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John 14:13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Verse John 14:13. _WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME_] To enable you to perform these miracles, and to convert souls, may be granted you. Besides, by going unto the Father, I shall receive the Holy S...
WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK - This promise referred particularly to the apostles in their work of spreading the gospel; it is, however, true of all Christians, if what they ask is in faith, and according...
CHAPTER 14 1. Let not Your Heart be Troubled! (John 14:1 .) 2. I Am in the Father and the Father in Me. (John 14:8 .) 3. The Other Comforter Promised. (John 14:15 .) 4. I Go unto the Father. ...
John 14:1 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Himself....
AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME, THAT WILL. DO. What man would dare to make such. promise? It will be noted that in order to enjoy the fulness of these glorious promises we must, 1. Believe. It...
"This is the truth I tell you--he that believes on me will do the works that I do, and he will do greater works than these, because I go to my Father. And I will do whatever you shall ask in my name,...
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
ASK. App-134. Compare Matthew 7:7. NAME. The word occurs first in Matthew 1:21, associated with _Jesus_ (App-98. X). Compare Mark 16:17 with Acts 3:6
_whatsoever ye shall ask in my name_ Comp. John 15:16; John 16:23-24; John 16:26. Anything that can rightly be asked in His name will be granted; there is no other limit. By -in My name" is not of cou...
ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ὈΝΌΜΑΤΊ ΜΟΥ. The phrase occurs here for the first time. Comp. John 15:16; John 16:23-24; John 16:26. Anything that can rightly be asked in His name will be granted; there is no other limit. By...
VER 12. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, HE THAT BELIEVES IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO; BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER. 13. AND WHATSOEVER YOU SHALL AS...
_THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE -- JOHN 14:6-14:_ The only way to the Father is through Jesus Christ. He is the Way and the Truth and the Life. If the disciples had known who Jesus really is, the Son...
ΑΊΤΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) спрашивать. _Conj._ с ΆΝ (G159) добавляет более общее обещание, ΔΟΞΑΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392) прославлять. _Conj._ с ΊΝ (G2443) описывает цел...
DISCOURSE: 1686 CHRIST ENGAGES TO ANSWER PRAYER John 14:13. _Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I w...
AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK, &C.— "And whatsoever ye shall ask on the ground of my warrant and promise, with humble dependance on my wisdom and power, faithfulness and grace, and on my merit and advoc...
GOING TO MAKE THE DISCIPLES CO-LABORERS _Text 14:8-14_ 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 14:12-20 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— At first reading there does not appear to be much direct connection between the several...
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME - as Mediator, THAT WILL I DO - as Head and Lord of the...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
THE COMFORTER 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heavenly...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 JESUS IS THE WAY TO GOD THE *FATHER 14:1-14 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Do not worry! Trust God. And trust me,...
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 fol...
X. _ THE FATHER SEEN IN CHRIST._ "Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so longtime with you, and dost thou not know Me, Philip? he th...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightw...
_A third interruption by Philip; to which Jesus replies, appending to His answer a promise which springs out of what He had said to Philip_....
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
τοῦτο ποιήσω, so what they do is still His doing; one condition being attached to their prayers, that they ask ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου. The name of a person can only be used when we seek to enforce his will...
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH John 14:12-24 There is no adequate translation for the word _Paraclete._ It may be rendered “interpreter,” “comforter,” “advocate,” but no one word suffices. The Greek means “one...
There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He th...
_That will I do. He does not now say, this the Father will do: to shew that the power of both is equal, and the same. (Witham)_...
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...
“ _Verily, verily, I say unto you; He that believes on me, he also shall do the works which I do, and he shall do still greater things than these, because I go to the Father_, 13. _and whatsoever you...
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9) 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 se...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
13._And whatever you ask in my name, that I will do. _By these words He plainly declares that he will be the Author of all that shall be done by the hands of the Apostles. But it may be asked, was he...
The Lord now begins to discourse with them in view of His departure. He was going where they could not come. To human sight they would be left alone upon the earth. It is to the sense of this apparent...
AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME,.... Whether it be for assistance in preaching of the Gospel; or for the performance of miraculous operations in confirmation of it; or for success to attend it;...
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Ver. 13. _That I will do_] An undoubted argument of Christ's Divinity, that he hears and grants pr...
