James M. Pryse

THE MAGICAL MESSAGE ACORDING TO IOANNES ST . JOHN

PREFACE.

This work is a literal translation of the fourth Evangel, preserving its philosophical and mys-
tical terminology, and, as far as possible, the peculiarities of its literary form. The modern
English style is followed in this translation, not only for the sake of clearness, but also because it fairly represents the simple, homely, and halting Greek of the Evangel. The lack of English equivalents for many of the Greelk words and phrases makes it impossible to render these satisfactorily in some passages, but in all such cases explanatory foot-notes are
added, giving definitions and more adequate renderings than could be observed in the close
and literal translation.

These notes, being indexed, form a glossary of all the important
words in the Evangel, thus enabling the reader, even if unacquainted with the Greek language,
to follow the terminology as closely iu the translation as could be done in the Greek text itself,
and affording him almost every advantage tobe had from a study of the original.
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