[387] Rom. 13. 4; Matt. 26. 52.
21. Yet in spite of His troubles, and even death, He feels sure of deliverance.
22. And now the strain suddenly changes, the Sufferer is restored to life and freedom and at once declares God's name unto His brethren. And this exactly agrees with Christ's now declaring for the first time God's complete Name of, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, unto His brethren, as He calls them, the Apostles.[388] While if we identify this appearance with that to the five hundred, it was literally in the midst of the congregation—in the presence, that is, of the first large Christian assembly.
[388] Matt. 28. 10, 19.
23. Moreover, His deliverance is of world-wide significance, and great blessings are to follow from it. These commence with the Jews, who were to praise and glorify God; though with a strange feeling of awe and fear; all of which was exactly fulfilled.[389]
[389] Acts 2. 43-47.
24. And the blessings are somehow connected with God's not having despised, but having accepted, His sufferings.
25. And they include a reference to some vows (meaning uncertain);
26. and to a wonderful feast generally thought to refer to the Holy Communion.