Cyril of Alexandria

And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

“When He has shown that His departure to His Father is the fitting occasion of the descent and mission of the Spirit, and has by this means sufficiently allayed the pangs of grief in His holy disciples, He rightly proceeds to show what the work…”

in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

“But further, He says: He will reprove the world in respect of righteousness, because I go to the Father and ye behold Me no more.”

and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

“God then has called him the prince of this world, not as really being so in truth, or as though this overruling power were a dignity inherent in his being, but as he had the glory thereof by fraud and covetousness, and as he is…”

In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”

“Since he had said a little before this that he would reveal to them through his Holy Spirit all things that were necessary and profitable to them, he also tells them of his passion and that then would come his ascension into heaven.”

Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then…

“Christ, however, anticipates their desire for information, and once more very seasonably shows them that He knows their hearts as God, and that He is as well aware of what they are turning over in their minds, and what was as yet buried in the…”

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

“When then you who are truly Mine and united to Me by your love towards Me shall behold your Guide and Master undergoing the brunt of the madness of the Jews, their insults and outrages, and all that their mad frenzy will prompt, then, indeed…”

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

“In like manner then will your suffering also not fail to meet its reward. For you will rejoice when you see a new child born into the world, incorruptible and beyond the reach of death. Plainly He alludes to Himself here.”

In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

“He says that His holy disciples will increase in wisdom and knowledge when they should be clothed with power from on high according to the Scripture, and with their minds illumined by the torchlight of the Spirit should be able to conceive all wisdom, even…”

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly…

“By proverbs He means language that is indistinct and does not bear its meaning on the surface, but is in some sort veiled by obscurities so subtle that He says His hearers could not very readily comprehend it; for this was the fashion of what…”

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

“And in saying this, He shows us too, to our profit, that very acceptable to God the Father is the honour and love which we have towards His Offspring.”

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

“When Jesus says that he came into this world and again left the world and went to the Father, he does not mean that he either abandoned the Father when he became man or that he abandoned the human race when, in the flesh, he…”

“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone.

“The Saviour, however, very gently tells them that the time when they should be confirmed in all goodness was not yet; but that this would come to pass on the occasion of the descent of the Holy Ghost unto them from heaven and power from…”

When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

“So it best befits us, when occasion calls us to prayer, to pray for what redounds to God's glory before what concerns ourselves, as indeed Christ also Himself enjoins us when He says: After this manner pray ye: Our Father Which art in heaven, Hallowed…”

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

“CHAPTER IV. That it will in no way damage the glory of the Son, when He is said to have received aught from God the Father, since for this we can assign a pious reason.”

I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

“CHAPTER VI. That the Son is not bare of God-befitting glory, even though He is found saying to the Father, And now glorify Me with the glory which I had...”

I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

“CHAPTER VII. That the fact that something is said to have been given to the Son from the Father does not rob Him of God-befitting dignity; but He plainly appears to be Consubstantial, and of the Father, even if He is said to receive aught.”

Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

“And therefore He saith: All things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are from Thee. For in a special and peculiar sense all things are God's, and are given to us His creatures.”

I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

“Christ, who manifested himself in the last times above the types and figures of the Law, at once our high priest and mediator, prays for us as man.”

All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

“Those then who have been given to Christ are the Father's, but are not therefore removed from Christ. For God the Father reigneth with Him, and through Him ruleth over His own.”

But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

“Keep in mind once more what we were just now saying, and you will easily understand the drift of the passage.”

And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I…

“He says that knowledge of God the Father was at once in Him and in the disciples who attended Him. And, lest any man should be beguiled into gross extravagances of opinion, and think that His disciples had this knowledge in an equal degree with…”

After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.

“But, as the time had now come, Christ left the house where He had instructed His disciples in the mystery, and came to the place whither He Himself, the Saviour of all mankind, was wont often to resort, together with His holy disciples.”

So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

“The crowd that attended the traitor, when they made their attack upon Christ, carried lanterns and torches. They would seem to have guarded against stumbling in the dark, and falling into pitfalls unawares, for such accidents often happen in darkness. But, alas for their blindness!”

Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”

“Jesus inquires of those who come to capture him. He asks them whom they have come in search of, not because he did not know (for how could that be?)”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

“But perhaps some may reply: The Roman soldier perhaps knew not Jesus, and the servants of the Jews shared their ignorance. We answer that any such suggestion is groundless.”