13:32
The first part of this verse, “If God is glorified in Him” is not included in many early manuscripts. It really matters little as the end of verse 31 tells us that God is glorified in Christ. So because God is glorified in Christ, Christ is glorified in God. Now elsewhere we read that we will share in Christ’s glory (Rom 8:17). Rebellious man objects to God seeking to be glorified and want glory for himself. Now the problem is not actually man wanting glory for himself, rather it is the way he goes about it. It is only when we submit to the Lord, when we seek His glory above all else that we can truly receive glory ourselves. You see God is the source of everything. He is the One who created us in the first place. without Him we have nothing and are nothing.
“and will glorify Him at once”. There is no delay in Christ being glorified.
13:33
Earlier Jesus had told the Jewish leaders that where He was going they could not come (John 7:33,34). However, there are key differences. First is the tone with which Jesus addresses them, He calls them “my children”. Then a little later, v36, He says they will follow later. Jesus would not be with them for much longer. Jesus would go to the cross and die there, suffering God’s judgement.
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