And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Ver. 32. And if I be lifted up, &c.] Pope Urban VI said that these words, "Give unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's," were abolished when Christ was lifted up from the earth, and drew all things to him; that is (as he expounds it), when Christ ascended, he drew to the pope's empire all kings and their kingdoms, making him King of kings and Lord of lords. (Jacob. Rev. de vit. Pen.) Is not this a sweet interpreter?
I will draw all men unto me] As the wind called Caecias, being a north-east wind, contrary to the nature of the north wind, drives not away clouds, but draws them to him.