George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
John 16:20
Your sorrow shall be turned into joy, chiefly at the end of your mortal life; then you shall have a joy, never to be taken from you. (Witham)
Your sorrow shall be turned into joy, chiefly at the end of your mortal life; then you shall have a joy, never to be taken from you. (Witham)
Verse John 16:20. _YE SHALL WEEP AND LAMENT_] To see me crucified and laid in the grave. _BUT THE WORLD SHALL REJOICE_] The chief priests, scribes, Pharisees, and persecuting Jews in general, will tr...
YE SHALL WEEP ... - At my crucifixion, sufferings, and death. Compare Luke 23:27. THE WORLD - Wicked men. The term world is frequently used in this sense. See John 16:8. It refers particularly, here,...
CHAPTER 16 1. Persecutions Predicted. (John 16:1 .) 2. The Comforter and His Demonstration. (John 16:7 .) 3. Sorrow and joy. (John 16:16 .) 4. The Father Himself Loveth You. ...
JOHN 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the min...
YE SHALL WEEP AND LAMENT, BUT THE WORLD SHALL REJOICE. This was, in. few hours, fulfilled. How sad were the broken-hearted disciples, as they wept at the tomb! "We trusted that he would restore the k...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
"In a little while you will not see me any more; and again in a little while you will see me." Some of his disciples said to each other: "What is the meaning of this that he is saying to us--'In a lit...
VERILY, VERILY. Twenty-third occurrence. See on John 1:51. WEEP. Greek. _klaio._ See John 11:31; John 11:38. LAMENT. Greek. _threneo_ (compare Engl. _threnody)._ See...
_ye shall weep and lament_ In the Greek -ye" comes last in emphatic contrast to the world. The verbs express the outward manifestation of grief. Comp. John 20:11; Luke 23:27. The world rejoiced at bei...
Before ΛΥΠΗΘΉΣΕΣΘΕ omit δέ (inserted to point a contrast with Ὁ ΚΌΣΜΟΣ ΧΑΡΉΣΕΤΑΙ). 20. We have two contrasts; between the Apostles (ὑμεῖς last to emphasize the contrast) and ὁ κόσμος: and between thei...
THE SORROW OF CHRIST’S DEPARTURE TURNED INTO JOY BY HIS RETURN...
Ver 16. A little while, and you shall not see me; and again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that h...
ΚΛΑΎΣΕΤΕ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΛΑΊΩ (G2799) плакать, рыдать, ΘΡΗΝΉΣΕΤΕ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΘΡΗΝΈΩ (G2354) стенать. Имеются в виду громкие стоны и причитания, принятые при оплакивании смерти на Ближнем...
THE SPIRIT WILL REVEAL LATER MANY THINGS WITHHELD _Text: John 16:12-24_ 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come he...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:12-22 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The need for the Spirit’s coming, verse 12. 2. The purpose of the Spirit’s coming,...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THA...
12 The words of our Lord preserved for us in the four accounts of His life come very far from giving us all that He had to say. They were sadly limited by the incapacity of His hearers. Even His close...
16:20 ye (g-20) Or 'ye indeed.'...
The Apostles' Sorrow turned into Joy. 16. Ye shall see me] (1) with bodily sight during the forty days; (2) with spiritual vision after Pentecost (see on John 14:18)....
BUT THE WORLD SHALL REJOICE] 'My enemies will rejoice at My death, and the apparent failure of My designs.'...
THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST WILL PROVE THE DISCIPLES' COMFORT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the previous...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 JESUS CONTINUES TO TEACH ABOUT THE *HOLY SPIRIT 16:1-15 V1 ‘I have told all this to you so that these troubles will...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU. — Comp. Note on John 1:51. THAT YE SHALL WEEP AND LAMENT, BUT THE WORLD SHALL REJOICE. — Comp. John 20:11, and Luke 23:27. In the original the contrast between the sorr...
XV. _ LAST WORDS._ "A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me. Some of His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that He saith unto us, A...
ἀμὴν … ὅτι κλαύσετε καὶ θρηνήσετε ὑμεῖς, “ye shall weep and lament”; θρηνέω is commonly used of lamentation for the dead, as in Jeremiah 21:10, μὴ κλαίετε τὸν τεθνηκότα, μηδὲ θρηνεῖτε αὐτόν; 2 Samuel...
_The sorrow occasioned by Christ's departure turned into joy at His return_....
LOOKING BEYOND PRESENT SORROW John 16:12-24 The disciples were terribly overwrought by the events of the last few days, the reversal of their cherished hopes, and the growing darkness and sorrow of t...
Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was ne...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
“ _Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask him, and he said to them: Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this that I said: In a little while you will not see me, and again in a little while you...
III. THE LAST FAREWELL: 16:16-33. From these distant prospects which He has just opened to the disciples with respect to their future work (John 15:1 to John 16:15), Jesus returns to the great matter...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 16-24. 1. The connection of the μικρόν with what precedes and the similarity in the expression to that in John 14:19 show that the two passages refer to t...
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shew it unto you. (16) A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
_THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING_ ‘Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.’ John 16:20 What a tremendous problem suffering places before us! There are many who never have any doub...
