The form of the narrative leads us to suppose that he had no previous consciousness of guilt, and had now to infer the nature of his offence without any explicit announcement, just as we infer it from what follows.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
It was on the last day of the feast that our Lord made the most explicit revelation of Himself to the people.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
At the very last minute-to be explicit, an hour before the hall was lighted, several hours after smoke first began to rise from the chimney, Val suddenly swerved to a reckless mood.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower