Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

“Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name--for "prayer in the name of Christ, and prayer to Christ, presuppose His glorification" [OLSHAUSEN]. ask--when I am gone, "in My name."”

In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

“I will pray the Father for you--as if He were not of Himself disposed to aid you: Christ does pray the Father for His people, but not for the purpose of inclining an unwilling ear.”

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

“I came forth from the Father, &c.--that is, "And ye are right, for I have indeed so come forth,and shall soon return whence I came."”

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

“In the world ye shall have tribulation--specially arising from its deadly opposition to those who "are not of the world, but chosen out of the world." So that the "peace" promised was far from an unruffled one.”

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

“Here the terms are used in their strict signification--"JESUS," because He "saves His people from their sins"; "CHRIST," as anointed with the measureless fulness of the Holy Ghost for the exercise of His saving offices (see on Mt 1:16);”

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

“With this pre-existent glory, which He veiled on earth, He asks to be reinvested, the design of the veiling being accomplished--not, however, simply as before, but now in our nature.”

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.

“I pray for them--not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).”

I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You.

“I am no more in the world--(See on Joh 17:4). but these are in the world--that is, Though My struggles are at an end, theirs are not; though I have gotten beyond the scene of strife, I cannot sever Myself in spirit from them, left…”

While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me.

“I kept--guarded. them in thy name--acting as Thy Representative on earth. none of them is lost, but the son of perdition--It is not implied here that the son of perdition was one of those whom the Father had given to the Son, but rather the…”

As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

“As thou hast sent--sentest. me into the world, even so have I also sent them--sent I also them. into the world--As their mission was to carry into effect the purposes of their Master's mission, so our Lord speaks of the authority in both cases as…”

I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one…

“Neither pray I for these alone--This very important explanation, uttered in condescension to the hearers and readers of this prayer in all time, is meant not merely of what follows, but of the whole prayer.”

that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You.

“But the Spirit of Christ, illuminating, transforming, and reigning in the hearts of the genuine disciples of Christ, drawing them to each other as members of one family, and prompting them to loving co-operation for the good of the world--this is what, when sufficiently glowing…”

I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

“It is not the future glory of the heavenly state, but the secret of that present unity just before spoken of; the glory, therefore, of the indwelling Spirit of Christ; the glory of an accepted state, of a holy character, of every grace.”

Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the…

“Christ regards it as glory enough for us to be admitted to see and gaze for ever upon His glory!”

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 has compressed into the last moments given Him for conversation with His own the most sublime and glorious sentiments ever uttered by mortal lips.”

Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

“Judas . . . knew the place, for Jesus ofttimes--see Joh 8:1; Lu 21:37. resorted thither with his disciples--The baseness of this abuse of knowledge in Judas, derived from admission to the closest privacies of his Master, is most touchingly conveyed here, though nothing beyond…”

When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

“It was the glorious effulgence of the majesty of Christ which overpowered them. "This, occurring before His surrender, would show His power over His enemies, and so the freedom with which He gave Himself up" [MEYER].”

This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

“That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none--The reference is to such sayings as Joh 6:39; 17:12; showing how conscious the Evangelist was, that in reporting his Lord's former sayings, he was giving them…”

But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

“But Peter stood at the door without--by preconcerted arrangement with his friend till he should get access for him. Then went out that other . . .”

At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.

“Art thou not also one of this man's disciples?--that is, thou as well as "that other disciple," whom she knew to be one, but did not challenge, perceiving that he was a privileged person.”

Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

“These two statements are extremely interesting. His wishing to "see the end," of issue of these proceedings, was what led him into the palace, for he evidently feared the worst.”

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

“I ever taught in the synagogues and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort--courting publicity, though with sublime noiselessness. in secret have I said--spake I.”

Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

“If I have spoken, &c.--"if I spoke" evil, in reply to the high priest. (Also see on Mr 14:54.) if well--He does not say "If not" evil, as if His reply were merely unobjectionable: "well" seems to challenge more than this as due to His…”

Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?”

“Annas, declining to meddle with the case, having sent Him to Caiaphas at once. But the words here literally are, "Annas sent Him [not 'had sent Him'] to Caiaphas"--and the "now" being of doubtful authority.”

Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

“And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore . . . Art thou not also one of his disciples?--In Mt 26:71 the second charge was made by "another maid, when he was gone out into the porch," who "saw him, and said…”