22. “So, now also,” etc. This is the application of the foregoing parable. There is an implied comparison; hence, the particle, as, is understood in the preceding verse, thus; as “a woman in labour,” etc. “So also you now,” etc. They will have sorrow on account of His death and departure, and in the course of life, they and their followers shall suffer sorrow and persecutions. “But I will see you,” etc., after My Resurrection, to console you for your passing bereavement, “and your heart shall rejoice,”