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John 16:21
A woman, when she is in travail, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
A woman, when she is in travail, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Verse John 16:21. _FOR JOY THAT A MAN IS BORN_] ανθρωπος is put here for a _human creature_, whether _male_ or _female_; as _homo_ among the Romans denoted either _man_ or _woman_....
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...
WOMAN WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL HATH SORROW,... FOR JOY THAT. MAN IS BORN. The figure of. woman in travail is one of frequent occurrence in the Old Testament to illustrate sudden sorrow and great anguish...
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...
A WOMAN. The woman. The article, in conjunction with the Hebraism "in that day", verses: John 16:23; John 16:26, in. dicates _the_ woman (wife) of Revelation 12. See...
_A woman_ Or, THE _woman_, like -the servant" (John 15:15): in each case the article is generic, expressing the general law. The figure is frequent in O.T.; Isaiah 66:7; Hosea 13:13;...
Ἡ ΓΥΝΉ. The article is generic; this is the general law: comp. ὁ δοῦλος (John 15:15). The metaphor is frequent in O. T. Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 66:7
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...
ΤΊΚΤΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΤΊΚΤΩ (G5088) рождать. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ того) в indef. _temp. прид._ ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John 16:2; здесь: прибывать, ΓΈΝΝΗΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΓΕΝΝ...
A WOMAN WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL— "The state of mind you will be in, when the events happen of which I am speaking, cannot be described better than by comparing it to the condition of a woman in travail...
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,...
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world....
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...
16:21 child (h-20) _ Paidion_ , as ch. 21.5....
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...
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)....
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...
A WOMAN WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL HATH SORROW. — The Greek is more exactly, _the woman._.. _hath pangs_ — that is, “the woman in the well-known illustration.” (See Note on John 15:15.) This figure was of...
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...
_The sorrow occasioned by Christ's departure turned into joy at His return_....
He adds an illustration of the manner in which anxiety and dread pass into joy: ἡ γυνή “the woman,” the article is generic, _cf._ ὁ δοῦλος, John 15:15, Meyer, ὅταν τίκτῃ, “when she brings forth,” λύπη...
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...
“ _A woman, when she is in travail, has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has brought forth the child, she remembers no more her anguish for the joy she has that a man is born into the wo...
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...
21._A woman, when she is in labor. _He employs a comparison to confirm the statement which he had just now made, or rather, he expresses his meaning more clearly, that not only will _their sorrow be t...
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...
A WOMAN WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL HATH SORROW,.... As was said she should have, Genesis 3:16; This is God's ordination and appointment for sin: BECAUSE HER HOUR IS COME; is at hand; the fixed time in na...
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. Ver...
_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...
REMEMBERETH NO MORE THE ANGUISH; the time of Zion's keenest anguish has always been the birth-time of her enlargement; and the time of the believer's deepest sorrow, the birth-time of his highest and...
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 Lord compares the state of the church in this life, and more especially in those first and most furious times, to the state of a woman that is big with child, and in her travail; when, he saith, s...
John 16:21 woman G1135 when G3752 labor G5088 (G5725) has G2192 (G5719) sorrow G3077 because G3754 her...
‘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...
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...
John 16:21. A WOMAN WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL HATH SORROW BECAUSE HER HOUR IS COME; BUT AS SOON AS SHE IS DELIVERED OF THE CHILD, SHE REMEMBERETH NO LONGER THE TRIBULATION FOR HER JOY THAT A MAN IS BORN...
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...
A WOMAN (η γυνη). "The woman," any woman.WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL (οταν τικτη). Indefinite temporal clause, "whenever she is about to bear (or give birth)," οταν and present active subjunctive of τ...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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 16:1. _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...
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....
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...
THAT IS THE WAY IT IS WITH YOU. Birth involves pain. But the pain is forgotten in the happiness that follows!...
_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._...
_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 Peter 1:8; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:7;...
A woman [η γ υ ν η]. Literally, the woman. The generic article marking the woman as representing her sex : woman as such. She is in travail. A common Old Testament image of sorrow issuing in joy. See...
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...