He was not to make pretence of doing so, but actually to accomplish the separation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
In Christ there was no such separation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
What he is angry with Death for is, their separation- "He put our lives so far apart We cannot hear each other speak."
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty