A little while; the Saviour designedly puts these words into the form of a divine riddle, to be solved by the event.

Ye shall not see me; because he would be removed from their presence by death.

Ye shall see me; they should see him in his personal presence after his resurrection. This, however, should be only the earnest of a more glorious spiritual vision of him through the Comforter, after his ascension to heaven. Compare chap John 14:19.

Because I do to the Father; it was by his death, resurrection, and ascension that Christ went to the Father, and these three events are here considered as constituting one whole.

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