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and He rebuked them well, saying: Have I been with you so long. You have enjoyed so much teaching, you have seen signs done with authority, and all things that were proper to the Godhead, and which the Father alone works, sins being loosed, secrets being brought to light, death retreating, a creation being made from earth, and have you not known Me? 2. For since He was clothed in flesh, for this reason He said, "Have you not known Me?" Have you seen the Father? Seek not to see more; for in Him you have seen Me. If you have seen Me, be not overly curious; for in Me you have known Him. Do you not believe that I am in the Father? That is, I am seen in that substance. The words that I speak, I do not speak of Myself. Do you see the excess of nearness, and the example of one substance? But the Father, who abides in Me, He does the works. How is it that having begun from words, He came to works? For the logical thing would have been to say, "He speaks the words"; but He puts two things here, concerning teaching and signs; or because the words also were works. How then does He Himself do them? And yet elsewhere He says: "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me"; how then does He here say that the Father does them? To show this very thing, that there is nothing between the Father and the Son. And what He says is this: The Father would not have done them in one way, and I in another; and yet elsewhere both He Himself and the Father work, saying: "My Father is working until now, and I am working"; there showing the unchangeableness of the works, but here showing their identity. But if the ready emphasis of the words shows humility, do not be surprised. For having first said, "Do you not believe," He then uttered this; showing that He had framed His words in this way to bring him 59.402 to faith. For He searched their hearts. Do you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? You ought, when you hear "Father" and "Son," to seek nothing else for the demonstration of their kinship in substance. But if this is not enough for you to show their equality of honor and substance, at least learn from the works. And the saying, "He who has seen Me has seen My Father," if it were spoken concerning works, He would not have said later, "But if not, believe Me for the works' sake." Then, showing that He is able to do not only these things, but also others far greater than these, He states them with hyperbole. For He does not say, "And I can do greater things than these"; but what was far more wonderful, "And I can give to others," He says, "to do even greater things than these." Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also, and greater works than these he will do, because I am going to the Father. That is, It is now for you to work wonders; for I am departing. Then, since He accomplished what the saying intended, He says that, "Whatever you ask in My name, you will receive, and I will do this, so that the Father may be glorified in Me." Do you see how again He Himself does this? "For I will do it," He says. And He did not say, "I will ask the Father"; but, "so that the Father may be glorified in Me." And yet elsewhere He said, "God will glorify Him in Himself"; but here, "He Himself will glorify the Father." For when the Son is seen to be able to do great things, the One who begot Him will be glorified. And what is, "In My name"? What the apostles said, "In the name of Jesus Christ, rise up and walk." For all the signs which they did, He Himself was at work, "And the hand of the Lord was with them." "I will do it," He says. Do you see the authority? The things He does through others, He Himself does; but the things He does by Himself, He is not able, but is worked by the Father? And who would say these things? But for what reason does He state it a second time? To confirm His word, and to show that the previous things were out of condescension. And the saying, "I am going to the Father," means this: I will not perish, but I remain in My own proper dignity, and I am in the heavens. And He said all these things to comfort them. For since it was likely that they, not yet knowing the teachings concerning the resurrection, were thinking something somber, He promises to give such things to others, everywhere comforting them, and showing that He remains continually, and not only remains, but will also show a greater power. 3. Let us therefore follow Him and take up the cross. For even if persecution is not present, yet another is present

