μὴ δοκεῖτε.Think not, because I reproach you now, that it is I who will accuse you.’ If this refers to the day of judgment (and the future tense seems to point to that), there are two reasons why Christ will not act as accuser (1) because it would be needless; there is another accuser ready; (2) because He will be acting as Judge.

ἔστιν ὁ κατ. Your accuser exists already; he is there with his charge. Note the change from future to present: Christ will not be, because Moses is, their accuser.

Μωυσῆς. See on John 1:17. Moses represents the Law. It was zeal for the Mosaic Law which stirred the Jews on this occasion.

ἠλπίκατε. On whom ye have set your hope; present result of past action. Ἤλπικα is spero not speravi: see on John 5:42 and comp. 1 Timothy 5:5. The Jews eagerly claimed him as their own (John 9:28-29).

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