But even in this reading the present may stand for the future, and the meaning will be the same as in the Vulgate. 18. Non relinquam vos 18. I will not leave you orphanos: veniam ad vos. orphans, I will come to you. 18. As a _sixth_ motive of consolation, He tells them that He will come again to them Himself. Already indeed he had spoken of His coming to them, and had put it forward as a motive of consolation (verse 3), but the coming there meant we take to be different from that now referred to, and hence a new motive of consolation is now put forward in the coming promised here. *I will come* (ἔρχομαί) *to you*. There are various views as to what coming of Christ is here promised. (1) Some hold that the reference is to the coming after His resurrection when we know He appeared to the Apostles but was unseen by the world. So St. Chrys., St. Thom., Patriz., &c. (2) Others hold that there is question of the coming at the Day of Judgment. As the years are measured before God, only “a little while” shall elapse till then, and it is only after the Day of Judgment that the promise of verse 20: “In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you” shall be fully realized. So St. Aug., Mald., &c. (3) Others understand of the coming of Christ in and with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost. If the consubstantiality and circumincession of the three Divine Persons be borne in mind, the whole passage that follows as far as verse 24, will then be naturally explained. So St. Cyril, Beel., Bisp., &c. We prefer the last view, and hold that from 15‐24, there is question of the coming of the Holy Ghost, first in reference to the Apostles (15‐20), and then in reference to the faithful generally (21‐24). In reference to the Apostles, the coming of the Holy Ghost is first considered in itself (15‐17), and next, for their consolation, as implying and including the coming of Christ Himself (18‐20). Though this view may at first sight seem forced, we believe that if the connection in the passage be followed closely, it must appear the most probable. For when St. Jude, alluding to the words of verse 19, asks, in verse 22, how Christ shall be seen by the Apostles, yet unseen by the world, Christ’s reply, in verse 23, goes to show that the vision is spiritual, and such as is explained by the fact, that He and His Father will come and make their abode in those that love Him. 19. Adhuc modicum, et mundus 19. Yet a little while: and me iam non videt. Vos autem the world seeth me no more. videtis me, quia ego vivo, et But you see me: because I vos vivetis. live, and you shall live.