First Epistle of Peter. 529 



Jn. 9 ; 48—49 gives a concrete case of what is mentioned in 

 I Pt. 1 ; 23a. I Pt. 2 ; 23b is also parallel in 8 ; 50 by " Jesus' own " 

 words. These close parallels in their sequence, with Ex. 7, can hardly 

 be accidental. 



(9) I Pt. 3 ; 21 Jn. 3 ; .5, 6 



6 xai u[j.ac avTi-u~ov vuv crcotsi sav \i.i\ ■zic yswYiD'Y] t'E, ijbtxzoc . . . 



vov £x TTj? o-apxoc o-dcpi Icrxiv 



This very suggestive parallel is made even more significant by the 



probable reference in Jn. 3 ; 7 to I Pt. 1 ; 23. Apparently I Peter 



depends upon Paul in this section, but it seems quite as evident that 



the author of the Fourth Gospel took up the Pauline thought of 



1 Peter and developed it into a narrative. See Note on Ex. 4. 



(10) I Pt. 4; 11 Ju. 14; 13 



tva £v TraTiv Soca^r^Tai 6 Heo? tva ZotccTbri 6 TraTYjp Iv tw uuo 

 Bia 'ItjCtoi! \piG"roo 



Eph. 5 ; 20 probably furnished the suggestion for our author, 

 but clearly the parallel is closer between John and I Peter than 

 between John and Ephesians. " The glorification of God through 

 Christ," as alluded to in I Peter, is a common doctrine in the Fourth 

 Gospel (13 ; 31, 17 ; 1, 4, 5, 6, etc.), and is frequently found in 

 " speeches of Jesus." It seems probable therefore that this too is 

 a case of natural development. 



(11) I Pt. 5 ; 2 Jn. 21 ; 15, 16 f 

 7:oi[j.avaT£ to sv 'jijIv -oCpiov tou '^orr/.z xk apvta ij.ou. 16, 17 po^rxs 

 0£OLi TOC :tp6,3aTa ixou 



I Peter alludes to the general oversight and succor of the church, 

 such as an elder could have and give, quite in harznony with what 

 is taught in Jn. 21. Ilotjjiaivsiv is used of Christ (Mt. 2 ; 6, Rev. 



2 ; 17, 7 ; 17, 12 ; 5, 19 ; 15) in the sense of " govern," and of Chris- 

 tian ministers (Jn. 21 ; 16, Acts 20 ; 28, I Pt. 5 ; 2, 3). noipv) is used 

 of the Christian flock, Mt. 26 ; 31, Jn. 10 ; 16 ; xoipiov, Lk. 12 ; 32, Acts 

 20 ; 28, I Pt. 5 ; 2, 3. See Bigg ad loc. Whatever view be taken of 

 the alleged speech of Paul in Acts 20 ; 28, it shows a movement in 

 the Johannine direction. Again the Fourth Gospel, even in its 

 appendix, permits us to hear from the lips of Jesus himself ideas 

 found in I Peter. This parallel is made more significant by the one 

 following. 



