The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 189

nn<l sn1Jc-rne.turnl rovelo.llon. The discourse and me.toriril of a glory given to Gori, is consistent with the stupendous con- becauRe e. new mnnifestntion of tho Divin<> ception which tho cvo.ngclist had formed fulness in hnme.nit.y; that is tho reneon why his very humanity will bo Ii fted up in to of tho Person of Christ. llilgenfeld o.nd the Divine glory, itself becoming ono with others regard this address as utterly in• it, cxe.lterl far a.hove these heavens, thnt he oompntiblo wHh the valedictory discourses might fill all thin']•• Elsewhere wo ren.d of l\Iatt. xxiv., xxv., and Mork xiii. We that "Christ is hidden in God" (Col. iii. 3; Acts iii. 21). All hie enrthly sufferingg hove o.lremly seen tho.t they o.re but different will now be seen to be a forth-streaming of 118peots of tho same mysterious and wonder- Divine love, the fullest revelation nf the ful Personage : that the synoptisls are not inner1ltost essence of God (cf. Isa. xiii. 1). silent concerning the spirituo.l presence of Godet snys, "When God has been glorified Christ in nnd with his disciples till the by o. being, he draws him to his bosom and envelops him in his glory." This expres- end of the world ; o.nd, on the other hand, sion scarcely sustains the sublime uniqueness tho.t the fourth evo.ngelist is perfectly a.live of the glory of God in the Son of mnn, and to the ree.IHy of his kingdom in the world the glory of the Son of man in God. The and to the true no.ture of his second coming. words, and will straightwe.y glorify him (On the historico.l chare.cter of this discourse, show how imminent was the glorification which is consummated by the new meuning see Introduction, pp. cxxvi., cxxvii.) put into death, and into all the.t leads to it Vere. 31, 32.-(The oJv is not omitted and into the sacrifice involved in it. That by T.R. or Westcott and Hort. It stands "etraightway glorify him " ie a note of on greo.t o.uthority. The different punctua- triumph, e.nd this while· Judas is completing tion of Stephens, 110~ oTe i£-l,11.8,, dispensed his barge.in (cf. the ,rapa. <To( with l11 focmp with the oi11; but this arrangement is not of this verse ; cf. eh. xvii. 5). followed by modern editors.) When there- Ver. 33.-This is the first e.ud only fore he (J11de.s) was gone out, and the Lord time, in the Gospels that the tender word, was left with his trembling but faithful little ohildren, is used by .the Lord (but eleven, his heart ye=ed over them with- compare ,r11,lil.a. of eh. :u:i. 5, and the re- out reserve or exception, o.nd he speo.ks as peated adoption by John himself in l John though his Passion had begun, and even ii. 1, 12, 28; iii. 7, 18; iv. 4; v. 21 ; e.nd ended too. 1esus se.ith, Now is the Bon of Te1<11a. in Mark x. 24). The adoption of the man glorified, and God is glorified in him. gentle love-word is appropriate a.s a link to The. aorist llio£,fo·611 suggests more than "is the new commo.ndment, and reveals the glorified.'.' Bengel says, "Jesus po.ssionem love of departure, the tender love that wells ut breve iter speote.t et metam potius pro- up in his heart, as he contemplates the spicit." As Son of man, he has secured the orphan-like e.nd bereft condition of his highest glory of I.he most tender, humiliating disciples. A little while a.m I still with self-sacrifice, he.s cast out of the covenanted you. Ye shall seek me in the way of sym- fellowship the hateful, baneful vixus of a. pathetic love and vivid realization of my ce.rne.l triumph. To his eye a.s Sou of man spiritual and real presence; and as I said the end is secured, just as iu oh. :x:vii. 10 unto the Jews (a term that Christ used in he says," I have been glorified in them." 1 this plo.ce only when speaking to his dis- The thought is certainly complete wit.bout ciples, though he had made use of it to the ihe olcrnse appended in T.R., which simply Se.maritaness, and would use it to Ce.iaphas reiterates tho le.et clause, in order to make and Pile.ta), in eh. vii. 33, 3!, and viii. 21; it the ho.sis of a furl.her thought : God will but there e.nd then he added, "Ye will not glorify him in (himself'), if his su:lfering find me," because they would only seek o.nd ee.orifioed humanity has been the scene him iu ce.rual ideas and angry disa. ppoint- ment. Observe, he does not here repeat 1 The clause, el 6 eebs llio£,fo·9" ,,, auT,j, this consequence of the search, becawe found in T.R., with ~•, A, c•, r, -6, several ultimately these disciples would not only versions; but it is wanting in ~. B, c•, D, seek, but follow and find ; nevert.heless, he L, X, nnd quotations by Tertullio.n and adds : Ae I said to the Jews, Whither I go. Ambrose. It is bre.aketod by Lo.chma.nn you are not able to come ; so at this time I and Tregellos: omitted by Tisohendorf (S lli se.y to you. There are two words used for edit.), R.T., nnd Westcott and Hort. "now "-11u11 denotes absolutely the present 2 Tregellee, Tischendorf (8th edit.), R.T., moment; lipTa (eh. ix. 19, 25, etc.) denotes read 11uT,j, on the authority of ~••• b, D, H, here and there, o. period distinct from poat -6, and two quotations of Origen: but Lach- e.nd future, and yet related to both. The time me.nn and Alford, with N•, A, C, D, L, X, is not yet come for you to enter into my and many other unoie.ls, rend fa11Tti, glory; you cannot yet come, you he.ve tQ 1()6 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. [en. xUI. 1-38.