Johannes 16:32

32 Siehe, es kommt die Stunde und ist gekommen, daß ihr zerstreut sein werdet, ein jeder in das Seinige, und mich allein lassen werdet; und ich bin nicht allein, denn der Vater ist bei mir.

Johannes 16:32 Meaning and Commentary

John 16:32

Behold the hour cometh, yea, is now come
The time is at hand, yea, it may, in a sense, be said to be already come, it was within an hour: and indeed the following prayer might be delivered in less than an hour's time; when he went immediately into the garden, and was apprehended; or at least in a very little while it would come to pass,

that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own;
to his own friends, relations, and acquaintance; to his own house and home; to his own country, Galilee, whither they all went, and to their trade of fishing again; see ( John 21:3 ) ; and so was fulfilled the prophecy in ( Zechariah 13:7 ) ;

and shall leave me alone;
as they did in the hands of his enemies; for they all forsook him and fled, some one way, some another; though one or two of them, Peter and John, followed him at a distance; and all came together again, but not to Christ, until his resurrection from the dead.

And yet I am, not alone;
he was not alone at this time; and his meaning is, that he should not be alone then when they should be scattered from him:

because the Father is with me;
not only as the Son of God, by virtue of union to him, and as one with him; but as Mediator, in consequence of his promise to uphold him, and assist him in his human nature; and though he withdrew his gracious and comforting presence from him, he bearing the sins, and standing in the room and stead of his people, yet not his powerful and supporting presence.

Johannes 16:32 In-Context

30 jetzt wissen wir, daß du alles weißt und nicht nötig hast, daß dich jemand frage; hierdurch glauben wir, daß du von Gott ausgegangen bist.
31 Jesus antwortete ihnen: Glaubet ihr jetzt?
32 Siehe, es kommt die Stunde und ist gekommen, daß ihr zerstreut sein werdet, ein jeder in das Seinige, und mich allein lassen werdet; und ich bin nicht allein, denn der Vater ist bei mir.
33 Dieses habe ich zu euch geredet, auf daß ihr in mir Frieden habet. In der Welt habt ihr Drangsal; aber seid gutes Mutes, ich habe die Welt überwunden.
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