When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
31. Now is the Son of man glorified. The last hour was at hand; Christ knew that the minds of his disciples were very weak, and, therefore, he endeavored, by every possible method, to support them, that they might not give way.
When Judas left, I could speak freely at last. Christ is glorified by purifying His church; corruptions within it disgrace Him. Now that the traitor was gone, the family was clean, and He could pour out His heart without restraint.
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Commenting on John 13:31-35
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said,.... Christ and his true disciples being together alone, he used a greater freedom of conversation with them, and entered into some discourse about his sufferings and death; with a view to give them some instructions about their future conduct and behaviour, and in order to support them under the loss of his presence; and tells them in...