"Now ~·e hcliC've." There le traly 110 BD'blimcet word of llll, chrn·gcd with coneo- 81!1!entilll <liff'erenoo whether it be taken in- lation. terrn!?'ltivc>l'.I' or indim1.tively. Both fonne Ver. 38. ~ 'l'heae thingi have I epoke!I. m<'fln. "I lmve Rt length brought you to the (.,.,.;;.,.a,; 'n.11 the farewell diecoursee. The point of mith. Tbe kingdom of God ie now tone of theec last triumphant words nm1ind1 e!!t&blIBhed, and the prince of thie world them of the finest 11nd noblcet of hie previou1 C!U!t ont. But a terrible tritl.l awaite the aernre.nces, his promises of pee.cc, courage, new-born faith." Chmt had warned them and victory over all the evil e.nd power of the treachery of the e.beent one, of the of tbie world) to you, that in me ye might appl'ORChing denial of the foremoet of their have peaoe (see note, eh. xiv. 27, 28). number. 1md he now gives· thorn another The entire issue of the disoourse is the con, warning of the sevorit, of the trinl which ferenoo on his disciples of his own secret awuited thetn nll. The pO'IIJer and penna• of peace-the adequato support e.mid the Mnce of their faith may oe open to doubt, crnshiDg force 11na vehement hostility of but not its 01!8entia.l quality. Their fe.ith tbe world (cf. Ps. xlvi. 2-4, " Though the may not stand firm on the.t awful night, but earth be removed ... there is o. river," eto.), it will ultimately prevail, and Chriet rejoices Peace is the be.lo.nee of equilibrnting forces; in the fad tho.t hie words hRve at la.at llnd man needs a Divine force behind o.nd evoked this genuine response. In the -pre.yer within him to encounter the tremendous which follows (eh. xvii. 8) he thaub God odds arrayed age.inst him, in mysteries of " that they have l.,iown verily tbo.t I came life, temptation of the devil, infirmity of the forth from thee, and have believed tbe.t thon flesh, and antagonism of the world, so thnt hast eent me." we need not be surprised to hcnr him ~e.y, Ver. 82.-Behold, the hour oometh, [yea] 1 In the world ye have 1 tribnlation. It is the iuome, th11.t (see ver. 2. The effort made by fundamental condition of Divine life in this some to preserve the telic force of r~,. here world. Christ's disciples may te.ke that for breaks down. It 1:ne very little more than granted (see I Thess. i. 6; iii. 4), but the the power of "when," and the bringing in most striking o.nd unique uote of the true of the notion of a purpose or Diviue couusel faith is that this son-ow is blended.with an in- encumbers the sense) you shall be scattered ward rapture which tro.neforme it into pee.ce. (i.e. the fo.ct is as good es already enacted) The blending of foar and love, of law with everymBll to his own, Blldllhall le&ve me alone. promise, of righteoueness with mercy, of the The cr1<op1<1tr6fj.,., points ho.ck to Zech. :xiii. 7, sense of sin with the.t of pardon, of e. groat and reminds us of our Lord's recent quotation peace with o crushing tribnlo.tion, is one of of this very prophecy, and hie application of the moet couetant tokens, signs, or marks of it to the disciples (Mntt. xxvi. SI, 32). This the mind of Chriet. :But be of good oonrage, faliing nway from Jesne as he rises more This is the pre.ctical uprising of the soul into ond more iDto the gree.tuese of his work is the joy of the Lord (cf. e.lso eh. xiv. I, 28). one of the witnesses of his Divine mission (The word itself is an iil,ra.f 71.f"fdl'•vov in into eucL. n world Ill! this. First the Ga.li- John, though found in Matt. ix. 2 o.nd Mark heo.n host.s and the multitndes- who shouted :z:. 49.) 'E-yo,, 1-verr empho.tic~he.ve over- "Hosonna!" then his own brethren, then all oome the world. " .A vous encore le combat, except the twelve, then all the authorities, amoi des a present le. victoire I •Me.is en moi are openly hostile. Even Joseph and Nico- le. meme victoire a voue vous aussi" (Reuee); demus and Laznru.e 11.re silent, Judas is The royal BDblimity of this lest word, on treacheroue ; but the eleveu etill cling to the eve of the Po.ssion, become one of the pers him. Soon Christ selects from the faitbfnl petually recurring thoughts of John (1 John few the fuithfnlleet for the wawh over his v. 4 and Rev. ii., iii., where the 6 "'""'~ ie lost agony, but one of these deuiee him. and again and again referred to). Christ's vic- they all forsake him e.nd :flee. John and tory already e.seured to him becomes theirs. his mother, who follow within earshot of the So "by similar anticipe.tion we have lvltc71cra11 cross, a.re sent to their own home, and there in Rev. :xii 11, and;, v,td,cracra in I John v; ii! e. moment wheu he is absolutely alone. 4." The -rictory had been, however, already He even says, "My God, my God, why hut e.chieved over the world's temptations, and thon forsaken me i'" But as in this agony over the bitterneee of internal treachery, and he can still say, "Father, into thy hands," the vut sum of human ingratitude; and this so here he anticipates the Divine oversha- may in part explain the use of the perfect dowing presence, and adds, Yet I am not tense," I he.ve overcome." &lane, beM11116 the !'ather :ill with me. The 1 tc, A., B, C, L, X, m11ny Fo.thers o.nd
' The .w11 of T.R. is omitted by Tiecheu- venrions, justify Tischendorf (5;,;. edit.); dorf (8th edit.), Westcott and Hort, and Tregelles, Westcott and Hort; and R.T., in R.T. Godet preserves it, seeing a motive tor readi11g lxer• instead of l(n• of T.R., which t.he omii!liion, e.nd tro.n.ele.tee i:t "nlready," appell.1'1! to rest on D, 69, aud eevero.l Fo.tboi'I, ctl. XVI, 1-33.] TtlE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOmr. 311