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The Meaning of John XVI, 8–11

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

William H. P. Hatch
Affiliation:
The Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.

Extract

Καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ περὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ περὶ κρίσεως˙ περὶ ἁμαρτίας μέν, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ˙ περὶ δικαιοσύνης δέ, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ὑπάγω καὶ οὐκέτι θεωρεῖτέ με˙ περὶ δὲ κρίσεως, ὃτι ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου κέκριται

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Notes
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1921

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References

1 The Vulgate renders δικαιοσύνη by iustitia everywhere except in Acts 17, 31 and Rom. 8, 10. In Rev. 22, 11, where the best manuscripts read iustitiam faciat, the text used by the Rheims translators, like the standard edition of the Vulgate (1592), had iustificetur.

2 Westcott, The Gospel according to St. John (1900), p. 228. It should be noted that the Paraclete is not the disciples' comforter. He is God's advocate in the world on behalf of the truth, just as Christ is the believers' advocate in the presence of the Father (cf. 1 John 2, 1).

3 Bauer, Walter in Lietzmann's Handbuck zum N. T., II, ii (1912), p. 149.Google Scholar

4 Westcott, op. cit., p. 229.

5 Cf. Meyer, , Commentary on the N. T., Gospel of John (Eng. tr.) II (1881), p. 263Google Scholar; Weiss, B. in Meyer's Kommentar, Johannes-Evangelium, 8th ed. (1893), pp. 523 fGoogle Scholar.

6 Euthymius Zigabenus says: δικαίον γὰρ γνώρισμα τὸ πορεύεσθαι πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ συνεῖναι αὐτῷ.

7 On the meaning of δικαιοσύνη see Ropes, J. H., “‘Righteousness’ and ‘The Righteousness of God’ in the Old Testament and in St. Paul,” in the Journal of Biblical Literature, xxii (1903), pp. 211 ff.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

8 Δικαιοσύνη occurs three times in the First Epistle of John (2,29; 3, 7·10), and in each case with the verb ποιεῖν (צךפ עשה or פעל צךק).

9 Cf. 1 John 2, 1. According to Rom. 8, 26f. the Spirit makes intercession in behalf of the saints.