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\subsection{\John 1}
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\subsubsection{Prologue to the Gospel}
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\lettrine[lraise=0]{I}{n} the beginning%
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\footnote{Clearly an allusion to Genesis 1:1}
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was the Logos\fnLogos{},
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and the Logos was with God%
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\footnote{Greek at this time did not have
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upper vs. lower case letters. `God' vs. `god' has to be determined from context.},
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and the Logos was God.
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\VS{2} He was in [the] beginning with God.
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\VS{3} All [things] came-into-being through him,
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and apart from him came-into-being not one [thing] that has
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come-into-being%
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\footnote{"come-into-being": the same Greek verb GINOMAI three times in the same sentence ---
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for emphasis.}.
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\VS{4} In him was \zoe{}-life%
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\fnZoe{},
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and the \zoe{}-life was the light of humanity.
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\VS{5} And the light shines in the darkness,
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and the darkness did not master%
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\footnote{Can mean 'understand' or `overcome'. Here: perhaps both!} it.
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\VS{6} There came [a] person [who] has been sent from God, his name [was] \John;
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\VS{7} He came for [a] witness, that he should witness concerning the light,
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that all trust\fnPistisJohn{} through him.
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\VS{8} He was not the light, but that he witness concerning the light.
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\VS{9} This was the true light, that enlightens everyone,
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coming into the world.%
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\fnKosmos{}
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\footnote{It's unclear where it's ``the true light \ldots
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coming into the Cosmos'' or
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``that enlightens everyone coming into the world.'' Perhaps both!
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}
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\VS{10} He was in the world, and the world came-into-being through him,
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and the world did not know him.
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\VS{11} He came to his own,
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and his own did not receive him.%
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\footnote{The syntax here is subtle: ``He came to his own [things] (plural neuter pronoun),
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and his own [people] (plural masculine pronoun) did not receive him.''}
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\VS{12} But as many as received him,
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to them he gave authority to become children of God,
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to those trusting\fnPistisJohn{} in his name,
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\VS{13} those [who] were born not from bloods%
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\footnote{The plural may imply both parents --- perhaps `human descent'.}
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nor from [the] will of flesh
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nor from [the] will of [a] male\fnAner{} but from God.
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\VS{14} And the Logos became flesh, and tented%
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\footnote{Indicates a temporary, not permanent dwelling.
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May also refer to the Tabernacle.}
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among us%
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\footnote{Anyone at all literate in Hellenistic (Greek) philosophy would
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already be acquainted with the 'Cosmic LOGOS'. What the
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gospel author is claiming, and would be genuinely shocking to a first
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century Hellenistic reader, is the idea of the LOGOS becoming \textbf{flesh}},
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and we observed his glory,
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glory as of [the] uniquely-begotten\fnMonogenes{} from [the] father,
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full of grace and truth.
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\VS{15} \John witnesses about him and has cried out saying:
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This was [about] whom I said: The [one] coming after me is become in front of me because he was before%
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\footnote{can mean `before' in the sense of Rank, or of Time (he was here first)}.
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\VS{16} For from his fullness we all received,
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and grace in-place-of%
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\footnote{"in-place-of (ANTI): primarily ``instead of'', ``in place of''.
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Could mean 1. ``grace instead of grace'' (new covenant replacing the old?), \\
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2. ``grace upon grace'' --- a super-abundance, or \\
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3. ``grace corresponding to grace''. The most literal reading is 1. See the Septuagint Ex.33:13\ldots{}}
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grace.
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\VS{17} For the law was given through \Moses,
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grace and truth came-into-being%
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\footnote{\John uses GINOMAI here deliberately — the law was \textit{given},
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but grace and truth \textit{came-into-being} --- same verb as the Prologue cosmology.}
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through \Iesous [the] Anointed.%
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\fnChristos{}
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\VS{18} No one has ever seen God;
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[the] uniquely-begotten
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God\footnote{``God'' \papyrus{66,75}\sinaiticus{}B\hesychian{}; ``son'' \koine{} \vulgate{}.
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``God'' instead of ``son'' also echoes vs. 1.
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Note: only one letter ($\Theta$ vs. $\Upsilon$) would have differentiated these two readings in the manuscripts.
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},
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the [one] being in the lap\footnote{or 'bosom'} of the father, he has declared%
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\footnote{or `explained'} [him].
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\subsubsection{The Testimony of \John the Baptist}
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\VS{19} And this is \John's witness when the Jews sent to him priests and \Leuitess from Jerusalem
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that they ask him: Who are you?
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\VS{20} And he professed and did not deny, and professed:
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I am not the Anointed.
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\VS{21} And they asked him,
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What then? Are you \Elias? And he says:
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I am not.
