King James Version
John 14
31 verses with commentary
I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
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Jesus commands 'Let not your heart be troubled' (me tarassestho hymon he kardia), using present imperative with negative to prohibit ongoing anxiety. The verb tarasso means to stir up, agitate, disturb. Jesus addresses emotional turmoil with theological truth: 'ye believe in God, believe also in me' (pisteuete eis ton theon, kai eis eme pisteuete). This can be read as indicative (you believe... yo...
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XIV.
(1) **Let not your heart be troubled.**—The division of chapters is unfortunate, as it breaks the close connection between these words and those which have gone immediately before. The prophecy of St. Peter’s denial had followed upon the indication of Judas as the traitor, and upon the announcement of the Lord’s departure. These thoughts may well have brought troubled hearts. The Lord had Him...
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CHAPTER 12 Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany.
(See on Mt 26:6-13).
**1-8. six days before the passover--**that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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Jesus comforts disciples with future hope: 'In my Father's house are many mansions' (en te oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin). The word monai (mansions) derives from meno (to abide/remain), indicating not temporary lodging but permanent dwelling places. The abundance 'many' assures there is room for all believers. Jesus adds 'if it were not so, I would have told you' - an assertion of His co...
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(2) **In my Father’s house are many mansions.**—The Greek word used for “house” here is slightly different from that used of the material temple on earth in John 2:16. The exact meaning will be at once seen from a comparison of 2Corinthians 5:1, the only other passage in the New Testament where it is used metaphorically. The Jews were accustomed to the thought of heaven as the habitation of God; a...
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CHAPTER 12 Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany.
(See on Mt 26:6-13).
**1-8. six days before the passover--**that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
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Jesus promises 'if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again' (ean poreytho kai hetoimaso topon hymin, palin erchomai). The conditional structure assumes the reality - when He goes and prepares, He will return. The verb erchomai (I come) is present tense, emphasizing certainty as if already occurring. The purpose clause explains: 'and receive you unto myself' (kai paralempisomai hymas pr...
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(3) **And if I go and prepare . . .**—For the form of the expression, comp. Notes on John 12:32, and 1John 2:28. It does not imply uncertainty, but expresses that the fact is in the region of the future, which is clear to Him, and will unfold itself to them.
**I will come again, and receive you unto myself.**—This clause has been variously explained of the resurrection; of the death of individual ...
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CHAPTER 12 Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany.
(See on Mt 26:6-13).
**1-8. six days before the passover--**that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
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<strong>And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.</strong> Jesus has just told His disciples He goes to prepare a place for them (John 14:2-3). Now He asserts they know both His destination and the route. The Greek καὶ ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω οἴδατε τὴν ὁδόν (<em>kai hopou egō hypagō oidate tēn hodon</em>) uses perfect tense: you have come to know and continue to know.<br><br>Jesus's statement seems p...
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(4) **And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.**—The better reading is, *And whither I go, ye know the way, i.e.,* “Ye know that I am the way to the Father, whither I am going.” (Comp. John 14:6, and John 13:33.) They did not, indeed, fully know this, but the means of knowing it was within their reach, and His own words had declared it. (Comp., *e.g.,* John 10:1; John 11:25.) They ought to h...
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CHAPTER 12 Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany.
(See on Mt 26:6-13).
**1-8. six days before the passover--**that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
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<strong>Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest</strong>—Thomas (Θωμᾶς, <em>Thōmas</em>, from Aramaic <em>te'oma</em>, "twin") voices the disciples' literal-minded confusion about Jesus's destination. His honest bewilderment—<strong>how can we know the way?</strong> (πῶς δυνάμεθα τὴν ὁδὸν εἰδέναι)—sets up Jesus's profound self-revelation in verse 6. The Greek <em>hodón</em> (ὁδ...
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(5) **Thomas saith unto him.**—Comp., for the character of Thomas, John 11:16; John 20:24; John 21:2.
**Lord, we know not whither thou goest.**— Our Lord’s words had laid stress upon the “way.” Thomas lays stress upon the “whither.” His mind seeks for measured certainty. In all that he has heard of the Father’s house of many mansions, of being with the Lord, there is much that he cannot understand...
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CHAPTER 12 Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany.
(See on Mt 26:6-13).
