of the age») but by the fulfillment of «You will all be offended because «of Me this night. For it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, «and the sheep of the flock will be scattered,’» He who is only with the worthy would no longer be 32.30.378 with them. To this one might object with «Among you stands one whom you do not know» 32.30.379 saying that he is also with those who do not know him. But see whether it is not the same thing for him to be with someone, which is given in a promise to the worthy, as for him to be standing and not known 32.30.380 in the midst of those who do not know him. For in a promise is «Where «two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of «them» and «Behold, I am with you always, to «the end of the age»; but such is not «Among you 32.30.381 «stands one whom you do not know.» And in the present case, therefore, the one who said, «Behold, I am with you» says, «Yet a little while I am with «you.» But he who says, «Yet a little while I am with you» would not have said to Judas, who was perceptibly present—the devil having already put it into his heart to betray the Savior—«I am with you» (for he was no longer with him), not even when, having dipped the morsel, he gave it 32.30.382 to him; but when after the morsel Satan entered into him, much more was Christ not with Judas, who had distanced himself from the Savior; «For what harmony has Christ with Belial?» 32.31.383 And if their father Jesus was to be with the little children yet a little while, one must know what comes after that «little while»; even if he was not with them, they were nevertheless going to seek Jesus, just as Peter, after denying him, wept bitterly, I think, seek- 32.31.384 ing Jesus. Now, then, «Yet a little while I am with you» has been said, but a little <but> later: «A little while,» he says, «and you will no longer see «me, and again a little while <and> you will see me,» when the disci- ples said, «What is this that he says, 'a little while'? We do not know what he is saying;» Jesus, «knowing that they wanted to ask him, said to them, 'Are you inquiring «among yourselves about this, that I said, 'A little while and you will not see me, and «again a little while and you will see me'? Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep «and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, 32.31.385 «but your sorrow will turn into joy.'» For in that «little while» in which they did not see him, they were seeking Jesus; for this reason they were weeping and lament- ing, their sorrow turning into joy when «And again a little while and you will see me» was fulfilled. 32.31.386 In these things you will examine whether he who after a little while does not see him, if he is going to see him after this, will in any case see him after not long, 32.31.387 when we understand «And again a little while and you will see me.» And to seek Jesus is to seek the Word and the wisdom and the righteous- ness and the truth and the power of God, all of which 32.31.388 is Christ. But some of those who have seen signs seek him, and along with having seen have received bread from him and eaten, the cause of their seeking being that they were fed by the Word; «For you seek me,» he says, «not because you saw signs, but because you ate of 32.31.389 «the loaves and were filled.» Then, since he had previously said to the Jews, «I am going away, and you will seek me, and in your sin «you will die; where I am going, you cannot come,» referring to that, the present text says, «And just as I said to the «Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so I say to you 32.31.390 «now.» For just as I said this to them, he says, so also to you; but 32.31.391 I also say this to you not concerning a longer time. For this is how I hear «And to you I say now,» which is not the same as «And to you «I say» without the addition of the "7now"7. For the Jews, whom he fore- saw would die in their own sin, were not unable for a short- ened time to come where Jesus was going; but the disciples, after he was to be with them no longer for a little while, because of the things said before, were not able to follow the Word going to his own dispensations. 32.32.392 And if it had not been previously ordained for the

