Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shortly I must put off--Greek, "the putting off (as a garment) of my tabernacle is speedy": implying a soon approaching, and also a sudden death (as a violent death is). Christ's words, John 21:18-19, "When thou art old," etc., were the ground of his "knowing," now that he was old, that his foretold martyrdom was near. Compare as to Paul, 2 Timothy 4:6. Though a violent death, he calls it a "departure" (Greek for "decease," 2 Peter 1:15), compare Acts 7:60.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Corinthians 5:1
2 Timothy 4:6
1 Peter 5:13
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