**1-8. six days before the passover--**that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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<strong>Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.</strong> This stands among the most exclusive claims Jesus made, declaring Himself the singular path to God. The threefold description—way, truth, life—encompasses the totality of what humanity needs for relationship with God.<br><br>I am echoes God self-revelation in Exodus 3:14, a claim...
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(6) **I am the way.**—The pronoun is emphatic. “I, and none besides Me.” “The way” is again made prominent, reversing the order which Thomas had used. He and He only is the means through which men can approach to the Father. (Comp. Notes on John 1:18, and on 1Timothy 2:5.)
**The truth, and the life.**—Better, *and the Truth, and the Life.* The thought of His being the Way through which men come to...
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CHAPTER 12 Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany.
(See on Mt 26:6-13).
**1-8. six days before the passover--**that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
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<strong>If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also</strong> (εἰ ἐγνώκειτέ με καὶ τὸν Πατέρα μου ἂν ᾔδειτε)—Jesus employs two Greek verbs for 'knowing': <em>ginōskō</em> (experiential knowledge) and <em>oida</em> (intuitive, complete knowledge). To truly know Christ is necessarily to know the Father, for they share the same divine essence (John 1:1, 10:30). This isn't merely intellectu...
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(7) **If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.**—The thought here is made quite plain by what has preceded; but the form in which it is expressed demands attention. The emphasis of the first part of the sentence is not upon “Me” as is generally supposed, but upon “known.” In the second part the emphatic words are “My Father.” The English word “known” represents two Greek words in t...
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**9-11. Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be there, as to see dead Lazarus alive; and this, issuing in their accession to Christ, led to a plot against the life of Lazarus also, as the only means of arresting the triumphs of Jesus (see Joh 12:19)--**to such a pitch had these chief priests come of diabolical determination to shut out the l...
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Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
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<strong>Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us</strong> (δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν)—Philip's request reveals a profound misunderstanding. Despite three years with Jesus, he still sought a theophanic vision like Moses at Sinai (Exodus 33:18). The verb <em>deixon</em> (show, reveal) implies wanting a spectacular manifestation, while <em>arkei</em> (it is en...
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(8) **Philip saith unto him.**—Comp. for the character of Philip John 1:44 *et seq.;* John 6:5 *et seq.;* John 12:21 *et seq.* He is joined with Thomas at the head of the second group of the Apostles, in Acts 1:13.
**Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.**—He catches at the word “seen “and thinks of some revelation of the glory of God as that vouchsafed to Moses, or it may be of a vision ...
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**9-11. Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be there, as to see dead Lazarus alive; and this, issuing in their accession to Christ, led to a plot against the life of Lazarus also, as the only means of arresting the triumphs of Jesus (see Joh 12:19)--**to such a pitch had these chief priests come of diabolical determination to shut out the l...
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Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
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<strong>Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?</strong> (Ἐγνωκάς με, <em>egnōkas me</em>) uses the perfect tense of γινώσκω (<em>ginōskō</em>)—not mere intellectual awareness but experiential, relational knowledge. After three years of witnessing Jesus's miracles, teachings, and divine claims, Philip still failed to grasp the Incarnation's profound reality.<br><...
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(9) **Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?**—More exactly, . . . *hast thou not recognised Me,* as in John 14:7. Comp. the reference in John 14:8, from which it will be seen that Philip was one of the first-called disciples, and had occupied a prominent position in the band of Apostles. There is in our Lord’s words a tone of sadness and of warning. They utter ...
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**9-11. Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be there, as to see dead Lazarus alive; and this, issuing in their accession to Christ, led to a plot against the life of Lazarus also, as the only means of arresting the triumphs of Jesus (see Joh 12:19)--**to such a pitch had these chief priests come of diabolical determination to shut out the l...
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Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
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<strong>Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?</strong> Jesus responds to Philip's request to 'show us the Father' (v.8) with this profound declaration of mutual indwelling (περιχώρησις, <em>perichoresis</em>)—the interpenetration of persons in the Godhead. <strong>I am in the Father</strong> (ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί) and <strong>the Father in me</strong> (ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί) is th...
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(10) **Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?**—Comp. Note on John 10:38. He had there taught this truth to the Jews; but Philip’s words seem to show that even the disciples did not fully receive it. The order of the clauses is reversed here, in accordance with the thought of the context, which is of knowledge of the Son, and of the Father through the Son.
