Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

John 14:23

ποιησόμεθα (אBLX) for ποιήσομεν (A). The middle of ποιεῖν is comparatively rare in N.T., but here it is appropriate; Winer, p. 320.

23. ἀπεκρίθη. The answer is given, as so often in our Lord’s replies, not directly, but by repeating and developing the statement which elicited the question. Comp. John 3:5-8; John 4:14; John 6:44-51; John 6:53-58, &c. The condition of receiving the revelation is loving obedience; those who have it not cannot receive it. This shews that the revelation cannot be universal, cannot be shared by those who hate and disobey (John 15:18).

ἐλευσόμεθα. For the plural comp. John 10:30; it is a distinct claim to Divinity: for μονήν see on John 14:2. The thought of God dwelling among His people was familiar to every Jew (Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:45; Zechariah 2:10; &c.). There is a thought far beyond that,—God dwelling in the heart of the individual; and later Jewish philosophy had attained to this also. But the united indwelling of the Father and the Son by means of the Spirit is purely Christian.

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