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Joh 14:27. Εἰρήνην) שלום, peace in general (the genus); the peace of reconciliation. [Such as ye might have enjoyed as Israelites (as distinguished from “My peace”).-V. g.]-ἀφίημι) I leave, at My departure. The same verb occurs in Joh 14:18, Mat 22:25 [ἀφῆκε τῆν γυναῖκα, said of the man dying without issue, and leaving his wife to his brother].-εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν) My peace, in particular (the species): the peace of sons. So τὴν χαρὰν τὴν ἐμὴν, My joy, ch. Joh 17:13. All things in Christ are new; even the commandment of ‘love,’ ch. Joh 13:34, and in some measure faith itself. See note, Joh 14:1 [The old faith in God receives as it were a new colour from the Gospel, which orders faith in Christ].-δίδωμι, I give) even now. See ch. Joh 16:33, “These things have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace.” To the gradation in the nouns, peace, My peace, there corresponds the gradation in the verbs, I leave, I give.-ὁ κόσμος, the world) in its empty salutations [which in Hebrew were generally wishes for ‘peace’ to the person saluted], or in merely external benefits, which do not reach the heart, and which, simultaneously with the presence, cease from the sight and life of mortal men. The world so gives, as that it presently after snatches away; it does not leave.-μὴ ταρασσέσθω, let not-be troubled) by fears from within.-μηδὲ δειλιάτω, nor let it be afraid) by terrors from without.