**The words th...
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**12. On the next day--**the Lord's day, or Sunday (see on Joh 12:1); the tenth day of the Jewish month Nisan, on which the paschal lamb was set apart to be "kept up until the fourteenth day of the same month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel were to kill it in the evening" (Ex 12:3, 6). Even so, from the day of this solemn entry into Jerusalem, "Christ our Passover" was virtu...
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Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
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<strong>Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me</strong> (πιστεύετέ μοι ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί)—Jesus repeats His staggering claim from verse 10, demanding faith in mutual indwelling with the Father. This reciprocal <em>in</em>-ness expresses the perichoretic union of Father and Son—what later theology called coinherence or mutual interpenetration. The present ten...
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(11) **Believe me that I am in the Father.**—He passes now from Philip, and addresses Himself to the whole body of the apostles. He claims from them a personal trust in Himself, which should accept His statement that He and the Father were immanent in each other.
**Or else believe me for the very works’ sake.**—If they cannot receive the truth on the testimony of His word, He will take lower groun...
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Chapter 14
Chapter Outline
Christ comforts his disciples.(1-11)
He further comforts his disciples.(12-17)
He still further comforts his disciples.(18-31)
**Verses 1-11**
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However other...
Read full commentary →Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
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Jesus makes a startling promise: 'He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also' (ho pisteuon eis eme ta erga ha ego poio kakeinos poiesei). This grants believers participation in Christ's miraculous works through faith. The even more shocking addition follows: 'and greater works than these shall he do' (kai meizona touton poiesei). How can disciples do greater works than Jesus? Th...
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(12) **Verily, verily, I say unto you.**—Comp. Note on John 1:51.
**He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.**—He that by faith becomes one with the Son shall have the Son, and therefore also the Father, dwelling in him (John 14:11; John 14:20; John 14:23), and shall himself become an instrument through which God, who dwelleth in him, shall carry into effect His own works. He...
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**Verses 12-17**
Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, moni...
Read full commentary →And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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Jesus promises 'whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do' (kai ho ti an aitesete en to onomati mou touto poieso). The comprehensive 'whatsoever' (ho ti an) might suggest blank-check prayer, but the qualifier 'in my name' (en to onomati mou) provides crucial limitation. Asking 'in Jesus' name' means praying according to His character, authority, and will - not merely attaching His name to...
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(13) **And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.**—Comp. John 15:16; John 16:23. The prayer is thought of as addressed to the Father; but the answer here, and still more emphatically in the following verse, is thought of as coming from the Son, who is one with the Father. The width and limitation of the promise are both to be noted. It is “*whatsoever* ye shall ask,” and it is “ask *...
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**Verses 12-17**
Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, moni...
Read full commentary →If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
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Jesus repeats and intensifies the prayer promise: 'If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it' (ean ti aitesete en to onomati mou ego poieso). The conditional ean (if) with aorist subjunctive emphasizes a specific future act. The pronoun 'I' (ego) is emphatic - Jesus Himself will accomplish what is asked. This restatement immediately following verse 13 underscores the certainty and importa...
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(14) **If ye shall ask any thing in my name.**—This is an emphatic repetition of the width of the promise and of its condition. In the second clause of the verse the pronoun “I” bears the stress. “I (on My part) will do it.” In the parallel passage in John 15:16; John 16:23 the Father is thought of as answering the prayer. The passage from one thought to the other is possible because the Father an...
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**16. when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, &c.--**The Spirit, descending on them from the glorified Saviour at Pentecost, opened their eyes suddenly to the true sense of the Old Testament, brought vividly to their recollection this and other Messianic predictions, and to their unspeakable astonishment showed them that they, and all the actors in...
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**Verses 12-17**
Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, moni...
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If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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Jesus states 'If ye love me, keep my commandments' (ean agapate me, tas entolas tas emas teresate). The conditional structure might suggest: love proves itself through obedience. The verb agapao indicates self-giving commitment, not mere emotional affection. The command tereo (keep, guard, observe) suggests careful, consistent obedience rather than casual compliance. Jesus establishes that genuine...
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(15) **If ye love me, keep my commandments.**—Comp. Notes on John 14:17; John 13:34; John 15:10. The connection here is through the condition “in My name,” which includes willing obedience to His commands. The word “My” is emphatic—“The commandments which ye have received from Me.” Those of this last discourse are perhaps prominent in the thought.
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**Verses 12-17**
Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, moni...
