John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 13:32
32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Ver. 32. And shall straightway ] Thus for the "joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising, the shame, as being shortly to sit down at the right hand of the throne of God,"Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 12:2 . Look we on him, and do likewise. There were in Greece certain fields called Palaestrae, where young men exercised themselves in wrestling. In these were set up statues of... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 13:31
31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. Ver. 31. Therefore when he was gone out ] The room being rid of the traitor, Christ deals more freely and familiarly with the rest, and arming them against the scandal of the cross, he calls his death his glory, esteems his crown of thorns more precious than Solomon’s diadem; looks upon his welts as spangles, his blows on the face as ingots, his wounds as gems, his spittings on as... read more