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JOHN 14:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 14:28John 14:30
“And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.”
And now I have told you this before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe — Jesus' foreknowledge becomes the ground of post-resurrection faith: when the disciples recall these words after witnessing the crucifixion and resurrection, their faith will be strengthened by the realization that Jesus predicted all of this, that he was not surprised or defeated by events. The foreknowing Jesus reveals that history unfolds not by accident but according to divine purpose.

Church Fathers on John 14:29

After saying, Peace I leave with you, which was like taking farewell, He consoles them: Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid: the two feelings of love and fear were now the uppermost in them.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Though He was only going for a time, their hearts would be troubled and afraid for what might happen before He returned; lest in the absence of the Shepherd the wolf might attack the flock: you have heard how I said to you, I go away, and come again to you. In that He was man, He went; in that He was God, He stayed. Why then be troubled and afraid, when He left the eye only, not the heart? To make them understand that it was as man that He said, I go away, and come again to…

Augustine · 4th century

If the Father is greater by virtue of giving, is the Son less by confessing the gift? The giver is the greater, but He to whom unity with that giver is given, is not the less.

Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century · Or thus
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