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Joh 14:18. Οὐκ ἀφήσω, I will not leave) although you fear that I will. Ye shall have joy from Me and from the Father.[351] This is the consolation given to those who were fearing that they should be orphans.-ὑμᾶς, you) O little children: ch. Joh 13:33.-ὀρφανοὺς, orphans [Engl. Vers. loses the force, ‘comfortless’]) The tie of relationship which the disciples had was with Christ, not with the world.-ἔρχομαι, I come) The Present implying the speediness of His coming. I come, after the resurrection; My presence not being done away with after the Ascension, but confirmed by it. Also saith He, I come, not, I return. All His other Comings are rather continuations of His first Coming than repetitions of it. Also He says, in the Present, I come, and presently after, Ye see, and, I live, in Joh 14:19 : this is owing to the very vivid realising of the thing as present, which was about to be immediately after, and for certain: Joh 14:27, “Peace I leave (Present) with you, My peace I give,” etc.
[351] Referring to which latter He says, I will not leave you orphans, i.e. Fatherless.-E. and T.