εἰδώς. ‘Because He knew,’ as in John 13:1. For πάντα ἔδωκεν see on John 3:35 and comp. Ephesians 1:22; Philippians 2:9-11. Note the order; and that it was from God He came forth, and unto God He is going. “He came forth from God without leaving Him; and He goeth to God without deserting us” (S. Bernard).

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