What questions and promises shape the departure discourse?

Jesus tells them not to let their hearts be troubled: believing in God, they should believe in Him. His Father’s house has many mansions; otherwise He would have told them, for He goes to prepare a place. If He goes and prepares it, He will come again and take them to Himself so they may be where He is. He says they know His destination and way. Thomas says they do not know where He goes and asks how they can know the way. Jesus answers that He is the way, truth and life, and no one comes to the Father except by Him. Knowing Him would mean knowing His Father; henceforth they will know Him and have seen Him. Philip asks to see the Father as enough for them. Jesus asks whether Philip has not known Him after so long together: seeing Him is seeing the Father. He asks whether they believe that He is in the Father and the Father in Him. His words are not spoken of Himself; the Father abiding in Him does the works. Otherwise they should believe for the works’ sake. A believer will do His works and greater works, because He goes to the Father. He will do what they ask the Father in His name so the Father is glorified in the Son; He also says He will do what they ask Him in His name.

If they love Him, they should keep His commandments. He will ask the Father for another Paraclete to abide forever. The edition explains Paraclete as comforter or advocate, inspiring prayer and pleading as it were in them, and interprets forever as extending the promise to the apostles’ successors through generations. The world cannot receive the spirit of truth because it neither sees nor knows Him; the disciples will know Him because He will abide with and be in them. Jesus will not leave them orphans but will come to them. Soon the world sees Him no more but they see Him; because He lives they will live. In that day they will know He is in His Father, they in Him and He in them. The one having and keeping His commandments loves Him, is loved by the Father, and will receive His love and manifestation. Judas, explicitly not Iscariot, asks how He will manifest Himself to them rather than the world. Jesus answers that anyone loving Him keeps His word, and the Father will love that person; they will come and make their abode with him. The one not loving Him does not keep His words. The word heard is the Father’s who sent Him.

He has said these things while abiding with them. The Father will send the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, in His name to teach all things and recall everything He has said. The edition interprets this promise particularly as teaching apostles and successors all truth and preserving them from error. Jesus leaves His peace, giving differently from the world, and tells them not to be troubled or afraid. They have heard He goes and comes; loving Him would bring gladness at His going to the Father, for the Father is greater than He. The edition explains that He speaks as man, while as God equal to the Father, referring to Philippians 2. It relates His imminent death to humanity, since as God He could not die, and to telling them beforehand so that when it happens they may believe. Jesus repeats that advance statement. He will not speak many things now: the prince of this world comes and has nothing in Him. He acts according to the Father’s command so the world knows His love for the Father, and tells them to arise and go hence.