But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
Totj fttatsvovaw sij to ovofia dut'otj. P. " to them that believe on His name." " To believe on " is a form of speech introduced in the six- teenth century to promote the new opinions in regard to justifying faith. The ancient Latin interpreter used generally the preposition in with the ablative case, although the accusative is in the text, because the Hebrew writers in the Greek language often use the prepositions with great lati- tude, as in their vernacular tongue. See infra v. 18. The force of the phrase is to believe His doctrine and follow Him as Teacher and Lord.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.