Read full commentary →And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
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Jesus promises 'I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter' (kago eroteso ton patera kai allon parakleton dosei hymin). The verb erotao (pray, request) indicates Jesus' intercession. The Father gives 'another' (allon) Comforter - another of the same kind, implying Jesus Himself has been their Paraclete. Parakletos means advocate, comforter, helper, counselor - one called along...
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(16) **And I will pray the Father.**—Comp. Note on John 16:26. The pronoun is again emphatic—“I have given you your part to do. I on My part will pray the Father.” The word used for “pray” is one which implies more of nearness of approach and of familiarity than that which is rendered “ask” in John 14:14. It is the word which John regularly uses when he speaks of our Lord as praying to the Father,...
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**Verses 12-17**
Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, moni...
Read full commentary →Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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<strong>Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him</strong>—This verse introduces the Holy Spirit using one of His most significant titles: τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας (<em>to Pneuma tēs alētheias</em>), "the Spirit of truth." This designation appears three times in the Upper Room Discourse (14:17, 15:26, 16:13), emphasizing the Spirit's role ...
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(17) **Even the Spirit of truth.**—Comp. John 15:26; John 16:13, and 1John 5:6. He is called the Spirit of Truth, because part of His special office is to bring truth home to the hearts of men, to carry it from the material to the moral sphere, to make it something more than a collection of signs seen or heard—a living power in living men.
**Whom the world cannot receive.**—The Holy Spirit can be ...
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**Verses 12-17**
Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend upon that plea. The gift of the Spirit is a fruit of Christ's mediation, bought by his merit, and received by his intercession. The word used here, signifies an advocate, counsellor, moni...
Read full commentary →I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. comfortless: or, orphans
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<strong>I will not leave you comfortless</strong> (οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς/<em>ouk aphēsō hymas orphanous</em>)—Literally, "I will not leave you orphans." The word ὀρφανούς (<em>orphanous</em>) powerfully conveys the disciples' fear. Orphans in the ancient world faced extreme vulnerability—no legal protection, no inheritance rights, no provision, no advocate. Jesus assures His followers they will ...
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(18) **I will not leave you comfortless.**—Better with the margin, *I will not leave you orphans,* which exactly represents the Greek word. “Comfortless” is unfortunate, as it suggests a connection with “Comforter” which does not exist in the original. Our translators have rendered the word by “fatherless” in James 1:27, which is the only other passage where it occurs in the New Testament, and Wic...
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Joh 12:20-36. Some Greeks Desire to See Jesus--The Discourse and Scene Thereupon.
**20-22. Greeks--**Not Grecian Jews, but Greek proselytes to the Jewish faith, who were wont to attend the annual festivals, particularly this primary one, the Passover.
**The same came therefore to Philip ... of Bethsaida--**possibly as being from the same quarter.
**saying, Sir, we would see Jesus--**certainly...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
Read full commentary →Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
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<strong>Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more</strong> (ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ ὁ κόσμος με οὐκέτι θεωρεῖ)—Jesus prophesies His imminent departure via crucifixion and ascension. The phrase ἔτι μικρόν (yet a little while) creates urgency; within 24 hours He will be arrested. The verb θεωρεῖ (<em>theōrei</em>) means to observe, behold, see with understanding—not mere physical sight. The κόσμος (...
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(19) **Yet a little while.**—Comp. John 13:33; John 16:16.
**But ye see me**—*i.e.,* in the spiritual presence of the Paraclete. The words may indeed have their first fulfilment in the appearances of the forty days (comp. Acts 10:41), but these appearances were themselves steps in the education which was leading the disciples from a trust in the physical to a trust in the spiritual presence. (Comp...
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Joh 12:20-36. Some Greeks Desire to See Jesus--The Discourse and Scene Thereupon.
**20-22. Greeks--**Not Grecian Jews, but Greek proselytes to the Jewish faith, who were wont to attend the annual festivals, particularly this primary one, the Passover.
**The same came therefore to Philip ... of Bethsaida--**possibly as being from the same quarter.
**saying, Sir, we would see Jesus--**certainly...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
Read full commentary →At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
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<strong>At that day</strong> (ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ/<em>en ekeinē tē hēmera</em>)—"That day" refers primarily to the resurrection and subsequent coming of the Spirit at Pentecost. After Christ's resurrection, the disciples experienced radical transformation in their understanding. What had been mysterious teaching became living reality. The phrase may also point eschatologically to the day of Christ'...
