And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
And now, [ nun (G3568 ) de (G1161 ), 'But now'] come I to thee. He had just said this before; but He loves to say it again, the yearning of His whole soul after the Father thus finding natural relief.
And these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves - `Such a strain befits rather the upper sanctuary than the scene of conflict; but I speak so "in the world" that My joy, the joy I experience in knowing that such intercessions are to be made for them by their absent Lord, may be tasted by those who now hear them, and by all who shall hereafter read the record of them.' See the note at John 15:11; only here the ground of that joy seems more comprehensive than there.