Gospel Note
If the later doctrine of the Trinity is implicit here, it is difficult to see it in its classic form, as a hypostatic union of three coequal persons. Three distinct entities are indeed implied here: Father God, the Christ, and the Spirit. But the latter two appear subordinate to the first; and the Spirit appears dependent upon the Christ's temporally and soteriologically prior role. Yet the clear message of the passage is that God does not abandon the revelation begun in the Christ, but relentlessly "sees it through" via the activity of the Spi…