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(20) **At that day ye shall know**—*i.e.,* the day of the gift of the Comforter, in whom Christ shall come to them. In the first reference the Day of Pentecost is meant, but the words hold good of every spiritual quickening, and will hold good of the final coming in the last day. The pronoun *“*ye” is emphatic—“Ye shall know for yourselves.”
**That I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.**—...
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Joh 12:20-36. Some Greeks Desire to See Jesus--The Discourse and Scene Thereupon.
**20-22. Greeks--**Not Grecian Jews, but Greek proselytes to the Jewish faith, who were wont to attend the annual festivals, particularly this primary one, the Passover.
**The same came therefore to Philip ... of Bethsaida--**possibly as being from the same quarter.
**saying, Sir, we would see Jesus--**certainly...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
Read full commentary →He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
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Jesus declares 'He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me' (ho echon tas entolas mou kai teron autas ekeinos estin ho agapon me). Having and keeping commandments evidences genuine love. The present participles echon (having) and teron (keeping) indicate ongoing possession and practice. Jesus defines authentic love as obedient discipleship, not mere profession. The pro...
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(21) **He that hath my commandments.**—Comp. John 14:15 and John 5:36. This verse points out the successive degrees which led up to the full manifestation of Christ. The first step is the moral apprehension and practical observance of our Lord’s commandments, which necessarily result from love to Christ.
**He it is that loveth me.**—The next step is the special receptivity of the Father’s love whi...
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**23-26. Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--**that is, They would see Jesus, would they? Yet a little moment, and they shall see Him so as now they dream not of. The middle wall of partition that keeps them out from the commonwealth of Israel is on the eve of breaking down, "and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Me"; I see them...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
Read full commentary →Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
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<strong>Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot</strong>—John carefully distinguishes this Judas (Thaddaeus, son of James, Luke 6:16) from Judas Iscariot, the traitor who had already left the upper room (John 13:30). This identification matters—a different Judas, loyal not treacherous, asks an honest question revealing the disciples' continued confusion about Jesus's mission.<br><br><strong>Lord, how i...
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(22) **Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot.**—That he was “not Iscariot” is mentioned to distinguish him beyond all possibility of confusion from him who had gone out into the darkness, and was no longer one of their number (John 13:30). He is commonly identified with “Lebbæus whose surname was Thaddæus” (comp. Note on Matthew 10:3), and was a brother or son of James (Luke 6:15).
**How is it that t...
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**23-26. Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--**that is, They would see Jesus, would they? Yet a little moment, and they shall see Him so as now they dream not of. The middle wall of partition that keeps them out from the commonwealth of Israel is on the eve of breaking down, "and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Me"; I see them...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
Read full commentary →Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
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Jesus answers Judas' question (verse 22) about selective manifestation: 'If a man love me, he will keep my words' (ean tis agapa me ton logon mou teresei). Love produces word-keeping, using logos (word/teaching) comprehensively. The promise follows: 'and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him' (kai ho pater mou agapesei auton kai pros auton eleusometha kai ...
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(23) **If a man love me, he will keep my words.**—Our Lord repeats the condition necessary on the part of man in order that the manifestation of God to him may be possible. This is an answer to the question of Judas, the world in its unbelief and rejection of Christ’s words, and without the spirit of love, could not receive this manifestation.
**We will come unto him, and make our abode with him.*...
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**23-26. Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--**that is, They would see Jesus, would they? Yet a little moment, and they shall see Him so as now they dream not of. The middle wall of partition that keeps them out from the commonwealth of Israel is on the eve of breaking down, "and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Me"; I see them...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
Read full commentary →He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
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<strong>He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.</strong> Jesus presents a sobering inverse of the previous verse's promise: those who claim faith but do not obey demonstrate that their love is superficial or absent. The Greek <em>ho mē agapōn</em> (ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν, "he that loveth not") indicates sustained rejection, not tem...
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(24) **He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings.**—He has shown in the previous verse how the Father and the Son can take up their abode in the hearts of the believers. He now shows how they could not be manifested to the hearts of the world. He that loveth not Christ keepeth not His word, and that word is the Father’s. He has rejected the love of God which is revealed in the Son, and has Hims...
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**23-26. Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--**that is, They would see Jesus, would they? Yet a little moment, and they shall see Him so as now they dream not of. The middle wall of partition that keeps them out from the commonwealth of Israel is on the eve of breaking down, "and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Me"; I see them...
