And therefore Better, And on this account, or, and for this cause (John 12:18; John 12:27). It is not St John's favourite particle -therefore." but a preposition and pronoun. Comp. John 5:18.

and sought to slay him These words are not genuine here, but have been inserted from John 5:18. The other two verbs are both in the imperfect tense expressing continued action; -used to persecute, continued to persecute;" -used to do, habitually did." From which we may infer that some of the unrecorded miracles (John 2:23; John 4:45) were wrought on the Sabbath: unless the Evangelist is speaking from their point of view; -because (as they said) He habitually did these things on the Sabbath."

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