New (καινην). First, in contrast with the old (αρχαιος, παλαιος), the very adjective used in 1 John 2:7) of the "comma…

A new commandment. This command he gave them as he was about to leave them, to be a badge of discipleship, by which they might be…

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another.—There is no reference in the context to the Ten Commandments,…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After He had said, And shall immediately glorify Him, so that they would not think that God was…

The most important instruction that Jesus left for the Eleven was this fresh, “new commandment”—to love one another. If their motive in following h…

A new commandment I give you. To the consolation he adds an exhortation, that they should love one another; as if he had said, “Y…

A new commandment I give to you
As parents, when they take their leave of their children, in their dying moments, gi…

Christ had been glorified in many miracles he performed, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all …

1. Above, our Lord spoke of the glory he would acquire by his leaving. Here, he is telling them that he will leave them.

   He does this…