John 12:27,28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now is my soul troubled:— Having taken a view of his own sufferings, and proposed them as an example to his disciples, the prospect moved him to a great degree, and he discovered to them the conflict which he felt in his bosom: "Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Shall I say, Father, save me from this hour? (for so the passage evidently should be read and pointed) No, I will not say this, since for this very cause I came unto this hour." Our Lord's application to his heavenly Father, on this occasion, shews us what is the best method of easing the mind in deep distress. At the same time that he expressed an entire resignation to the will of his heavenly Father, he has taught us, that although the weakness of human nature may shrink at the first thoughts of suffering, his disciples are not to yield, but ought to fortify themselves through divine grace by just reflections on the wisdom of God, and on the happy end that he proposes by their afflictions. Our Saviour adds, "Father, glorify thy name;" which was a further expression of resignation, importing that he was willing to submit to whatever the Father should judge necessary for the manifestation of his perfections: "For this cause came I unto this hour; therefore, O Father, do to me as it shall seem good to thy divine wisdom, for the glorification of thy name in the redemption of mankind." But the words were no sooner spoken, than a voice from heaven was heard, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. "I have glorified it by the miracles which thou hast already performed, and will continue to glorify it by other miracles yet to be performed." The further glorification of God the Father promised to Jesus by the voice, signified the honour which should accrue to the Father from the new proofs wherewith his mission would be adorned; particularly the great miracles of his resurrection from the dead, of the effusion of the Spirit, and of the conversion of the Gentile world to the Christian religion.