ἤδη ὑμεῖς κ. Already are ye clean because of the word. Distinguish διά with the accusative from διά with the genitive. A.V. confounds the two here and Matthew 15:3; Matthew 15:6. Ὁ λόγος is the whole teaching of Christ, not any particular discourse (John 14:23). Ἤδη assures the disciples that the chief part of their cleansing is accomplished: in the language of John 13:10, they are λελουμένοι. Ὑμεῖς is emphatic: many more will become καθαροί hereafter.

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