at every stage of his journey, " Give me what thou wilt^ place me where Thou wilt, do with me as Thou wilt , but not my will, but Thine be done." This is the man who has the mind of Christ. By self-will Adam and Eve fell, and brought sin and misery into the world. Entire submission of will to the will of God is the best preparation for that heaven where God will be all.
Notes. John xvni. 1 — 11.
1. — [Wlien Jesus. ..these words.'] This would have been more liitr- ally rendered, " Jesus having said these things." The " tilings " referred to, seem to me to include the discourse of the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters, as well as the prayer of the seven- teenth.
Henry observes, " the office of the priest was to teach and pray and offer sacrifice. Christ, after teaching and praying, applies Himself to make atonement. He had said all He had to say as a prophet. He now addresses Himself to His work as priest."
[He went forth...disciples.'} The question arises, " From what place did He go forth ? " and it receives very different answers.
Many, as Cyril, Ecolampadius, Maldonatus, Doddridge, and Ellicott, think that it only means He went forth from the room where He had held the Lord's Supper and delivered His part ing address and prayer. The advocates of this view hold that our Lord did not actually go out of the room, when He said, at the end of the fourteenth chapter, " Arise, let us go hence," and that He probably continued His discourse, and prayed standing. This, to say the least, seems a very unnatural view.
Some, as Burgon, think that our Lord spoke the latter part of His address and prayer within the precincts of the temple, and that the words before us mean that He moved away from the temple. This, however seems hardly probable. It was night, we know. There is no evidence that gatherings of people by night were held within the temple precincts.
The most probable view, in my opinion, seems to be that Jesus went forth out of the city, after concluding His discourse and prayer, and that after leaving the room where our Lord's Supper was held, at the end of the fourteenth chapter, He spoke and prayed near the gates, or within the city walls. He left the room when He said, " Arise, let us go hence." Then having reached some quiet spot near the walls. He continued His dis- course and prayed. Then after that he went out of the city This seems to me the more natural account.