[31] Comm. zum Evang. Joh. 1, s. 378 f. [↑]
[32] From the orthodox point of view, it cannot be consistently said, with Hoffmann (p. 301), that for the conviction of his messiahship and the maintenance of the right position, amid so many temptations and adverse circumstances, an internally wrought certainty did not suffice Jesus, and external confirmation by a fact was requisite. [↑]
[33] Epiphan. hæres. xxx. 14: ἐπειδὴ γὰρ βούλονται τὸν μὲν Ἰησοῦν ὄντως ανθρώπον εἶναι, Χριστὸν δὲ ὲν αὐτῷ γεγενῆσθαι τὸν ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς καταβεβηκότα, κ.τ.λ.:—They maintain that Jesus was really man, but that that which descended from heaven in the form of a dove became Christ in him. [↑]
[34] Epiphan. hæres. xxviii. 1. [↑]
[35] Epiphan. hæres. xxx. 13:—περιστερᾶς κατελθούσης καὶ εἰσελθούσης εἰς αὐτὸν:—of a dove descending and entering into him. [↑]
[36] See the passage above, § 48, note 7. [↑]
[37] Schneckenburger, über den Ursprung des ersten kanonischen Evang., s. 39. [↑]
[38] Comm. z. Ev. Joh. 1, s. 344. [↑]
[39] Comp. de Wette, exeg. Handb. 1, 3, s. 27. [↑]
[40] Compare Fritzsche, Comm. in Marc, s. 23 De Wette, exeg. Handb., 1, 2, s. 33. [↑]