04_Parker_222_244_222-244 10/07/15 12:41 Pagina 226 226 FLOYD O. PARKER JR. 226 but also because for him to die is itself the Father’s will, the crown- ing act of a life of splendid glory (1:14; 17:22, 24), the opening of the path to life and discipleship for all who believe in his name 11. It appears that, for Hubbard, the events comprising “all things” have been consolidated so that they may be described with a sin- gular “it”. This differs from the first theory presented above in which the indefinite “it” in 19,30 is not usually regarded as the same subject as “all things” in 19,28. In Hubbard’s interpretation, the subject of 19,28, although shifted from plural to singular, re- mains essentially the same as that of 19,30. Although the current article will argue in the next section that the subject was probably omitted merely to avoid redundancy, Hubbard’s proposal certainly deserves due consideration and, in the end, still upholds the notion that “all things” is in some way incorporated into and related to the subject of tete,lestai in 19,30. 2. Arguments from Johannine Style The primary argument of this essay is that the author of John abridged the phrase pa,nta tete,lestai in 19,28 to tete,lestai in 19,30 rather than repeating it in full. The practice of abbreviation is consistent with the general stylistic tendencies displayed by the Fourth Gospel. The author often avoids the repetition of unneces- sary words through the techniques of ellipsis 12, brachylogy (e.g., 1,22; 9,36), aposiopesis (6,62), and abbreviating lengthy statements when they are repeated in the narrative 13. The author elsewhere ex- pected his reader to perform such simple tasks as supplying a sub- ject or a verb from an earlier clause 14 or verse. For instance, in the 11 D.A. HUBBARD, “John 19:17-30”, Int 43 (1989) 401. 12 The author sometimes omits the subject and verb (18,5.7; he omits le,gw, a verb with an embedded subject, from the ouvc o[ti in 6,46 and 7,22) or the verb alone (13,9.18; 15,4.5.25). He sometimes employs ellipsis in the context of questions (4,26; 12,28). 13 Jesus’ announcement poreu,ou( o` ui`o,j sou zh/| (John 4,50) is reduced to o` ui`o,j sou zh/| (4,53). The command e;geire a=ron to.n kra,batto,n sou kai. peripa,tei (5,8) is reduced to a=ron to.n kra,batto,n sou kai. peripa,tei (5,11). The statement auvto.n evrwth,sate( h`liki,an e;cei( auvto.j peri. e`autou/ lalh,sei (9,21) is summarized as: h`liki,an e;cei( auvto.n evperwth,sate (9,23). 14 The reader must supply a verb in John 15,5: “I am the vine, you are the branches” (evgw, eivmi h` a;mpeloj( u`mei/j ta. klh,mata); the reader must supply