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5. ὑπάγω πρός. I go away unto: the notion is that of withdrawal (see on Joh 16:7). Hitherto He has been with them to protect them and to be the main object of attack: soon they will have to bear the brunt without Him. This is all that they feel at present,—how His departure affects themselves, not how it affects Him. And yet this latter point is all important even as regards themselves, for He is going in order to send the Paraclete. As to Ποῦ ὑπάγεις, as far as words go S. Peter had asked this very question (Joh 13:36) and S. Thomas had suggested it (Joh 14:5); but altogether in a different spirit from what is meant here. They were looking only at their own loss instead of at His gain. Sorrow has so filled their hearts that there is no room for thoughts of His glory and their future consolation.