ἔγνωκα. I have come to know and therefore I know: comp. κέκραγα (John 1:15), ἥλπικα (John 5:45), οἶδα (John 5:32). Once more Christ appears as the searcher of hearts; comp. John 1:47; John 1:50; John 2:24-25 (see note), John 4:17-18; John 4:48; John 5:14.

ἐν ἑαυτοῖς. In yourselves, in your hearts. ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart’ (Deuteronomy 7:5) was written on their broad phylacteries (see note on Matthew 23:5), but it had no place in their hearts and no influence on their lives. It is the want of love, the want of will (John 5:40), that makes them reject and persecute the Messiah. The phrase ἡ�. θεοῦ occurs 1 John 2:5; 1 John 3:17; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:3; elsewhere in the Gospels only Luke 11:42.

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