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**Verses 18-24**
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only th...
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These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
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<strong>These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you</strong> (Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν παρ' ὑμῖν μένων)—Jesus pauses His discourse to mark a transition. The demonstrative Ταῦτα (these things) refers to the preceding teaching about Father's house, the way, mutual indwelling, answered prayer, and the coming Paraclete. The perfect tense λελάληκα (<em>lelalēka</em>) emphasizes completed...
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(25) **These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.**—Better, . . . *while abiding with you.* He was about to depart from them. He had been speaking to them words which they found it hard to understand. He now pauses in His teaching, and proceeds to tell them of the Holy Spirit who should interpret His words to them.
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**27-28. Now is my soul troubled--**He means at the prospect of His death, just alluded to. Strange view of the Cross this, immediately after representing it as the hour of His glory! (Joh 12:23). But the two views naturally meet, and blend into one. It was the Greeks, one might say, that troubled Him. Ah! they shall see Jesus, but to Him it shall be a costly sight.
**and what shall I say?--**He...
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**Verses 25-27**
Would we know these things for our good, we must pray for, and depend on the teaching of the Holy Ghost; thus the words of Jesus will be brought to our remembrance, and many difficulties be cleared up which are not plain to others. To all the saints, the Spirit of grace is given to be a remembrancer, and to him, by faith and prayer, we should commit the keeping of what we hear...
Read full commentary →But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
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Jesus identifies the Comforter: 'But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name' (ho de parakletos, to pneuma to hagion, ho pempsei ho pater en to onomati mou). The Father sends the Spirit 'in Jesus' name' - meaning by Jesus' authority and to glorify Him. The Spirit's ministry follows: 'he shall teach you all things' (ekeinos didaxei hymas panta). The pronoun ekei...
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(26) **But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost.**—Better, as before, *but the Advocate* . . . (Comp. *Excursus G: The Meaning of the word Paraclete.*) For the words “Holy Ghost” comp. John 7:39; John 20:22, which are the only passages where we find them in this Gospel. They are frequent in the earlier Gospels. (See Note on Matthew 12:31.) In four passages in the New Testament (Luke 11:13; Ephes...
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**27-28. Now is my soul troubled--**He means at the prospect of His death, just alluded to. Strange view of the Cross this, immediately after representing it as the hour of His glory! (Joh 12:23). But the two views naturally meet, and blend into one. It was the Greeks, one might say, that troubled Him. Ah! they shall see Jesus, but to Him it shall be a costly sight.
**and what shall I say?--**He...
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**Verses 25-27**
Would we know these things for our good, we must pray for, and depend on the teaching of the Holy Ghost; thus the words of Jesus will be brought to our remembrance, and many difficulties be cleared up which are not plain to others. To all the saints, the Spirit of grace is given to be a remembrancer, and to him, by faith and prayer, we should commit the keeping of what we hear...
Read full commentary →Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
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<strong>Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</strong> Jesus spoke these words in the Upper Room on the night before His crucifixion, offering His disciples the precious gift of peace in the face of imminent crisis. The Greek word for peace, <em>eirēnēn</em> (εἰρήνην), translates the Heb...
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(27) **Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.**—The immediate context speaks of His departure from them (John 14:25; John 14:28), and it is natural therefore to understand these words as suggested by the common Oriental formulas of leave-taking. Men said to each other when they met and parted, “Shalom! Shalom!” (Peace! Peace!) just as they say the “Salaam! Salaam!” in our own day. (See ...
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**29-33. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--**some hearing only a sound, others an articulate, but to them unintelligible voice.
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**Verses 25-27**
Would we know these things for our good, we must pray for, and depend on the teaching of the Holy Ghost; thus the words of Jesus will be brought to our remembrance, and many difficulties be cleared up which are not plain to others. To all the saints, the Spirit of grace is given to be a remembrancer, and to him, by faith and prayer, we should commit the keeping of what we hear...
Read full commentary →Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
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<strong>Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you</strong>—Jesus reminds them of His previous teaching (14:3). <strong>If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I</strong> (εἰ ἠγαπᾶτέ με ἐχάρητε ἄν, ὅτι πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ μείζων μού ἐστιν, <em>ei ēgapate me echarēte an, hoti poreuomai pros t...