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καὶ καλῶς ἐπετίμησεν εἰπών· Τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι. Τοσαύτης ἀπέλαυσας διδασκαλίας, εἶδες σημεῖα μετὰ αὐθεντίας, καὶ πάντα ἅπερ θεότητος ἦν ἴδια, καὶ ἃ ὁ Πατὴρ μόνος ἐργάζεται, ἁμαρτήματα λυόμενα, ἀπόῤῥητα εἰς μέσον ἀγόμενα, θάνατον ἀναχωροῦντα, δημιουργίαν ἀπὸ γῆς γινομένην, Καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με; βʹ. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ σάρκα περιέκειτο, διὰ τοῦτο εἶπεν, Οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με. Εἶδες τὸν Πατέρα; Μὴ ζήτει πλέον ἰδεῖν· ἐν ἐκείνῳ γάρ με ἑώρακας. Εἰ εἶδές με, μηδὲν περιεργάζου· καὶ γὰρ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐκεῖνον ἔγνως. Οὐ πιστεύεις ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρί; Τουτέστιν, Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ οὐσίᾳ φαίνομαι. Τὰ ῥήματα, ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ, ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ λαλῶ. Εἶδες ἐγγύτητος ὑπερβολὴν, καὶ μιᾶς οὐσίας ὑπόδειγμα; Ὁ δὲ Πατὴρ, ὁ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένων, αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τὰ ἔργα. Πῶς ἀπὸ ῥημάτων ἀρξάμενος, ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα ἦλθε; Τὸ γὰρ ἀκόλουθον ἦν εἰπεῖν, Αὐτὸς λαλεῖ τὰ ῥήματα· ἀλλὰ δύο τίθησιν ἐνταῦθα, περὶ διδασκαλίας καὶ σημείων· ἢ ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὰ ῥήματα ἔργα ἦν. Πῶς οὖν αὐτὸς ποιεῖ; Καὶ μὴν ἀλλαχοῦ φησιν· Εἰ μὴ ποιῶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Πατρός μου, μὴ πιστεύετέ μοι· πῶς οὖν ἐνταῦθα τὸν Πατέρα φησὶ ποιεῖν; Τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦτο δηλῶν, ὅτι οὐδὲν μέσον Πατρὸς καὶ Υἱοῦ. Ὃ δὲ λέγει, τοῦτό ἐστιν· Οὐκ ἂν ἄλλως ἐποίησεν ὁ Πατὴρ, καὶ ἄλλως ἐγώ· καὶ μὴν ἀλλαχοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐργάζεται, λέγων· Ὁ Πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι· ἐκεῖ μὲν τὸ ἀπαράλλακτον τῶν ἔργων, ἐνταῦθα δὲ τὸ ταὐτὸν ἐνδεικνύμενος. Εἰ δὲ ἡ πρόχειρος τῶν λέξεων ἔμφασις ταπεινότητα ἐμφαίνει, μὴ θαυμάσῃς. Πρότερον γὰρ εἰπὼν, Οὐ πιστεύεις, τότε τοῦτο ἐφθέγξατο· δεικνὺς, ὅτι ὑπὲρ τοῦ εἰς πίστιν 59.402 αὐτὸν ἀγαγεῖν οὕτως ἐσχημάτισε τὰ ῥήματα. Τὰς γὰρ καρδίας αὐτῶν ἐνεβάτευε. Πιστεύετε ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί; Ἔδει μὲν ὑμᾶς ἀκούοντας Πατέρα καὶ Υἱὸν, μηδὲν ἕτερον ζητεῖν εἰς παράστασιν τῆς κατὰ τὴν οὐσίαν συγγενείας. Εἰ δὲ ὑμῖν οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τοῦτο πρὸς τὸ δεῖξαι τὸ ὁμότιμον καὶ ὁμοούσιον, κἂν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων μάθετε. Καὶ τὸ, Ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ, ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα μου, εἰ περὶ ἔργων ἐλέγετο, οὐκ ἂν ὕστερον εἶπεν· Εἰ δὲ μὴ, διὰ τὰ ἔργα πιστεύετέ μοι. Εἶτα δεικνὺς, ὅτι οὐ ταῦτα δύναται μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕτερα πολλῷ τούτων μείζονα, μεθ' ὑπερβολῆς αὐτὰ τίθησιν. Οὐ γὰρ λέγει, ὅτι Καὶ μείζονα τούτων δύναμαι ποιῆσαι· ἀλλ', ὃ πολλῷ θαυμαστότερον ἦν, Καὶ ἑτέροις δύναμαι δοῦναι, φησὶ, καὶ μείζονα ποιῆσαι τούτων. Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ, τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει, καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα πορεύομαι. Τουτέστιν, Ὑμῶν ἐστὶ λοιπὸν τὸ θαυματουργεῖν· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀπέρχομαι. Εἶτα ἐπειδὴ ἤνυσεν ὅπερ ὁ λόγος ἐβούλετο, φησὶν, ὅτι Ὃ ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λήψεσθε, καὶ ἐγὼ τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ δοξασθῇ ὁ Πατήρ. Ὁρᾷς πῶς πάλιν αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τοῦτο; Ποιήσω γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐγώ. Καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν, Ἀξιῶ τὸν Πατέρα· ἀλλ', Ἵνα δοξασθῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Πατήρ. Καὶ μὴν ἀλλαχοῦ ἔλεγεν· Ὁ Θεὸς δοξάσει αὐτὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ· ἐνταῦθα δὲ, Αὐτὸς δοξάσει τὸν Πατέρα. Ὅταν γὰρ ὁ Υἱὸς φαίνηται μεγάλα δυνάμενος, δοξασθήσεται ὁ γεγεννηκώς. Τί δέ ἐστιν, Ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου; Ὅπερ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἔλεγον, Ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔγειραι καὶ περιπάτει. Πάντα γὰρ τὰ σημεῖα, ἅπερ ἐποίησαν, αὐτὸς ἐνήργει, Καὶ χεὶρ Κυρίου ἦν μετ' αὐτῶν. Ἐγὼ ποιήσω, φησίν. Ὁρᾷς αὐθεντίαν; τὰ δι' ἄλλων αὐτὸς ποιεῖ· τὰ δὲ δι' αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἰσχύει, ἀλλ' ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐνεργούμενος; Καὶ τίς ἂν ταῦτα εἴποι; Τίνος δὲ ἕνεκεν δεύτερον αὐτὸ τίθησι; Βεβαιῶν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λόγον, καὶ δεικνὺς ὅτι τὰ πρότερα συγκαταβάσεως ἦν. Τὸ δὲ, Πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα πορεύομαι, τοῦτό ἐστιν· Οὐκ ἀπολοῦμαι, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκείας ἀξίας μένω, καὶ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς εἰμι. Πάντα δὲ ταῦτα παραμυθούμενος αὐτοὺς ἔλεγεν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἰκὸς ἦν αὐτοὺς μηδέπω τοὺς περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως εἰδότας λόγους ἐννοεῖν τι σκυθρωπὸν, ἑτέροις ἐπαγγέλλεται τοιαῦτα δώσειν αὐτοὺς, πανταχοῦ θεραπεύων αὐτοὺς, καὶ δεικνὺς ὅτι μένει διηνεκῶς, καὶ οὐ μένει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μείζονα ἐπιδείξεται δύναμιν. γʹ. Ἀκολουθήσωμεν τοίνυν αὐτῷ καὶ λάβωμεν τὸν σταυρόν. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ μὴ πάρεστι διωγμὸς, ἀλλ' ἑτέρου πάρεστι