Peace I leave with you "Finally the discourse returns to the point from which it started. Its object had been to reassure the sorrowful disciples against their Lord's departure, and with words of reassurance and consolation it concludes. These are thrown into the form of a leave-taking or farewell." S. p. 226. -Peace I leave with you" is probably a solemn adaptation of the conventional form of taking leave in the East: comp. -Go in peace," Jdg 18:6; 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 20:42; 1Sa 29:7; 2 Kings 5:19; Mark 5:34, &c. See notes on James 2:16 and 1 Peter 5:14. The Apostle of the Gentiles perhaps purposely substitutes in his Epistles - Gracebe with you all" for the traditional Jewish -Peace."

my peace I give unto you -My" is emphatic; this is no mere conventional wish. Comp. John 16:33; John 20:19; John 20:21; John 20:26. The form of expression, peace that is mine, is common in this Gospel. Comp. the joy that is mine(John 3:29; John 15:11; John 17:13); the judgment that is mine(John 5:30; John 8:16); the commandments that are mine(John 14:15); the love that is mine(John 15:10).

not as the world giveth It seems best to understand -as" literally of the world's mannerof giving, not of its gifts, as if -as" were equivalent to -what." The world gives from interested motives, because it has received or hopes to receive as much again (Luke 6:33-34); it gives to friends and withholds from enemies (Matthew 5:43); it gives what costs it nothing or what it cannot keep, as in the case of legacies; it pretends to give that which is not its own, especially when it says -Peace, peace," when there is no peace (Jeremiah 6:14). The manner of Christ's giving is the very opposite of this. He gives what is His own, what He might have kept, what has cost Him a life of suffering and a cruel death to bestow, what is open to friend and foe alike, who have nothing of their own to give in return.

Let not your heart be troubled See on John 14:1. Was He not right in giving them this charge? If He sends them another Advocate, through whom both the Father and He will ever abide with them, if He leaves them His peace, what room is there left for trouble and fear?

The word for -be afraid" is frequent in the LXX. but occurs nowhere else in the N.T. - Be fearful " is the literal meaning.

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