John 11:25) He that believes in me, even though he dies, shall live; and everyone that lives and believes in me, in no way shall he die forever. Here is not only the way of possession but they very possession itself with all it contains. The two parallel statements are not a progress in thought, [...]
John 9: 25) He on his part (‘ekeinos‘ emphatic subject), therefore, answered, Whether he is an open sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that being blind, I now see. Over against the emphatic we know of the Pharisees this beggar puts his own emphatic I do know; and in the clash the [...]
John 4:13) Jesus answered and said to her (compare on 1:48), Everyone that drinks of this water shall thirst again; but whoever shall drink of the water that I myself shall give them shall in no way thirst forever; on the contrary, the water that I myself shall give him, shall become in him a [...]
John 3:9) Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? Nicodemus has progressed – a little. In v.4 his “how” questions the possibility itself, especially for an old man like himself. In v.9 his “how” admits the possibility but questions the manner. “These things” admits that they exist – so much Jesus [...]
Matthew 4:3) And when the tempter had come he said to him, If thou art a son of God, say that these stones shall become bread. Exactly as he did in Gen. 3:1 and in Job 1:9; 2:4,5, Satan starts the temptation by raising a cloud of doubt. While he uses a condition of reality: [...]
Matthew 17:2) And he was transformed before them. And his countenance shone like the sun; moreover, his garments became white like the light. The philosophizings regarding this transfiguration are of litte value. As one such we mention the misleading alternative as to whether the transfigured budy was donum superadditum or a donum naturale, which introduces [...]
43) To the illustrations of the better righteousness as exemplified by single commandments of the law Jesus now adds the final one taken from the summary of the entire second table of the law, the commandment of love to our neighbor. You heard that it was said (on this formula compare v.21), Thou wilt love [...]
Matthew 5:22) But I say to you that everyone angry at his brother shall be held to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Blamed bonehead! shall be held to the Sanherdrin; and whoever says, Blamed fool! shall be held for the Gehenna of the fire. “I say to you” is opposed to “you [...]
(v.13-16). You alone are the salt of the earth. But if the salt become insipid, with what shall it again be turned into salt? For nothing is it good any longer except, thrown outside, to be trodden under foot by men. The strong emphasis on ‘humeis,’ which is placed forward for the reason, has the [...]
