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When ye have lifted up the Son of man (hotan hupsōsēte ton huion tou anthrōpou). Indefinite temporal clause with hotan (hote + an) and the first aorist active subjunctive of hupsoō, to lift up (Koiné verb from hupsos, height), used several times in John of the Cross of Christ (Joh 3:14; Joh 8:28; Joh 12:32, Joh 12:34). It is unnecessary to render the aorist subjunctive as if a future perfect, simply “whenever ye lift up” (actually lift up, ingressive aorist). In Act 2:33 the verb is used of the Ascension.
Shall ye know (gnōsesthe). Future (ingressive aoristic) middle of ginōskō. Cognoscetis ex re quod nunc ex verbo non creditis (Bengel). But the knowledge from the facts like the fall of Jerusalem will come too late and will not bring a change of heart. The Holy Spirit will convict them concerning judgment (Joh 16:8). For
I am (egō eimi) see note on Joh 8:24.
As the Father taught me (Kathōs edidasken me ho patēr). This claim Jesus repeats (see Joh 8:26) and clearly makes on his arrival at the feast (Joh 7:16.). This fact marks Jesus off from the rabbis.