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John 13:19

The Pulpit Commentary on John 13:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I tell you from henceforth— ἀπ' ἄρτι of corresponds with , ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν; the word also implies that our Lord would again recur to the subject. This is the true meaning of ἀπάρτι in the New Testament.

It is more than the words will bear to make the ἐγώ εἶμι, the equivalent of a Divine claim to equality with Jehovah; but "all that I have said of myself, and all you have admitted to be true." It is not a promise of continual prevision of events, but a startling proof that in this case our Lord had completely fathomed the mind of Judas, and was communicative of what he saw there to the rest of the disciples, so that when the tragedy should be consummated, this peculiarity, instead of shaking their faith in him, will prove that he was taken by no surprise, and throughout his great career was what he said he was.

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