These things These farewell discourses.

might have peace Better, may have peace. Christ's ministry ends, as His life began, with a message of peace (Luke 2:14).

ye shall have Rather, ye have; the tribulation has already begun.

I have overcome The pronoun is very emphatic. At the very moment when He is face to face with treachery, and disgrace, and death, Christ triumphantly claims the victory. Comp. 1 John 2:13-14; 1 John 5:4. In His victory His followers conquer also.

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