My peace (ειρηνην την εμην). This is Christ's bequest to the disciples before he goes, the shalom of the orient for greetin…

Peace I leave with you. This was a common form of benediction among the Jews (see Barnes on Matthew 10:13).

It is the invocation of…

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.—The immediate context speaks of His departure from them ([Reference Joh…

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After our Lord said, A little while, and the world sees Me no more, but you will see Me, Judas—…

The peace Jesus spoke of could not be exemption from conflict and trial. Jesus himself had been “troubled” by the impending Crucifixion (12:27). Th…

Peace I leave with you. By the word peace, he means prosperity, which people are accustomed to wish for each other when they meet…

Peace I leave with you
Christ being about to die and leave his disciples, makes his last will and testament, and as …

If we would know these things for our good, we must pray for and depend on the teaching of the Holy Ghost; thus the words of Jesus will be brought …

1. Above, our Lord promised his disciples what they would gain from the presence of the Holy Spirit. Here he promises them a gift they will …