knowledge of God. He Avho had seen Him had seen the Father also ; for He and the Father are one. He promised to send them the Holy Ghost to abide with them permanently ; and that He would manifest Himself to them as God manifests Himself to the saints, revealing to them his glory and love, and making them sen- sible of his presence. He would continue to be to his Church the source of life ; union with Him is as necessary as the union of a branch to the vine. The Holy Spirit sent by Him would reveal the things of Christ, rendering the Apostles infallible as teachers, and giving divine illumination to all believers. It was necessary that He shpuld leave them in order to send the Spirit, who would con- vince the world of the sin of not believing Him to be all He claimed to be ; of the righteousness of his assumption to be the Son of God and Saviour of the world, of which his going to the Father (i. e., resurrection) was the decisive proof; and also of the certainty of a future judgment, inasmuch as the prince of this world was already judged. The Spirit was to glorify Christ, i. e., to reveal Him as possessing all divine perfections, for whatsoever the Father hath the Son hath likewise. His intercessory prayer could proceed from the lips of none but a divine person. He speaks as one who had power over all flesh, and who could give eternal life to all whom God the Father had given Him. Eternal life consists in the knowl- edge of God, and of Him whom God had sent. He prays that He, clothed in our nature, might be glorified with the glory which He had before the foundation of the world ; that his people might be sanctified ; that they might be one by his dwelling in them, and that they might be made partakers of his glory.
He was condemned by the Jews for claiming to be the Son of God, and by Pilate for claiming to be a king. When He was cru- cified the heavens were darkened, the earth trembled, the dead arose, and the vail of the temjJe was rent. By his resurrection his claim to be the Son of God and Saviour of men was authenti- cated. Thomas, not being present at the first interview between Christ and his disciples, doubted the fact of his resurrection ; but when he saw Him he was fully convinced, and owned Him as his Lord and God. (John xx. 28.) That 6 Kvpto's /mov koI 6 6e6<; /xov is an address to Christ, and not an exclamation, is evident, (1.) From the words aTT^Kpid-q koX utt^v, he responded and said, which would be out of place before an exclamation. They introduce a reply to what Christ had said. Thomas answered that he was fullv satis- fied and firmly convinced that Christ was Lord and 'God. The word €t7rav never means to exclaim. (2.) Such an exclamation