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(28) **Ye have heard how I said unto you.**—Better, *Ye heard how I said unto you.* (See John 14:19-20.)
**If ye loved me, ye would rejoice.**—True love seeks another’s good and not its own. Their sorrow at His departure was at its root selfish, as all sorrow for those who depart to be with God is, however little we think so. His departure would be the return to the glory of the Father’s throne, a...
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**29-33. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--**some hearing only a sound, others an articulate, but to them unintelligible voice.
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**Verses 28-31**
Christ raises the expectations of his disciples to something beyond what they thought was their greatest happiness. His time was now short, he therefore spake largely to them. When we come to be sick, and to die, we may not be capable of talking much to those about us; such good counsel as we have to give, let us give while in health. Observe the prospect Christ had of an appr...
Read full commentary →And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
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<strong>And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe</strong> (καὶ νῦν εἴρηκα ὑμῖν πρὶν γενέσθαι, ἵνα ὅταν γένηται πιστεύσητε, <em>kai nyn eirēka hymin prin genesthai, hina hotan genētai pisteusēte</em>)—Jesus predicts His death, resurrection, and return to the Father before it happens, so that when fulfilled, it will strengthen faith. The purpose...
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(29) **And now I have told you before it come to pass.**—Comp. John 13:19. Here, again, He tells them the event before the accomplishment, that it may serve to strengthen their faith. Two interpretations of this verse are possible. (1) That He told them of the coming of the Advocate to teach all truth, and bring all things to their remembrance, in order that in the fulfilment of this they may, wit...
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**29-33. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--**some hearing only a sound, others an articulate, but to them unintelligible voice.
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**Verses 28-31**
Christ raises the expectations of his disciples to something beyond what they thought was their greatest happiness. His time was now short, he therefore spake largely to them. When we come to be sick, and to die, we may not be capable of talking much to those about us; such good counsel as we have to give, let us give while in health. Observe the prospect Christ had of an appr...
Read full commentary →Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
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<strong>Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me</strong> (οὐκέτι πολλὰ λαλήσω μεθ' ὑμῶν, ἔρχεται γὰρ ὁ τοῦ κόσμου ἄρχων καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔχει οὐδέν, <em>ouketi polla lalēsō meth' hymōn, erchetai gar ho tou kosmou archōn kai en emoi ouk echei ouden</em>)—Jesus announces His teaching time is ending because <strong>the prince of this world</...
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(30) **Hereafter I will not talk much with you.**—Better, *I will no more,* or, *I will not continue to talk much with you.* The discourse is broken by the thought that the hour of the conflict is at hand, and that He must go forth to meet it.
**For the prince of this world cometh.**—Better, *is coming.* The approach is thought of as then taking place. For the phrase, “prince of this world,” comp....
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**29-33. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--**some hearing only a sound, others an articulate, but to them unintelligible voice.
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**Verses 28-31**
Christ raises the expectations of his disciples to something beyond what they thought was their greatest happiness. His time was now short, he therefore spake largely to them. When we come to be sick, and to die, we may not be capable of talking much to those about us; such good counsel as we have to give, let us give while in health. Observe the prospect Christ had of an appr...
Read full commentary →But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
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<strong>But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence</strong> (ἀλλ' ἵνα γνῷ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι ἀγαπῶ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ καθὼς ἐνετείλατο μοί ὁ πατήρ, οὕτως ποιῶ. ἐγείρεσθε, ἄγωμεν ἐντεῦθεν, <em>all' hina gnō ho kosmos hoti agapō ton patera, kai kathōs eneteilato moi ho patēr, houtōs poiō. egeiresthe, agōmen enteuthen</em>)—J...
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(31) The most probable arrangement of this verse is to omit the period after “so I do,” and to consider all down to this point as governed by “that.” We shall read then, “But, that the world may know that I love the Father, and that as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do, arise, let us go hence.” He has asserted, in the previous verse, the sinlessness which makes His act wholly self-determined...
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**29-33. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--**some hearing only a sound, others an articulate, but to them unintelligible voice.
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**Verses 28-31**
Christ raises the expectations of his disciples to something beyond what they thought was their greatest happiness. His time was now short, he therefore spake largely to them. When we come to be sick, and to die, we may not be capable of talking much to those about us; such good counsel as we have to give, let us give while in health. Observe the prospect Christ had of an appr...
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