John 14:20 (WEB)
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Fathers and councils · 21
Athanasius of Alexandria
“Moreover, we must confute and silence them on the ground, that the Word which is in God cannot be a creature nor out of nothing; but if once a Word be in God, then He must be Christ who says, ‘I am in the Father and the Father in Me,’ who also is therefore the Only-begotten, since no other was begotten from Him.” — editor's note: John xiv. 20.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Furthermore, He added, in order to show that He spake concerning His Ascension: “Therefore have I told you before it come to pass, in order that, when it shall have come to pass, ye may believe.”” — editor's note: S. John xiv. 20.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“But the Scripture itself meets this carnal idea; for it says a little above: “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 16–23
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Now how it is that we are in Him through the sacrament of the flesh and blood bestowed upon us, He Himself testifies, saying, And the world will no longer see Me, but ye shall see Me; because I live ye shall live also; because I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.” — editor's note: Ib. xiv. 19, 20.
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Aphrahat
“And also our Lord again thus said to His disciples:—Ye are in Me and I am in you.” — editor's note: John xiv. 20.
Read the whole comment“And He is in us and we are in Him, as He said:—Ye are in Me and I am in you.” — editor's note: John xiv. 20.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
That no one might think, because our Lord was about to give the Holy Spirit, that He would therefore not be present Himself in Him, He adds, I will not leave you comfortless. The Greek word ὀρφανοὶ signifies “wards.”…
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At the first He said, Whither I go ye shall come; but as this was a long time off, He promises them the Spirit in the interval. And as they knew not what that was, He promises them that they most desired, His own…
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For the world saw Him then with the carnal eye, manifest in the flesh, though it did not see the Word hidden under the flesh. But after the resurrection He was unwilling to shew even His flesh, except to His own…
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AS if He said, Though I shall die, I shall rise again. And ye shall live also, i. e. when ye see Me risen again, ye will rejoice, and be as dead men brought to life again.
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To me however he seems to refer not only to the present life, but to the future; as if He said, The death of the cross shall not separate you from Me for ever, but only hide Me from you for a moment.
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But why does He speak of life as present to Him, future to them? Because His resurrection preceded, theirs was to follow. His resurrection was about so soon to take place, that He speaks of it as present; theirs…
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Or, in that day, on which I shall rise again, ye shall know. For His resurrection it was that established their faith. Then the powerful teaching of the Holy Spirit began. His saying, I am in the Father, expresses…
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Or He means by this, that whereas He was in the Father by the nature of His divinity, and we in Him by means of His birth in the flesh; He on the other hand should be believed to be in us by the mystery of the…
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By love, and the observance of His commandments, that will be perfected in us which He has begun, viz. that we should be in Him, and He in us. And that this blessedness may be understood to be promised to all, not to…
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He that hath them in mind, and keepeth them in life; he that hath them in words, and keepeth them in works; he that hath them by hearing, and keepeth them by doing; he that hath them by doing, and keepeth them by…
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As if He said, Ye think that by sorrowing, as ye do, for my death ye prove your affection; but I esteem the keeping of My commandments the evidence of love. And then He shews the privileged state of one who loves:…
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I will love him, as if now He did not love him. What meaneth this? He explains it in what follows: And will manifest Myself unto him, i. e. I love him so far as to manifest Myself to him; so that, as the reward of…
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He promises to shew Himself to them that love Him as God with the Father, not in that body which He bore upon earth, and which the wicked saw.
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Or, as after the resurrection He was to appear to them in a body more assimilated to His divinity, that they might not take Him then for a spirit, or a phantom, He tells them now beforehand not to have misgivings…
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 14:18–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.1.