ἐγνώκατε … οἶδα. And ye have not learned to know Him (John 8:52); but I know Him. Οἶδα refers to His immediate essential knowledge of the Father, ἐγνώκατε to the progressive knowledge of mankind by means of revelation. Here and elsewhere (John 7:15; John 7:17; John 7:26-27; John 13:7; John 21:17) A.V. obliterates the distinction between the two verbs. Comp. John 14:7. ἔσομαι … ψεύστης. Preserve the order; I shall be like unto you, a liar: referring back to John 8:44. Winer, p. 243.

τ. λ. αὐ. τηρῶ. Christ’s whole life is a continual practice of obedience (Hebrews 5:8; Romans 5:19; Philippians 2:8): His relation to the Father is analogous to that of the believer to Christ (John 15:10; John 17:11; John 17:18).

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