Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Ye (umeiv). Emphatic.
Call me (fwneite me). "Address me." Fwnew regular for addressing one with his title (John 1:48).
Master (o didaskalov). Nominative form (not in apposition with me accusative after fwneite), but really vocative in address with the article (called titular nominative sometimes) like o Kuriov kai o qeov mou in John 20:28. "Teacher." See John 11:28 for Martha's title for Jesus to Mary.
Lord (o Kuriov). Another and separate title. In John 1:38 we have Didaskale (vocative form) for the Jewish Rabbei and in John 9:36, John 9:38 Kurie for the Jewish Mari. It is significant that Jesus approves (kalwv, well) the application of both titles to himself as he accepts from Thomas the terms kuriov and qeov.
For I am (eimi gar). Jesus distinctly claims here to be both Teacher and Lord in the full sense, at the very moment when he has rendered this menial, but symbolic, service to them. Here is a hint for those who talk lightly about "the peril of worshipping Jesus!"
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 11:28
John 15:15
John 17:11
1 Corinthians 12:28
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