Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid — Jesus bequeaths his peace (eirēnē), not as the world understands it (as absence of conflict) but as the fruit of reconciliation with God, of being rightly related to the divine. The peace Jesus gives transcends circumstance; even in persecution and death, this peace persists. The repetition of the command not to be troubled echoes the opening of the discourse; peace is not passive but a kind of active trust that persists through terror.

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