And I, if I be (e) lifted up from the earth, will draw (f) all [men] unto me.
(e) Christ used a word which has a double meaning, for it signifies either to lift up or to get out of the way: for he intended them to think of his death, but the Jews seemed to take it another way.
(f) Chrysostom and Theophylact say that this word "all" refers to all nations: that is, not only to the Jews.