8. Et cum venerit ille, arguet 8. And when he is come he will mundum de peccato, et de convince the world of sin, and iustitia, et de iudicio. of justice, and of judgment. 9. De peccato quidem, quia non 9. Of sin: because they crediderunt in me: believed not in me. 10. De iustitia vero, quia ad 10. And of justice: because I Patrem vado, et iam non go to the Father; and you videbitis me: shall see me no longer. 11. De iudicio autem, quia 11. And of judgment: because princeps huius mundi iam the prince of this world is iudicatus est. already judged. 8‐11. We may take these four verses together, as the three last explain the first. Christ goes on to show why it is expedient for the Apostles that He should leave them, and that the Holy Ghost should come. *And when he is come, he will convince*, &c. The Greek word for “will convince” is ἐλένξει, which may mean either—(_a_) to rebuke, or (_b_) to prove a thing clearly so that it must be admitted. It is not absolutely necessary that the word be used in the same sense throughout these verses; but since there is nothing to indicate that it is used in different senses, we take it in the same sense throughout. This sense we believe to be the second just indicated, for this alone suits verses 10 and 11. The meaning of the whole passage, then, we take to be the following:—And when the Holy Ghost is come, He will clearly prove to the _unbelieving_ world, principally through your preaching and miracles, its own sin, My justice, and its own condemnation. Its own sin of incredulity, which is proved by the fact that the children of this wicked world did not believe in Me (verse 9); My justice, which is proved by the fact that I go to God to reign with Him for ever, so that men shall see Me no more; its own condemnation, which is shown to be certain by the fact that its prince, the devil, is already condemned. Christ’s victory over the devil at His death implied the condemnation of the devil’s kingdom, the world. And as Christ’s death was so near, the devil might be said to be already condemned. If it be objected to our interpretation that, since there is question in verses 9 and 11 of the _world’s_ sin and condemnation, so there must be question of the world’s justice in verse 10, we reply that Christ makes it sufficiently clear that He is speaking in verse 10 of His own justice by the words He adds: “Because I go to the Father, and you shall see Me no longer.”