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.70  Nowwhoever cometh and teacheth you all these things, before spoken, receivehim; but if the teacher himself turn aside and teach another teaching, so asto overthrow this, do not hear him ( Teaching of the Twelve Apostles,ch.11.See on Matthew 10:10).11.Is partaker (koinwnei~).The verb occurs nowhere else in John swritings.The kindred noun koinwni>a fellowship, is peculiar to the FirstEpistle.See on 1 John 1:3; also on partners (Luke 5:10); fellowship (Acts2:42); partaker (1 Peter 5:1.).Paper (ca>rtou).Only here in the New Testament.The Egyptian papyrusor byblus, Cyperus papyrus, anciently very common, but not now foundwithin the limits of the country.It is a tall, smooth flag or reed, with alarge triangular stalk, containing the pith which furnished the paper.Thepaper was manufactured by cutting the pith into strips, arranging themhorizontally, and then placing across them another layer of strips, unitingthe two layers by a paste, and subjecting the whole to a heavy pressure.The upper and middle portions of the reed were used for this purpose. 1211The fact that the plant is no longer found is significant in connection withIsaiah s prophecy that  the flags (Hebrews suph, papyrus) shall wasteaway (Isaiah 19:6).The plant grew in shallow water or in marshes, and isaccordingly represented on the monuments as at the side of a stream or inirrigated lands.71 The Jews wrote on various materials, such as the leavesof the olive and palm, the rind of the pomegranate, and the skins ofanimals.The tablet (pinaki>dion, Luke 1:63) was in very common use.Itconsisted of thin pieces of wood, strung together, and either plain, orcovered with papyrus or with wax.Ink (me>lanov).Lit., that which is black.The word occurs only onceoutside of John s Epistles (2 Corinthians 3:3), and only three times in all(2 John 12; 3 John 13).Ink was prepared of soot or of vegetable or mineralsubstances.Gum and vitriol were also used.Colored inks, red and gold,were also employed.72To come unto you (gene>sqai proswpon prov pro>swpon, face to face, 1 Corinthians 8:12.Full (peplhrwme>nh).Rev., rightly, fulfilled. 1212THETHIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN1.The elder.See on 2 John 1.Gaius.The name occurs several times in the New Testament, as Acts19:29; 20:4; Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:14.The person addressed herecannot be identified.The well-beloved.Rev., the beloved.In the Greek order the name comesfirst.Gaius the beloved.In the truth (ejn alhqei>a|).Rev., properly, omitting the article, in truth.See on 2 John 4.2.Beloved.Compare the plural, 1 John 3:2, 21; 4:1, 7, 11.I wish above all things (perintwn eu]comai).Wrong.This sense ofperi> is contrary to New Testament usage.The preposition meansconcerning.So Rev. I pray that in all things thou mayst prosper.Eu]comai I pray or wish, occurs only here in John s writings, and not oftenelsewhere.See Acts 26:29; Romans 9:3; James 5:16.Mayst prosper (eujodou~sqai).Lit., have a prosperous journey.From ejnwell, and oJdo>v a way.In this original sense, Romans 1:10.The wordoccurs only three times in the New Testament.See 1 Corinthians 16:2.Be in health (uJgiai>nein).Used in the New Testament both in a physicaland moral sense.The former is found only here and in Luke s Gospel.SeeLuke 5:31; 7:10; 15:27.Paul uses it of soundness in faith or doctrine.See 1Timothy 1:10; 6:3; 2 Timothy 1:13; Titus 2:2.Here of Gaius bodilyhealth, as is shown by soul in the next clause. 1213Soul (yuch>).See on Mark 12:30; Luke 1:46.The soul (yuch>) is theprinciple of individuality, the seat of personal impressions.It has a side incontact with both the material and the spiritual element of humanity, andis thus the mediating organ between body and spirit.Its meaning,therefore, constantly rises above life or the living individual, and takescolor from its relation to either the emotional or the spiritual side of life,from the fact of its being the seat of the feelings, desires, affections,aversions, and the bearer and manifester of the divine life-principle(pneu~ma).Consequently yuch> is often used in our sense of heart (Luke1:46; 2:35; John 10:24; Acts 14:2); and the meanings of yuch> soul andpneu~ma spirit, occasionally approach each other very closely.CompareJohn 12:27, and 11:33; Matthew 11:29, and 1 Corinthians 16:18.Alsoboth words in Luke 1:47.In this passage yuch> soul, expresses the soulregarded as moral being designed for everlasting life.See Hebrews 6:19;10:39; 8:17; 1 Peter 2:11; 4:19.John commonly uses the word to denotethe principle of the natural life.See John 10:11, 15; 13:37; 15:13; 1 John3:16; Revelation 8:9; 12:11; 16:3.3.Rejoiced greatly.See on 2 John 4.Brethren came (ejrcome>nwn ajdelfw~n).Lit., coming.The presentparticiple denotes coming from time to time, and not coming on a singleoccasion, which would require the aorist.On brethren, see on 1 John 2:9.Thou walkest in truth.See on 1 John 1:8.for the phrase walk in, see on2 John 6.Thou is emphatic, suggesting a contrast with less faithful ones,as Diotrephes, ver.9.4.Joy (cararin grace or favor fromGod, on which see 2 John 3.Note the Greek order: greater joy than thishave I not.My children (tassein, dra~n, which last does notoccur in the New Testament, is not sharply maintained in Attic Greek [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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