20._You will weep and lament. _He shows for what reason he foretold that his departure was at hand, and, at the same time, added a promise about his speedy return. It was, that they might understand b...
In chapter 16 a further step is taken in the revelation of this grace. The Holy Ghost is looked upon as already here below. In this chapter the Lord declares that He has set forth all His instruction...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... A strong asseveration, a way of speaking often used by him, when he solemnly affirms any thing, and would assure of the truth of it, as here: THAT YE SHALL WEEP AN...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. Ver. 20. _Ye shall weep and lament_] S...
_A little while_ When I am dead and buried; _and ye shall not see me_ I shall not converse with you on earth, as I have hitherto done; _and again_ For your encouragement and comfort, I assure you it w...
WEEP AND LAMENT; at his death. THE WORLD; wicked men. TURNED INTO JOY; by his resurrection and ascension, and the descent of the Holy Spirit. Men often weep at what will give them the greatest joy,...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE SHALL WEEP AND LAMENT, BUT THE WORLD SHALL REJOICE; AND YE SHALL BE SORROWFUL, BUT YOUR SORROW SHALL BE TURNED INTO JOY....
The consoling assurance of Jesus:...
All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be st...
16-22 It is good to consider how near our seasons of grace are to an end, that we may be quickened to improve them. But the sorrows of the disciples would soon be turned into joy; as those of a mothe...
Our Saviour's reply is no literal answer to their question, or exposition of the term which appeared so difficult to them to understand; but yet it is a substantial answer, by which he lets them know,...
Tertullian On Idolatry between life and death or else we rescind what is written, "The world shall rejoice, but ye shall grieve."[95] Tertullian De Spectaculis Now they have gladness and we are tro...
John 16:20 Most G281 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 you G5210 weep G2799 ...
WARNING AND ASSURANCE FOR THE FUTURE (JOHN 16:16). As the time for them to go to Gethsemane approaches Jesus now begins to prepare them for what is to happen there. They are to recognise that what is...
‘Jesus perceived that they wished to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you ask among yourselves about this, that I said ‘a little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall se...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
John 16:20. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE WILL WEEP AND LAMENT, BUT THE WORLD WILL rejoice : YE will BE SORROWFUL, BUT YOUR SORROW SHALL be TURNED INTO JOY. The one is the result of the ‘not...
YE SHALL WEEP AND LAMENT (κλαυσετε κα θρηνησετε). Future active of κλαιω and θρηνεω, both old words (for κλαιω see John 11:31, for θρηνεω see Matthew 11:17), both words used of the loud lamentation...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ The temptation is, when Christ is despised and rejected, for our hearts to begin to sink, and for our faith to fail....
This chapter contains some of the most precious words that the Lord Jesus uttered before he died upon the cross. John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ Or,...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ «That you should not be scandalized when you see me put to death, and when you miss my bodily presence from your mids...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ That you should not be scandalized when you are put to suffering on any account that you should not dread the offence...
Our Lord is speaking to his disciples before his departure from them to be crucified, and he says: John 16:16. _A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me...
John 16:16. _A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father._ Remember that the disciples were on the verge of great trouble. Thei...
CONTENTS: Warning of persecutions. The promise of the Spirit and His three-fold work. Jesus talks of His death, resurrection and second coming. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, God, disciples. CONCLUS...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended,_ so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to dea...
YOU WILL CRY AND WEEP. How sad they were at the Cross and at the Grave. BUT YOUR SADNESS WILL TURN TO GLADNESS. The Lord is raised from death!...
_A little while and ye shall not see Me_ CHRIST VISIBLE TO LOVING HEARTS This was a strange saying, and a stranger reason. How should His going away be the pledge of their seeing Him again? There ha...
_Verily, verily! say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament_ SORROW AND JOY I. THE FORETOLD SORROW, arising, _i.e_ 1. From their own sense of loss and bereavement. In the death of Jesus these men...
1-33 CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ (1.) Some think that this refers to Matt. xxvi. 31, _All ye shall be offended because of Me this night._...
_And when He was demanded of the Pharisees._ The Kingdom of Israel, which had now indeed fallen, but which was to be raised up again by the Messiah. _The kingdom of God cometh not with observation._ ...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 16:16. See John 14:19. A LITTLE WHILE.—The last clause omitted by, B, D, L, etc. John 16:17. THEN SAID HIS DISCIPLES, ETC.—They did not, could not, comprehend ye...
EXPOSITION JOHN 16:1 (c) _The bitter issues of the hostility of the world_. JOHN 16:1 THESE THINGS. What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hatred of the world, a...
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 16. Now, these words in the sixteenth chapter have to be understood with the background as Jesus has been in the upper room with His disciples. He has told them...
1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 1:27; Galatians 4:27; Genesis 21:6; Genesis 21:7
Weep - lament - be sorrowful [κ λ α υ σ ε τ ε - θ ρ η ν η σ ε τ ε - λ υ π η θ η σ ε σ θ ε]. Of these three words, the last is the most general in meaning, expressing every species of pain, of body or...
THE HOLY SPIRIT CHAPTER John 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disciples wer...
Ye will weep and lament — When ye see me dead; but your sorrow will be turned into joy — When ye see me risen....