Book X

Commentary on the Gospel according to John · St Cyril of Alexandria

1. Introduction
2. v. 21 — He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that lo…
3. v. 22 — Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto Him, Lord, what is come to pass that Thou wilt manifest…
4. v. 23 — Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My word: and My Father…
5. v. 24 — He that loveth Me not keepeth not My words.
6. v. 24 — And the word which ye hear is not Mine but the Father's Who sent Me.
7. v. 27 — Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto …
8. v. 28 — Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you.
9. CHAPTER I. That in nothing is the Son inferior to God the Father, but rather equal to and like Him in nature. 28 If ye loved Me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father; for My Father is greater than I.
10. v. 29 — And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye may be…
11. v. 30, 31 — I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath not…
12. CHAPTER II. That the Son is Consubstantial with God the Father, and not of an alien or foreign nature, as some of the perverse assert. xv. 1 I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Husbandman.
13. v. 2 — Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away: and every branch that bea…
14. v. 3 — Already ye are clean, because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
15. v. 4 — Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide i…
16. v. 5, 6 — I am the Vine, ye are the brandies: he that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bearet…
17. v. 7 — If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ash whatsoever ye will, and it s…
18. v. 8 — Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and so shall ye be My disciples.
19. v. 9, 10 — Even as the Father hath loved Me, I also have loved you: abide ye in My love. If ye kee…
20. v. 11 — These things have I spoken unto you that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may…
21. v. 16 — Ye did not choose Me, but I chose you, and have appointed you, that ye should go and be…
22. v. 17 — These things I have spoken unto you that ye may love one another.
23. v. 18 — If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it hated you.
24. v. 19 — If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the wo…
25. v. 20 — Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they…
26. v. 21 — But all these things will they do unto you for My Names sake, because they know not Him…
27. v. 22 — If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excu…
28. v. 23 — He that hateth Me hateth My Father also.
29. v. 24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin; but …
30. v. 25 — But this cometh to pass, that the word may he fulfilled that is written in their Law, T…
31. v. 2 — They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth …
32. v. 3 — And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father nor Me.
33. v. 4 — But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember …
34. v. 7 — Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go …