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#1:2  (c-1)
 In John, the personal pronoun, generally emphatic in Greek
 where inserted, is used so constantly that it can hardly be
 considered such in many cases, but certain instances which are
 considered to be more definitely emphatic are given in italics.
 The same spirit of emphasis causes the very frequent use of
 _ekeinos_ for the third person ('he,' 'they,' &c.). Its sense
 is 'that,' contrasted with 'this,' and hence is emphatic; as
 'that man' in English, sometimes having the sense of 'such a
 one as that.' A number of cases where this word also is used
 emphatically have also been indicated.

#1:4 men. (d-12)
 This latter is a reciprocal proposition, i.e. it can also he
 read 'the light of men was the life.'

#1:6 from (e-6)
 _Para_, with genitive, 'from with,' see v. 14, Note d.

#1:9 lightens (f-11)
 Or 'is light to every man.' Not 'enlightens,' but 'sheds its
 light upon.'

#1:11 own, (g-5)
 Or, 'what was his own,' but the neuter is used by John in the
 most general way for persons.

#1:12 right (h-12)
 _Exousia_: 'right to take that place:' see Matt. 10.1.

#1:12 children (a-15)
 _Teknon_: see Note, Mark 7.27.

#1:12 on (b-22)
 _Eis_: see Note. 2Tim. 1.12.

#1:14 dwelt (c-7)
 Lit. 'tabernacled.'

#1:14 with (d-22)
 _para_,  with a genitive as here, means 'on the part of;'
 'from with' gives the sense. But this must not be understood in
 the sense of 'with' merely. It has not this significance in the
 New Testament.

#1:17 subsists (e-11)
 _Ginomai_, 'has come,' that which, not having actually been
 in being before (i.e. in the world), now begins to be so. So
 the Word was (v. 1), but everything else 'began to be.' The
 world 'had its being,' 'began to be,' through Him (v. 10). He
 '_became_ flesh' (v. 14), _ginomai_. So 'grace and truth came
 into being.' I am not satisfied with 'subsists,' but 'came'
 gives the idea of coming into the world. No doubt they did so,
 but the word has not this force. They began to exist _de facto_
 down here. The verb is singular, and 'grace and truth' go
 together in the person of Christ. Nothing subsisted by the law,
 it was a rule given; but grace and truth actually commenced to
 be, not in God's mind of course, but in revelation and actual
 existence down here. But its so taking place supposes its
 continuance.

#1:18 in (f-14)
 _Eis_, not _en_: perhaps 'on.' The expression indicates the
 place where, or the state: see Acts 8.23; Mark 1.9. In chap. 13
 it is _en_ in ver. 23, _epi_ in ver. 25.

#1:23 Lord, (g-19)
 'Lord' has no article here, which is irregular in Greek, but
 I do not doubt it is in place of the name 'Jehovah,' as in
 other Gospels.

#1:23 prophet. (h-24)
 Isa. 40.3.

#1:26 stands, (i-14)
 Lit. 'has taken his place as stands:' see Gen. 18.2; Rev.
 3.20.

#1:39 abode; (a-15)
 Lit. 'abides.'

#1:42 at (b-9)
 i.e. 'looking carefully;' so ver. 36; Matt. 19.26; Luke
 22.61.

#1:42 stone). (c-27)
 Or 'Peter.'

#1:46 come (d-9)
 Lit. 'Can there be any good thing.'

#2:9 was, (a-19)
 Lit. 'is.'

#2:11 on (b-19)
#2:23 on (b-15)
 _Eis_: see Note, 2Tim. 1.12.

#2:14 temple (c-6)
 _Hieron_, as Matt. 4.5.

#2:15 both (d-16)
 Or 'and.'

#2:17 written, (e-8)
 Ps. 69.9.

#2:19 temple, (f-9)
#2:20 temple (f-11)
#2:21 temple (f-6)
 _Naos_. The house itself -- the shrine.

#2:25 knew (g-15)
 _Epiginosko_, a strong word meaning 'to know well' or
 'recognise,' as Matt. 7.16, &c.

#3:3 anew (h-18)
 Not only 'again,' but 'entirely afresh,' as from a new source
 of life and point of departure; translated in Luke 1.3, 'from
 the origin.' It is a new source and beginning of life.

#3:15 on (a-6)
#3:16 on (a-16)
#3:18 on (a-4)
#3:18 on (a-23)
 _Eis_, as in ver. 36; chs. 4.39; 6.29,35,40.

#3:16 so (b-3)
 I have hesitated a moment whether 'so' referred to the kind
 of love that gives 'eternal life,' which is mentioned in verse
 15, and is the great subject of John, in contrast with all
 earthly blessings and favour. The sense then would thus be,
 that he has loved men in view of eternal life, 'so that' he has
 given, &c. (See 'so,' Acts 14. 1.) When followed by 'that,' the
 regular force of the Greek is, 'so much that.'

#3:16 whosoever (c-14)
 Lit. 'every one who,' as ver. 15.

