The and on either side of the river, was there the tree of Water & life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded the Tree her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree of Life were for the healing of the nations.

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And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, To neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things 15 which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

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And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

25 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still : and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,

let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him The be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and Divine my reward is with me, to give every man according Benedicas his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the tion beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed 5 are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is 15 athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the

water of life freely.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the 20 plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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Notes

ST. JOHN

P. 3, 1. 6. The best MSS. read 'Bethany' instead of 'Bethabara. It was near Galilee, but the exact site has not been discovered. The conversation must have taken place soon after our Lord's temptation.

p. 4, 1. 18. Nathanael has been by all commentators identified with Bartholomew, who is continually found with Philip in the other Gospels. The latter name is the patronymic, Nathanael (='God's gift') is a conferred name. It only occurs in this Gospel.

p. 5, 1. 14. Our Lord's mother had already received the assurance of His Messiahship, and therefore knew that His power must of necessity be as great as that of Elijah or Elisha (1 Kings xvii. 4; 2 Kings iv. 6).

p. 5, 1. 16. Men in general have to seize opportunities. 'Mine hour,' says Jesus, follows an unchanging law, namely, My Father's will.

p. 7, 1. 13. Nicodemus, another character only found in this Gospel (vii. 50, xix. 30).

p. 18, 1. 15. The lake is only called by this name in St. John. Tiberias was a city built by Herod the Tetrarch, and named after the Emperor. It is now the only town existing on the lake. St. John's use of the name shows that it was in his time superseding the older title of Lake of Galilee.

p. 28, 1. 17. The words 'as though he heard them not' are not in the oldest MSS. They are a gloss of some editor who offered this explanation of the action. We cannot be sure of its meaning, but it may be that the writing on the stone was intended to remind them of the divine origin of the Law, and