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He continually puts the words, "You have given," that they may learn that this is pleasing to the Father. Then, since He continually said, "They are Yours, and You have given them to me," removing the evil suspicion, so that no one might think His authority to be recent and that He had only now received them, what does He say? "All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them." Do you see the equality of honor? For lest, on hearing "You have given me," you might think them to be alienated from the Father's authority, or before that, from the Son's, He did away with both, 59.439 saying what He said; as if He were saying: "Neither on hearing, 'You have given them to me,' should you think them to be alien to the Father (for what is Mine is His); nor on hearing, 'They were Yours,' should you think them to be alien to me; for what is His is Mine." So that the phrase, "You have given," is spoken for the sake of condescension alone. For whatever the Father has, is the Son's; and whatever the Son has, is the Father's. But this cannot even be said of a human son, but is so because He is greater. For that what belongs to the lesser belongs to the greater is clear to everyone; but the reverse is no longer so. But here He reverses it, and the reversal shows equality. Declaring this elsewhere also He said: "All things that my Father has are Mine," when speaking about knowledge; but the phrase, "You have given me," and such things, were said to show that He did not come as a stranger and draw them to Himself, but received His own. Then He also gives the reason and proof, saying: "And I have been glorified in them;" that is, either that I have authority over them, or that they will glorify me, believing in You and in me, and they will glorify us in like manner. But if He is not glorified in them in like manner, what is the Father's is no longer His. For no one is glorified in those over whom he does not have authority. 2. But how is He glorified in like manner? All alike die for Him, as also for the Father, and preach Him, just as they do the Father; and just as they say all things are done in His name, so also in the name of the Son. "And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world." That is, "Though I do not appear according to the flesh, I am glorified through these." But why does He continually say, "I am not in the world;" and, "Since I am leaving them, I entrust them to You;" and, "When I was in the world, I kept them"? For if one were to take these things simply, many absurdities would follow. For how would it make sense for Him not to be in the world, and when He departs, to entrust them to another? For these were the words of a mere man being separated from them forever. Do you see that He says most things in a human manner, and according to their way of thinking, since they believed that they had some greater security from His presence? Therefore He says. "When I was, I kept them." And yet He says, "I am coming to you," and, "I am with you until the end of the age." How then does He now say these things, as if He were about to be separated? But, as I said, it is according to their supposition, so that they might breathe a little, hearing Him say these things and entrusting them to the Father. For since, having heard many exhortations from Him, they were not persuaded, He finally speaks to the Father, showing His affection for them; as if He were saying: "Since You are calling me to Yourself, place them in safety." "For I am coming to you." What are you saying? "And are You not able to keep them?" "Yes, I am able." "For what reason, then, do you say these things?" "That they may have my joy fulfilled in them;" that is, that they may not be troubled, being rather imperfect. But by saying these things, He showed that it was for their rest and joy that He said all these things in this way; since the statement seems to be contradictory. "But now I am not in the world, and these are in the world." For this is what 59.440 they suspected; for the time being, then, He condescends to them. For if He had said, "I keep them," they would not have believed so readily; wherefore He says: "Holy Father, keep them in Your name;" that is, "by Your help." "While I was in the world, I kept them in Your name." Again He speaks as a man and as a prophet; since He is nowhere seen to have done anything in the name of God. "Those whom You have given me, I have guarded, and no one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled." And elsewhere He says: "All that You have given me, I have not

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