George Hutcheson
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that he had said this unto them: and they beleeved the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
John recordeth the use the disciples got of this conference, not presently, but after the Resurrection of Christ: Namely, that then this passage is brought to their remembrance, and they were coofirmed in the faith of this and other Scriptures, which spake of his Resurrection. Whence learn, 1. Even true disciples may be such babes in knowledge, that for a long time they will little understand what Christ saith: for, it was long before the disciples took up the meaning of this passage. 2. It is a mark of true disciples, that however they be ignorant, yet they will not carp at what they understand not, as enemies do, but will in silence reverence all that Christ saith; for, when the Jewes quarrelled, v 20. we finde them silent. 3. Disciples may heare that at one time, the understanding and benefit whereof may be reserved to begotten by them at another time, and that (it may be) long thereafter; for, When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that he had said this unto them, &c. 4. The doctrine of the Crosse, and of victory and deliverance from the same, even when it seemeth to prevaile most over the sufferer, is a doctrine which disciples are slowest to learne and believe of any, because of their carnal conceptions of Christ and his Kingdome, and of their discouragement when these are disappointed: for, it was when he was risen from the dead, that the disciples remembred, and understood, and believed this doctrine as they ought; See, Luke 24, 45, 46. And thus also is the lot of his members oft-times judged of. 5. As Christ will accomplish in due time what he hath spoken; so the event of matters being compared with the Scripture, will clear many mistakes, and be a notable confirmation to faith, and an exposition of many Scriptures: for, When he was risen, they then remembred and believed this and other Scriptures. 6. The doctrine of Christ was agreeable to the Scriptures, and both alike sure; it being all one to have his minde in Scripture, and to have himself speaking immediately, seeing he is the Authour of both; for, They believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said, as being both alike sure, and to one purpose.
