And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Ver. 18. All power is given to me] Christ premiseth his power, and promiseth his presence, the better to persuade them to set upon his work, his great work of subduing the world to the obedience of the faith. Better may this King of kings say, than that king of Spain, Sol mihi semper lucet: The sun shines always for me: for he is Catholic Monarch; "the kingdoms of this world" (and of the other too) "are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever,"Revelation 11:15. As for the saints, how can they be but in an all-sufficiency, since all is theirs, they being Christ's, and Christ being God's? What boldness may they take to go to Christ, as Jacob did to Joseph, when he understood that the sway of the whole land was in his hand, &c. See Trapp on " Mat 11:27 "