Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Ver. 31. If ye continue in my word] Non quaeruntur in Christianis initia, sed finis, said Jerome. And that which is but almost done is not done, saith Basil. a It is the evening that crowns the day, and the last act that commends the whole scene. Temporary flashings are but like conduits running with wine at the coronation, that will not hold; or like a land flood, that seems to be a great sea, but comes to nothing.
a το παρ ολιγον γεγονος, ου γεγονεν .