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Are you the prophet? And he answered: No.
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\VS{22} Then they said to him:
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Who are you, so that we may give answer to those having sent us.
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What do you say about yourself?
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\VS{23} He said:\footnote{Is.40:3}
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\begin{verse}
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I [am the] voice of [one] crying in the wilderness, \\
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Make straight the way of the Lord,
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\end{verse}
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just as Isaiah the prophet said.
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\VS{24} And they had been sent by the Pharisees.
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\VS{25} And they asked him%
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and said to him:
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So why do you baptize if you are not the Anointed nor \Elias nor the prophet?
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\VS{26} \John answered them saying: I baptize in water.
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In your midst has stood what you do not know,
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\VS{27} the [one] coming after me,
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of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the thong of his sandal.
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\VS{28} These [things] came to pass in \Bethania
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on the other side of the \Jordan, where \John was baptizing.
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\VS{29} On the next day he sees \Iesous coming toward him,
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and says: Behold the lamb of God, the [one] taking away the sin of the world\fnKosmos{}.
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\VS{30} This is heard concerning whom I said: [A] man\fnAner{}
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comes after me that is become before me,
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because he was my foremost%
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\footnote{Or ``first''. That is, ``has a higher rank than I.''}.
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\VS{31} And I did not know him.
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But so that he be revealed to \Israel,
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because of this I came baptizing in water.
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\VS{32} And \John witnessed, saying:
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I have seen the spirit coming down as [a] dove out of heaven,
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and [he] remained upon him.
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\VS{33} And I did not know him,
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but the [one who] sent me to be baptizing in water,
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he said to me:
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Upon whom you see the spirit coming down and remaining upon him,
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this is the [one] baptizing in [the] Holy Spirit.
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\VS{34} And I have seen,
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and have witnessed that this is the Son of God.
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\VS{35} On the next day \John had again stood [there], also two from his disciples.
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\VS{36} And when [he] looked upon \Iesous walking he says: Behold the lamb of God.
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\VS{37} And the two disciples heard him speaking and they followed \Iesous.
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\VS{38} Now when \Iesous turned and saw them following he says to them:
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What are you seeking?
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And they said to him:
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Rabbi, which is saying being translated: Teacher,
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where are you staying?
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\VS{39} He says to them:
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Be coming and you will see.
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So they came and saw where he stays,
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and they stayed with him that day,
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as it was [the] tenth hour.%
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\footnote{Counting from dawn --- about 6am --- approx. 4 pm}
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\subsubsection{\Andrew's Declaration}
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\VS{40} \Andrew the brother of \Simon \Petros was one of the two who heard from \John and followed him.
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\VS{41} He finds first his own brother \Simon and says to him:
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We have found the Messiah, which is being translated: [the] Anointed.
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\VS{42} He brought him to \Iesous.
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Having looked upon him, \Iesous said:
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You are \Simon the son of Jonas, you shall be called Cephas%
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\footnote{Aramaic for ``rock''},
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which is translated: \Petros.%
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\footnote{PETROS, Greek for ``rock''}
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\subsubsection{Calling More Disciples}
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\VS{43} On the next day he wanted to go forth into \Galilee,
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and he finds \Phillip.
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And \Iesous says to him: Be following me.
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\VS{44} Now \Phillip was from \Bethsaida,
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from the city of \Andrew and \Petros.
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\VS{45} \Phillip finds Nathaneal, and says to him:
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What is written in the law of \Moses and the
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prophets we have found, \Iesous, son of \Joseph, the [one] from \Nazareth.
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\VS{46} And Nathanael said to him: What good is able to be out of \Nazareth?
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\Phillip says to him: Be coming and see.
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\VS{47} \Iesous saw Nathanael coming toward him and says concerning him:
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Behold [a] true \Israelite in whom there is no deceit.
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\VS{48} Nathanael says to him:
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Whence do you know me?
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\Iesous answered and said to him:
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Before \Phillip called you, being under the fig tree I saw you.
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\VS{49} Nathanael answered him:
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Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are king of \Israel.
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\VS{50} \Iesous answered and said to him:
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Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree you are trusting?
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Greater than these you will see.
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\VS{51} Truly truly I say to you,
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You will [all]\fnYouPlural{} see heaven having opened
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and the angels of God ascending and descending%
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\footnote{An allusion to \Jacob\fnJacob{}'s ladder (Gen.28:12) ---
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angels ascending and descending.
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Note that in Genesis they ascend and descend on the ladder;
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here they ascend and descend upon the Son of Humanity. \John's point is hard to miss.}
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upon the Son of Humanity.%
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\fnAnthropos{}%
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