Homilies on the Gospel of John

“Yet a little while am I with you.”

Having power to bow and terrify His hearers, He utters words full of humility. As though He had said, “Why are you eager to persecute and kill Me? Wait a little while, and even though you should be eager to keep Me back, I shall not endure it.” That no one should (as they did) suppose that the, “Yet a little while am I with you,” denoted a common death, that no one might suppose this, or that He wrought nothing after death, He added,