Book XI

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

Introduction
CHAPTER I. That the Holy Spirit is naturally of God, and in the Son, and through Him and in His Substance. 14 He shall glorify Me: for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto you.
CHAPTER II. That His Spirit, that is, the Holy Spirit, is naturally in the Son and in His Substance, as He is also in the Substance of the Father. 15 All things whatsoever the Father hath are Mine: and therefore I said unto you, that He taketh of Mine and shall declare it unto you.
v. 16 — A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me…
v. 19, 20 — Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask Him, and He said unto them, Do ye enquir…
v. 25 — These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: the hour cometh when I shall no more s…
v. 28 — I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and g…
v. 31, 32 — Jesus answered them, Be ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea is now come, that …
v. 33 — These things have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have…
CHAPTER III. That no man should consider that the Son has any lack of God-befitting glory, though He be found to say, Father, glorify Thy Son. xvii. 1 These things spake Jesus; and lifting up His eyes to heaven He said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son may also glorify Thee.
CHAPTER IV. That it will in no way damage the glory of the Son, when He is said to have received aught from God the Father, since for this we can assign a pious reason. 2 Even as Thou gavest Him authority over all flesh, that whatsoever Thou hast given Him, to them He shall give eternal life.
CHAPTER V. That the Son will not be excluded from being true God, even though He named God the Father the only true God. 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know Thee the only true God, and Him Whom Thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER VI. That the Son is not bare of God-befitting glory, even though He is found saying to the Father, And now glorify Me with the glory which I had, &c. 4, 5 I glorified Thee on the earth: I accomplished the work which Thou hast given Me to do it. And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own Self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
CHAPTER VII. That the fact that something is said to have been given to the Son from the Father does not rob Him of God-befitting dignity; but He plainly appears to be Consubstantial, and of the Father, even if He is said to receive aught. 6, 7, 8 I manifested Thy Name unto the men whom Thou hast given Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou hast given them to Me; and they have kept Thy word. Now they know that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are from Thee,: for the words which Thou hast given Me I have given unto them; and they received them and knew of a truth that I came forth from Thee, and they believed that Thou didst send Me.
CHAPTER VIII. That nothing which is spoken of as belonging to the Father will be excluded from the kingdom of the Son, for Both alike rule over all. 9, 10, 11 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine: and all things that are Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to Thee.
CHAPTER IX. That the dignity of Godhead is inherent in the Son; even though He is said to have received this from the Father, because of His humanity and the form of His humiliation. 11 Holy Father, keep them in Thy Name which Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, even as We are.
v. 12, 13 — While I was with them, I kept them in Thy Name which Thou hast given Me: and I guarded …
v. 13 — And these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
CHAPTER X. That Christ is not holy from participation in anything different from Himself; and that the sanctification through the Spirit is not alien to His Substance. 18, 19 As Thou didst send Me into the world, even so sent I them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
CHAPTER XI. That the Son is naturally One with God His Father; and that He is in the Father and the Father in Him, according to the essential bond and character of their Unity; and that likewise also we ourselves, when we receive faith in Him, are proved one with each other and with God, both in a corporeal and in a spiritual sense. 20, 21 Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me.
CHAPTER XII. That the Son is by Nature One with God His Father, though He says that He received, as by way of grace, His being One with the Father. 22, 23 And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as We are One: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and lovedst them, even as Thou lovedst Me.
v. 24 — Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am, they also may be with Me…
v. 25 — O righteous Father, the world knew Thee not, but I knew Thee; and these knew that Thou …
v. 26 — And I made known unto them Thy Name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith Th…
v. 3 — Judas then, having received the band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests an…
v. 10 — Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high-priest's servant, a…
v. 11 — Jesus therefore said unto Peter, Put up thy sword into its sheath: the cup which the Fa…
v. 15 — And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did the other disciple.
v. 18 — Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals; for…
v. 19 — The high priest therefore asked Jesus of His disciples, and of His teaching.
v. 20 — Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and…
v. 21 — Why askest thou Me? Ask them that have heard Me, what I spake unto them: behold, these …
v. 22 — And when He had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, …
v. 23 — Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why s…