John 14:13. "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." Christ speaks especially of those works or miracles spoken of in the foregoing verse,...
_Verily, he that believeth on me_, &c. Having mentioned his miracles, Jesus proceeds to promise, that he would endow his apostles with a power of performing even greater wonders than any they had ever...
IN MY NAME; in dependence on, and for the purpose of honoring him....
MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let not y...
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 u...
The WHATSOEVER, in this text, must be limited by what the will of God hath revealed in other texts, as to the matter of our prayers; viz. they must be things that are for our good; such things as we s...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII And we might make a like inquiry in regard to other things; but by-way of illustration the narrative about the woman of Samaria sufficeth, "Every one that drinke...
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“Emphatically I tell you, he of you who goes on believing on me, the works that I do he will do as well, and he will do greater things than these because I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in my...
2). THE DEMANDS THAT HE MAKES AND THE PROVISION THAT HE IS MAKING FOR THEIR FULFILMENT (JOHN 14:12). Jesus now stresses what He is expecting from His disciples and assures them that full provision has...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
John 14:13-14. AND WHATSOEVER YE ASK IN MY NAME, THIS I WILL DO, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED IN THE SON. IF YE SHALL ASK OF ME ANY THING IN MY NAME, THIS I WILL DO. The twice repeated ‘this I wil...
WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK (οτ αν αιτησητε). Indefinite relative clause with οτ (neuter accusative singular of οστις), αν and the aorist active subjunctive of αιτεω. This is an advance thought over ve...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ You will be troubled; that cannot be helped. But let not your heart be troubled. You are like a ship, and all the w...
Let us read that well-known and most blessed chapter, John 14:1, which so clearly shows our Saviour's tender consideration for the comfort of his people, lest the great grief excited in them by his im...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ Here is a troubled company of disciples, very much cast down, so their Divine Master, full of infinite tenderness,...
I suppose that many of you know this chapter by heart. I notice that, in all old Christians' Bibles, this leaf is well worn, sometimes worn out. We have here our Lord's homely talk to his disciples; i...
We have often read this chapter, both in our private meditations, and at our public worship; but we cannot read it too often. It is sweet as honey and the honeycomb. It contains the very quintessence...
This is a chapter which I suppose most of us know by heart, full of comfort, a very river of delight. Remember that our Lord spoke this to his own beloved ones to the inner circle. It was not address...
CONTENTS: Jesus foretells His second coming and promises the Holy Spirit to believers. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Thomas, disciples, Philip, Judas. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the way let us foll...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled._ Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorro...
WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR IN MY NAME. Everyone who has been _united_ to Christ (Galatians 3:26-27) has the _authority_ to use Christ's name in their prayer to the Father! The Holy Spirit is our "prayer-par...
_He that believeth on Me the works that I do shall he do also._ THE ACTIVITY OF THE GLORIFIED CHRIST I. ITS REALITY AND CERTAINTY. Verses 13, 14 show that Christ regarded Himself as the worker and H...
_Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name that will I do_ PRAYING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST I. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 1. To obtain anything in the name of another supposes that your own name is an insufficient...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 14:13 Praying in Jesus’ NAME means praying in a way consistent with his character and will. It also means coming to God in the authority of Jesus. See also note on 1 John 5:15....
1-31 CHAPTER 14 _Let not your heart_, &c. Christ saw that the minds of His disciples were troubled, _i.e_. anxious and sorrowful, because He had foretold them that His own departure and Passion, thro...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 14:8. _The request of Philip and the response of Jesus._—Philip, catching at the word ἑωράκατε (seen), misapprehended its meaning, and thought of some theophany,...
EXPOSITION JOHN 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ._ _It is enough that the awful warning to Pe...
Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubled (John 14:1): Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about H...
1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14; 1 Peter 2:5; 2 Corinthians 12:8; Col
In my name. The first occurrence of the phrase. See on Matthew 28:19. Prayer is made in the name of Jesus, "if this name, Jesus Christ, as the full substance of the saving faith and confession of him...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward the angu...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember the statement, "Never man spake like this Man." These words were true from many viewpoints. However, of all the wonderful things which ou...
In these words our Saviour produces another argument to quiet his disciples's hearts under their perplexity and trouble for the loss of his bodily presence; he assures them, that whatever comforts the...