, xx. 31. Browne & Nolan, Limited Dublin 1897 CONTENTS Preface. Introduction. I.—Authenticity Of The Fourth Gospel. A.—External Evidence. B.—Internal Evidence. II.—Author. III.—For Whom Written, And With What Object. IV.—Outline Of The Plan Of The Gospel. V.—Time And Place Of Writing. VI.—Integrity. VII.—Language. VIII.—Christ’s Discourses In The Gospel. IX.—Errors Combated In The Gospel. Chapter I. Chapter II. Chapter III. Chapter IV. Chapter V. Chapter VI. Chapter VII. Chapter VIII. Authenticity of John vii. 53‐viii. 11. Evidence against Authenticity. Evidence in favour of Authenticity. Conclusion. Text. Chapter IX. Chapter X. Chapter XI. Chapter XII. Chapter XIII. Chapter XIV. Chapter XV. Chapter XVI. Chapter XVII. Chapter XVIII. Chapter XIX. Chapter XX. Chapter XXI. Footnotes [Cover Art] [Transcriber’s Note: The above cover image was produced by the submitter at Distributed Proofreaders, and is being placed into the public domain.] _Nihil Obstat._ GUALTERUS MACDONALD, D.D., Censor Theolog. Deputat. IMPRIMATUR. Gulielmus, _Archiep. Dublinen., Hiberniae Primas._ PREFACE. It may be well to state briefly the object and plan of the present work. Some years ago their Lordships the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland decided to lengthen considerably the course of Sacred Scripture read in this College. As a result of their decision, all our students are now expected to read the whole of the New Testament with the exception of the Apocalypse, together with portions of the Old Testament. This change, while it has the desirable advantage of familiarizing our students with a larger portion of the Sacred Text, obviously renders it impossible that so much time as formerly should be devoted to the study of any one portion. The consequence of this is that it is now impossible for any but the very ablest students to find time to read the longer commentaries, such as those of Maldonatus, Estius, and A Lapide. I was not long, therefore, in charge of the Class of Sacred Scripture, when I became convinced that it would be useful, if not necessary, to provide the students with a more compendious exposition of the portions of Scripture that they are expected to study.