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John 13:31-35
Fifth Sunday of Easter C (Gospel) May 10, 1998
John 13:31-35
When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified
in him. [32] If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will
glorify him at once.
[33] "My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and
just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
[34] "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must
love one another. [35] By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love
one another."
(NIV)
John 13:31-35 (Christ commands the disciples to love one another)
Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfaction was thereby made for the wrong done to God by the sin of man. We cannot now follow our Lord to his heavenly happiness, but if we truly believe in him, we shall follow him hereafter; meanwhile we must wait his time, and do his work. Before Christ left the disciples, he would give them a new commandment. They were to love each other for Christ’s sake, and according to his example, seeking what might benefit others, and promoting the cause of the gospel, as one body, animated by one soul. But this commandment still appears new to many professors. Men in general notice any of Christ’s words rather than these. By this it appears, that if the followers of Christ do not show love one to another, they give cause to suspect their sincerity.
(Matthew Henry Concise Commentary)