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Excerpt from The Holy Gospel According to Saint John
T. Augustine said of St. John's Gospel, They are deep words that are spoken by him, not random words, nor such as may be easily understood. To speak clearly on such deep doctrine, especially to the young and with brevity, is no easy task; and even when one's best has been done, great attention is required on the part of the reader. If, when that attention has been given, much of what is here written still remains obscure, I will not join with the Saint in saying, He that is not able to receive it, let him not charge it on me, but on his own dulness, but I do join with the Saint in saying, If any one may not have understood because I have not declared it as I ought to have declared it, let him excuse the weakness of man. To keep the volume within reasonable limits I have omitted all formal mention of many disputed points. For information on such I must refer the reader to fuller com mentaries. Those most used in the present work were the commentaries of Knabenbauer and Meyer. The chief sources of the Introduction were Kaulen's Einlez'tzmg, Cornely's I ntroductio, Batiffol's Six Leeons, the 'intro ductions' of Salmon and Davidson. The grammatical hints will be made clear by a reference to Beelen's Grammatz'ca Greecitatis Novi Testamenti and to Burton's N ew Testament Moods and Tenses.
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