#3:20 are; (d-26)
 _Elenko_: to show the true character of anything, so as to
 convict, and hence reprove by showing a man's fault. It is used
 in chs. 8.46, 'convinces;' 16.8, 'bring demonstration;' Eph.
 5.11,13, 'reprove' and 'expose.'

#3:29 heart (e-22)
 Lit. 'rejoices with joy.'

#3:31 earth (a-16)
 Or 'is from the earth.' The sense is 'having by nature his
 origin' here below, he is of and belongs to the earth. 'Of'
 (_ek_) is characteristic.

#3:33 received (b-4)
 Or 'receives:' it is the aorist, 'has received,' not
 referring to time, but to the fact: hence perhaps 'receives' is
 as well.

#3:35 loves (c-3)
 _Agapao_, as chs. 10.17; 13.1,23; 14.21,23; 15.9;
 17.23,24,26: see ch. 5.20 and Note at ch. 21.15.

#3:36 on (d-4)
 _Eis_: see Note, 2Tim. 1.12.

#3:36 subject (e-15)
 Or 'believes not on.' It is the obedience of submission to
 his person, not practical obedience to his commands, whatever
 proof this may be of the other; but it is not exactly the same
 thing as believing on him as an object revealed in grace: see
 Note, Heb. 3.18.

#4:6 fountain (f-3)
 Another word is used for the 'well,' ver. 11, in which the
 spring was; and this word, translated 'fountain,' is used for
 what springs up as life in the renewed man.

#4:6 was (g-22)
 Lit. 'thus:' see 1Cor. 7.26, 'so as he is' and Note, 2Pet.
 3.4.

#4:14 ever, (h-16)
 'Never thirst for ever' is a little awkward, but 'never
 thirst' is too vague; it may be to our minds much as a present
 thing for this life. The expression is strong in negation, and
 expresses lasting for ever: see chs. 8.51,52; 10.28; 11.26;
 13.8.

#4:20 worshipped (a-3)
 _Proskuneo_, and so to ver. 24: see Matt 4.10.

#4:21 hour (b-9)
#4:23 hour (b-3)
 Or 'an hour,' as ch. 5.25,28, and see Note, 1John 2.18.

#4:24 spirit; (c-4)
 Or 'God [is] spirit.'

#4:39 on (d-10)
 As ch. 2.11.

#4:48 not (a-14)
 A strengthened negative.

#4:49 child (b-11)
 The diminutive, but not in ver. 51.

#4:51 servants (c-9)
 Or 'bondmen,' _doulos_.

#5:2 sheepgate, (d-8)
 Neh. 3.1.

#5:13 away, (e-16)
 Or 'withdrawn.'

#5:20 loves (a-4)
 _Phileo_, not as ch. 3.35: see Notes, chs. 11.3 and 21.15.

#5:25 hour (b-9)
#5:28 hour (b-7)
 See 1John 2.18.

#5:29 practised (c-8)
#5:29 done (c-18)
 _Poieo_, and _Prasso_; see Rom 1.32.

#5:35 shining (d-6)
 Lit. 'appearing,' as ch. 1.5; 1John 2.8.

#5:37 shape, (e-27)
 As 'form,' 'fashion;' Luke 3.22; 9.29.

#5:39 search (f-2)
 Or 'Search.' Not command, but appeal.

#5:39 witness (g-21)
 Or 'are the witness-bearers.'

#5:42 you. (a-14)
 Lit. 'yourselves.'

#5:44 alone? (b-20)
 Or 'from the only God.'

#6:3 mountain, (c-7)
 The mountain country: see Note, Matt. 5.1.

#6:10 men (d-6)
#6:14 men (d-2)
 _Anthropos_: 'mankind.'

#6:10 men (e-18)
 _Aner_: 'men' in contrast to women: see Matt. 14.21; 1Cor.
 11.3.

#6:15 to (f-8)
 Or 'about to.'

#6:29 on (a-16)
#6:35 on (a-24)
#6:40 on (a-18)
 _Eis_: see Note, 2Tim. 1.12.

#6:31 written, (b-12)
 Ps. 78.24 and Neh, 9.15.

#6:33 of (c-12)
 _Ek_: see Note, ch. 3.31.

#6:35 never (d-18)
#6:35 never (d-27)
 A strengthened negative. The words, 'at any time,' apply to
 both clauses.

#6:37  (e-1)
 Lit. 'whatever.'

#6:38 from (f-6)
 Some authorities read 'out of' -- _ek_.

#6:40 sees (g-13)
 Or 'beholds' (_theoreo_), as ver. 62, chs. 7.3; 8.51; 12.45;
 14.17,19; 16.16.

#6:45 prophets, (h-6)
 Isa. 54.13.

#6:45 from (a-20)
 _Para_ with a genitive (as 'of' God, ver. 46). It is what is
 received directly from the Father. I add 'himself' that its
 immediateness may be felt, which is the point of the sentence.

#6:46 of (b-13)
 _Para_ with genitive: 'from with.'

#6:52 flesh (c-14)
 Or 'give us flesh.'

#6:54 eats (d-3)
 Present participle: so in ver