Tuesday 5 July 2016

約翰福音讀後 17:6-10       鄺英銓

17:6        [hb5]    
                [kjv]       I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
17:7        [hb5]    
                [kjv]       Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
17:8        [hb5]    
                [kjv]       For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
17:9        [hb5]    
                [kjv]       I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
17:10     [hb5]     耀
                [kjv]       And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
在對觀福音曾多次用上,「我」(“I AM”)這個稱號(例如太14:27, 6:50, 24:39, 14:62)。在約翰福音內,這個稱號更是俯拾皆是,其中最著名的「我是」宣稱(“I AM” sayings)包括了:

              “I AM the bread of life.” (6:35)
              “I AM the light of the world.: (8:12; 9:5)
              “I AM the door of the sheep.” (10:7, 9)
              “I AM the good Shepherd.” (10:11, 14)
                           “I AM the resurrection and the life.” (11:25)
              “I AM the way, the truth and the life.” (14:6)
              “I AM the vine.” (15:1)

其中每個宣稱(declaration)背後都有一個神蹟或是一個記號(sign),指向上帝的一種神性。也就是說,主耶穌藉著的道成肉身,說的話和所作的事(的整個生命),將父上帝啟示給門徒,正如祂回答腓力時所說的:「我與你們在一起這麼久,你還不認識我嗎?看見我的就是看見了父,你怎麼還說『將父顯給我們看』呢?」(14:9)

(i)                 門徒不但透過父在子身上的啟示認識了父(見上項),而且作出了順性的反應,遵守了父上帝的「道」(17:6c)。「道」英譯「word」,或是「words」,可以是單數或是眾數。單數的「道」在約翰福音裡面通常是指到父在「道成肉身」的子整個生命上的全盤啟示(包括了他所作的事和所說的話)。雙數的「道」所強調的卻是主耶穌從父領受而來對門徒所說的話(7:14-18, 8:26, 12:47-50, 14:10, 15:15, 但參14:23-24)。反正,單數所著重的是啟示的全部而雙數所著重的是主耶穌眾多的教訓和命令。這裡的「道」既是單數,主耶穌最可能便是指到門徒已經接受了自己並父在身上所有的啟示,特別是的身份和從父而來的一切教訓,而這也是在下面要繼續說的(7-9)。主耶穌既是上帝啟示的中心,拒絕了祂和不承認的身份,也就等於拒絕了父上帝全盤的啟示(待續)
祈禱:

恩慈的上帝啊!祢藉聖子耶穌基督道成肉身,住在我們中間,更差遣聖靈作我們的保惠師,教我們明白真理,我們感謝祢!求主教我們透過聖經記載有關耶穌所行的神蹟和生命的印記,認識祢的位挌,好叫我們讓主道活在生命中,在教會內外建立基督的身體,把福音廣傳開去。奉主名求。阿們。

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