27 Peace I leave with you, my peace 1 give unto you ; not as tiie world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
23 Ye have heard how I said unto yon, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye' loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father; for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you be-
fore it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
80 Hereafter I will not talk mucX with you : for the prince of this world Cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father ; aud as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
We ought not to leave the closing portion of this wonderful chapter without noticing one striking feature in it. That feature is the singular frequency with which our Lord uses the expression, " My Father," and " the Father." In the last five verses we find it four times. In the whole chapter it occurs no less than twenty-two times. In this respect the chapter stands alone in the Bible.
The reason of tliis frequent use of the expression, is a