And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name
Whether it be for assistance in preaching of the Gospel; or for
the performance of miraculous operations in confirmation of it;
or for success to attend it; or for any blessings whatsoever,
whether for themselves or others:
that will I do;
he does not say, that he would be a Mediator between God, and
them, an advocate with the Father for them, and would intercede,
and use his interest with him that it might be done, which would
have been saying much, and all which he does; but he declares he
will do it himself, which is a proof of his deity, and an
instance of his omnipotence:
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
This may be referred either to the petition, which must be made
with this view, that the Father may be glorified by, or in the
Son, in whose name it is put up, and for whose sake it is made;
or to Christ's promise to do it; who in doing it, seeks not his
own glory, at least not singly; but as the good of his people, so
the glory of his heavenly Father.