αἰῶνος») ἀλλὰ τῷ, πληρωθέντος τοῦ «Πάντες ὑμεῖς σκανδαλισθήσεσθε ἐν «ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ· γέγραπται γάρ· Πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, «καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης», μηκέτι εἶναι 32.30.378 μετ' αὐτῶν τὸν μετὰ τῶν ἀξίων μόνων τυγχάνοντα. πρὸς τοῦτο δ' ἄν τις ἀνθυποφέροι τὸ «Μέσος ὑμῶν στήκει ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε» 32.30.379 λέγων αὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ μετὰ τῶν μὴ γινωσκόντων αὐτόν. ὅρα δὲ μήποτε οὐ ταὐτόν ἐστιν τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν μετά τινος, ὅπερ ἐν ἐπαγ γελίᾳ ὡς ἀξίοις δίδοται, τῷ ἑστηκέναι αὐτὸν καὶ μὴ γινωσκόμενον 32.30.380 ἐν μέσῳ τῶν μὴ γινωσκόντων. ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ μὲν γὰρ τὸ «Ὅπου «δύο ἢ τρεῖς συνηγμένοι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα, κἀγώ εἰμι ἐν μέσῳ «αὐτῶν» καὶ τὸ «Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως «τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος»· οὐ τοιοῦτον δὲ τὸ «Μέσος ὑμῶν 32.30.381 «στήκει ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε». καὶ ἐν τῷ προκειμένῳ τοίνυν ὁ εἰπών· «Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι» φησὶ τὸ «Ἔτι μικρὸν μεθ' «ὑμῶν εἰμι». ὁ δὲ λέγων· «Ἔτι μικρὸν μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι» οὐκ ἂν παρόντι αἰσθητῶς τῷ Ἰούδᾳ, τοῦ διαβόλου ἤδη βεβληκότος εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἵνα παραδῷ τὸν σωτῆρα, εἶπεν ἂν αὐτῷ τὸ «Μετὰ σοῦ εἰμι» (οὐκέτι γὰρ ἦν μετ' αὐτοῦ) οὐδ' ὅτε βάψας τὸ ψωμίον ἐδίδου 32.30.382 αὐτῷ, ἀλλ' ὅτε μετὰ τὸ ψωμίον εἰσῆλθεν εἰς ἐκεῖνον ὁ Σατανᾶς, πολλῷ πλέον οὐκ ἦν Χριστὸς μετὰ τοῦ Ἰούδα, μακρύναντος ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος· «Τίς γὰρ συμφώνησις Χριστοῦ πρὸς Βελίαρ;» 32.31.383 Εἰ καὶ μικρὸν δὲ ἔτι μετὰ τῶν τεκνίων ἔμελλεν εἶναι ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν Ἰησοῦς, χρὴ εἰδέναι τὸ μετὰ τὸ «μικρὸν» ἐκεῖνο· εἰ καὶ μὴ ἦν μετ' αὐτῶν, οὐδὲν ἧττον ἐκεῖνοι ζητεῖν ἔμελλον τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὡς ὁ Πέτρος μετὰ τὸ ἀρνήσασθαι πικρῶς ἔκλαιεν, οἶμαι, ζη 32.31.384 τῶν τὸν Ἰησοῦν. νῦν μὲν οὖν τὸ «Ἔτι μικρὸν μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι» λέλεκται, ὀλίγῳ <δὲ> ὕστερον· «Μικρόν, φησί, καὶ οὐκέτι θεωρεῖτέ «με, καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν <καὶ> ὄψεσθέ με», ὅτε λεγόντων τῶν μαθη τῶν· «Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο ὃ λέγει μικρόν; οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ· γνοὺς ὁ «Ἰησοῦς καὶ ὅτι ἤθελον αὐτὸν ἐρωτᾶν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Περὶ τούτου «ζητεῖτε μετ' ἀλλήλων ὅτι εἶπον· Μικρὸν καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με, καὶ «πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με; ἀμήν, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι κλαύσετε «καὶ θρηνήσετε ὑμεῖς· ὁ κόσμος χαρήσεται· ὑμεῖς δὲ λυπηθήσεσθε, 32.31.385 «ἀλλ' ἡ λύπη ὑμῶν εἰς χαρὰν γενήσεται». τὸ γὰρ «μικρὸν» ἐκεῖνο ἐν ᾧ οὐκ ἐθεώρουν αὐτόν, ἐζήτουν Ἰησοῦν· διὸ ἔκλαιον καὶ ἐθρή νουν, τῆς λύπης αὐτῶν εἰς χαρὰν μεταβαλλούσης, ὅτε ἐπληροῦτο τὸ «Καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με». 32.31.386 Ἐν οἷς ἐξετάσεις εἰ ὁ μετὰ μικρὸν μὴ θεωρῶν αὐτόν, εἰ μέλλει μετὰ τοῦτο ὄψεσθαι αὐτόν, μετ' οὐ πολὺ πάντως ὄψεται αὐτόν, 32.31.387 νοούντων ἡμῶν τὸ «Καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με». τὸ δὲ ζητεῖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ζητεῖν ἐστιν τὸν λόγον καὶ τὴν σοφίαν καὶ τὴν δικαιο σύνην καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἅπερ πάντα 32.31.388 ἐστὶν ὁ χριστός. τινὲς δὲ ζητοῦσιν αὐτὸν τῶν ἑωρακότων σημεῖα, καὶ σὺν τῷ ἑωρακέναι λαβόντων ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ἄρτον καὶ φαγόντων, αἰτίου τοῦ ζητεῖν αὐτοῖς γενομένου τοῦ τεθράφθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου· «Ζητεῖτε γάρ με, φησίν, οὐχ ὅτι εἴδετε σημεῖα, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐφάγετε ἐκ 32.31.389 «τῶν ἄρτων καὶ ἐχορτάσθητε». εἶτα ἐπεὶ πρότερον τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις εἰρήκει· «Ἐγὼ ὑπάγω καὶ ζητήσετέ με, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ὑμῶν «ἀποθανεῖσθε· ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν» ἐπ' ἐκεῖνο ἀναφέρων τὸ προκείμενον φησί· «Καὶ καθὼς εἶπον τοῖς Ἰου «δαίοις ὅτι Ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν, καὶ ὑμῖν λέγω 32.31.390 «ἄρτι». ὡς γὰρ ἐκείνοις, φησί, τοῦτ' εἶπον, οὕτω καὶ ὑμῖν· ἀλλὰ 32.31.391 καὶ ὑμῖν τοῦτο λέγω οὐ περὶ πλείονος χρόνου. οὕτω γὰρ ἀκούω τοῦ «Καὶ ὑμῖν λέγω ἄρτι», ὅπερ οὐκ ἔστιν ταὐτὸν τῷ «Καὶ ὑμῖν «λέγω» χωρὶς τῆς προσθήκης τῆς "7ἄρτι"7. Ἰουδαῖοι μὲν γάρ, οὓς προέ βλεπεν ἐν τῇ ἑαυτῶν ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀποθανουμένους, οὐκ ἐπὶ βραχυνό μενον χρόνον οὐκ ἐδύναντο ἥκειν ὅπου ὑπῆγεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· οἱ δὲ μαθηταί, μεθ' ὃν ἔμελλεν μικρὸν χρόνον μηκέτι ἔσεσθαι μετ' αὐτῶν, διὰ τὰ προειρημένα οὐκ ἐδύναντο ἕπεσθαι τῷ λόγῳ ἀπιόντι ἐπὶ τὰς ἑαυτοῦ οἰκονομίας. 32.32.392 Καὶ εἰ μὲν μὴ προτέτακτο τοῦ