When he had gone out, Jesus said, 'Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him' — the paradox is astounding: at the moment of betrayal's departure, Jesus speaks of glorification; the darkest hour is simultaneously the moment of brightest glory. The Son of Man language recalls the Danielic figure exalted to the throne of God; Jesus' humiliation (the cross) is his exaltation (doxa—glory, radiance, weight, significance). God is glorified in Jesus because in the cross, divine love is revealed in its uttermost self-gift, the infinite willingness to die for those who betray. This is the heart of John's paradox: the cross is not disaster but glory, not defeat but victory.

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