ἐγὼ δὲ ᾔδειν. But I (whatever doubts others may have had) knew. No one must suppose from this act of thanksgiving that there are any prayers of the Son which the Father does not hear.

διὰ τ. ὄχλον. Shewing that others were present besides ‘the Jews’ who had come to condole. Εἶπον, I said the words, εὐχαρίστω σοι κ.τ.λ. His confidence in thanking God for a result not yet apparent proved His intimacy with God.

ὅτι σύ. That Thou, and no one else: σύ is emphatic. see on John 20:21.

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