And if I go The -if" does not here imply doubt any more than -when" would have done: but we have -if" and not -when" because it is the resultof the departure and not the date of it that is emphasized (see on John 12:32).

I will come again, and receive Literally, Iam coming again andI will receive(see on John 1:11 and John 19:16). There is no doubt about the meaning of the going away; but the coming again may have various meanings, and apparently not always the same one throughout this discourse; either the Resurrection, or the gift of the Paraclete, or the death of individuals, or the presence of Christ in his Church, or the Second Advent at the last day. The last seems to be the meaning here (comp. John 6:39-40).

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