καθʼ ἡμέραν … ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ. The words are in all three, and they cause no difficulty, even if none of those who had heard Him teach were present in Gethsemane. Those who had ordered His arrest knew that every day, in a most public place, He was to be found. The allusion is probably to the last few days, not to the earlier teaching in Jerusalem.

ἤμην. This is the usual form of the 1st pers. imperf. in N.T. (Matthew 25:35; John 11:15; Acts 10:30, etc.).

πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Lk. has μεθʼ ὑμῶν, but πρός c. acc. indicates not merely proximity or accompaniment, but intercourse; see on John 1:1 and 1 John 1:2.

ἀλλʼ ἵνα. Something is understood; “but you did not arrest Me then, in order that.” Mt. supplies all this has come to pass. See on John 9:3 and 1 John 2:19.

αἱ γραφαί. See on Mark 12:10; Mark 12:24. In Jn it is always ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πλ. (John 13:18; John 17:12; John 19:24; John 19:36).

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