The Gospel of St. John

Name: The Gospel of St. John
Author: MacRory, Joseph

MacRory, Joseph

Bible. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

49. Quia ego ex meipso non sum   49. For I have not spoken of
locutus, sed qui misit me        myself, but the Father who
Pater, ipse mihi mandatum        sent me, he gave me
dedit quid dicam, et quid        commandment what I should say,
loquar.                          and what I should speak.

49. This verse gives the reason why the words of Christ shall stand in
judgment against the unbeliever; because His words were not merely His
own, uttered by His private authority, but spoken by the command of His
Father, whom therefore they despise, in despising Him. In our view Christ
here speaks of Himself as man.

If *say* and *speak* are to be distinguished, then “say” (εἴπω) refers to
the formal discourses, “speak” (λαλήσω) to the ordinary conversations; so
that in all His words Christ had spoken to them the words of God.

50. Et scio quia mandatum eius   50. And I know that his
vita aeterna est. Quae ergo      commandment is life
ego loquor, sicut dixit mihi     everlasting. The things
Pater, sic loquor.               therefore that I speak; even
                                 as the Father said unto me, so
                                 do I speak.

50. To show them their folly, and in the hope of yet inducing them to
believe, He tells them He knows with certainty that the command of the
Father (that is, what the Father had commanded Him to say and do, and
hence, all His own words and works) is the cause of life eternal to
mankind. Hence their folly in not believing.

*The things therefore that I speak; even as the Father said unto me, so do
I speak.* Thus He concludes, insisting on the fact that He is the legate
of God (consubstantial with the Father, verse 45), and as such worthy to
be believed.





CHAPTER XIII.


    1‐20. *On the night before (according to the Jewish method of
    reckoning their days, on the first night of) the great festal week
    of the Pasch, Jesus celebrates the Paschal Supper with His
    disciples in Jerusalem, washes their feet, exhorts them to imitate
    His example of humility and charity, and hints at the sin of
    Judas.*

    21‐30. *He reveals the traitor, who then leaves the supper‐room.*

    31‐39. *He foretells the near approach of His own death and
    glorification; gives the new commandment of Christian charity, and
    predicts the triple denial by Peter.*


With this chapter the second part of the narrative of our Gospel
commences. See Introd. IV.

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The Gospel of St. John

MacRory, Joseph

Bible. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

49. Quia ego ex meipso non sum   49. For I have not spoken of
locutus, sed qui misit me        myself, but the Father who
Pater, ipse mihi mandatum        sent me, he gave me
dedit quid dicam, et quid        commandment what I should say,
loquar.                          and what I should speak.

49. This verse gives the reason why the words of Christ shall stand in
judgment against the unbeliever; because His words were not merely His
own, uttered by His private authority, but spoken by the command of His
Father, whom therefore they despise, in despising Him. In our view Christ
here speaks of Himself as man.

If *say* and *speak* are to be distinguished, then “say” (εἴπω) refers to
the formal discourses, “speak” (λαλήσω) to the ordinary conversations; so
that in all His words Christ had spoken to them the words of God.

50. Et scio quia mandatum eius   50. And I know that his
vita aeterna est. Quae ergo      commandment is life
ego loquor, sicut dixit mihi     everlasting. The things
Pater, sic loquor.               therefore that I speak; even
                                 as the Father said unto me, so
                                 do I speak.

50. To show them their folly, and in the hope of yet inducing them to
believe, He tells them He knows with certainty that the command of the
Father (that is, what the Father had commanded Him to say and do, and
hence, all His own words and works) is the cause of life eternal to
mankind. Hence their folly in not believing.

*The things therefore that I speak; even as the Father said unto me, so do
I speak.* Thus He concludes, insisting on the fact that He is the legate
of God (consubstantial with the Father, verse 45), and as such worthy to
be believed.





CHAPTER XIII.


    1‐20. *On the night before (according to the Jewish method of
    reckoning their days, on the first night of) the great festal week
    of the Pasch, Jesus celebrates the Paschal Supper with His
    disciples in Jerusalem, washes their feet, exhorts them to imitate
    His example of humility and charity, and hints at the sin of
    Judas.*

    21‐30. *He reveals the traitor, who then leaves the supper‐room.*

    31‐39. *He foretells the near approach of His own death and
    glorification; gives the new commandment of Christian charity, and
    predicts the triple denial by Peter.*


With this chapter the second part of the narrative of our Gospel
commences. See Introd. IV.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Gospel of St. John

The Gospel of St. John

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