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John 16:5
But now I go My way to Him that sent Me; and none of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou?
But now I go My way to Him that sent Me; and none of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou?
Verse John 16:5. _NONE OF YOU ASKETH ME, WHITHER GOEST THOU?_] In John 13:3, Peter had asked, _Lord, thither goest thou_? - and Thomas much the same in John 14:5, both of whom had received an answer....
NOW I GO MY WAY - Now I am about to die and leave you, and it is proper to announce all these things to you. NONE OF YOU ASKETH ME ... - They gave themselves up to grief instead of inquiring why he wa...
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...
NOW. GO MY WAY TO HIM THAT SENT ME. To the Father, by way of the Cross, the Sepulcher, the Resurrection and the Ascension. NONE OF YOU ASKETH ME, WHITHER GOEST THOU? They had asked this question, bu...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
"I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going away to him who sent me, and none of you asks me: 'Where are you going?' But grief has filled your hearts...
NOW. Greek. _nun._ See John 12:27. GO MY WAY. am going away: i.e. withdrawing. TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. HIM THAT SENT ME. See on John 14:24. SENT. Greek. _pempo._ App-174. NONE. no one. Greek....
_I go my way to_ Or, _I go_ AWAY UNTO; the notion is that of withdrawal (see on John 16:7). Hitherto He has been with them to protect them and to be the main object of attack: soon _they_will have to...
ὙΠΆΓΩ ΠΡΌΣ. I GO AWAY UNTO: the notion is that of withdrawal (see on John 16:7). Hitherto He has been with them to protect them and to be the main object of attack: soon _they_ will have to bear the b...
THE WORLD AND THE PARACLETE...
Ver 5. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where do you go? 6. But because I have said these things to you sorrow has filled your heart. 7. Nevertheless I tell you the tr...
ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΑ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать. Subst. part. делает акцент на личности посылающего. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, ΈΡΩΤΦ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΩΤΆΩ (G2065) спраш...
BUT NOW I GO MY WAY— "But now that my ministry is drawing towards a conclusion, and I am going to him that sent me, I could no longer defer speaking of these things to you. In the mean time I cannotbu...
TEACHING WHICH IS DARK AND FOREBODING _Text: John 16:1-11_ 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hou...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:1-11 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The chapter division between John 15 and 16 is scarcely a happy one, though perha...
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? BUT NOW I GO MY WAY TO HIM THAT SENT ME. While He was with them the world's hatred was directed chiefly agai...
12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
16:5 demands (c-15) _ Erotao_ . see Note, ch. 14.16....
NONE OF YOU ASKETH ME] The Apostles were so much disturbed by the thought of Christ's imminent death, and their own approaching persecutions, that they had no heart to enquire about the glorious abode...
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...
BUT NOW I GO MY WAY TO HIM THAT SENT ME. — (Comp. John 13:1; John 14:12.) The work of His apostleship on earth was drawing to its close, and He was about to return to the Father from whom He had recei...
XIV. _ THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS._ "If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the...
νῦν δὲ, “but now,” in contrast to ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ὑπάγω, “I go away,” in contrast to μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἤμην, πρὸς … με, “to Him that sent me,” as one who has discharged the duty committed to Him. καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν...
to John 16:11. _The conquest of the world by the Spirit_....
THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT John 16:1-11 We gain by our losses. It was expedient for the disciples that the Lord should go, because the Spirit's presence was contingent upon His absence. The text needed 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...
None of you asketh me, whither goest thou? St. Peter had put this question, chap. xiii. 36. and Thomas, chap xiv. 5. The meaning, then, of Christ's words here, seems to be, that having told you, I am...
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...
“ _But now I go away to him who sent me; and no one of you asks me, Whither goest thou?_ 6. _But, because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart._ 7. _But I tell you the truth:...
3. 16:5-15. Jesus now describes _the victory_ which the disciples will gain over the world which has risen up against Him. He first connects with His departure the coming of the divine _agent_ (alread...
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (2) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service...
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...
_CHRIST’S SORROWFUL SURPRISE_ ‘None of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou?’ John 16:5 As we think over these words, spoken by our Lord on the night before He died, we may seem to discern through them...
5._And now I go to him who sent me. _By a very excellent consolation he assuages the grief which they might feel on account of his departure, and this was highly necessary. They who had hitherto been...
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...
BUT NOW I GO MY WAY TO HIM THAT SENT ME,.... These words seem to belong to John 16:4, and to contain a reason why Christ spoke of the trials and afflictions of his disciples now, because he was going...
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? Ver. 5. _None of you asketh me, &c._] This they had asked him, but not as well paid of his going; this he would...
_But these things have I told you_ And forewarned you of them; _that when the time shall come_ In which they shall happen; _ye may remember that I told you of them_ And so may turn what has so discour...
WHITHER GOEST THOU? THIS VERY QUESTION HAD BEEN ASKED BEFORE, CHAP John 13:36, but in a different sense from that intended by our Lord. There the inquiry had respect simply to the place whither. Here...
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...
1-6 Our Lord Jesus, by giving his disciples notice of trouble, designed that the terror might not be a surprise to them. It is possible for those who are real enemies to God's service, to pretend zea...
Though I did not tell you this from the beginning, for many wise reasons; yet I now tell you, that I must die, but shall rise again from the dead, and go to my Father who sent me into the world to fin...
John 16:5 But G1161 now G3568 away G5217 (G5719) to G4314 sent G3992 (G5660) Me G3165 and...
“And these things I did not say to you from the beginning because I was with you, but now I am going to him who sent me. And none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?' But because I have spoken these...
THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (JOHN 16:4)....
John 16:5-6. BUT NOW I GO AWAY TO HIM THAT SENT ME; AND NONE OF YOU ASKETH ME, WHITHER GOEST THOU AWAY? BUT BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN THESE THINGS UNTO YOU, SORROW HATH FILLED YOUR HEART. It was in the jo...
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...
AND NONE OF YOU ASKETH ME (κα ουδεις εξ υμων ερωτα με). Adversative use of κα="and yet" as in John 1:10. Now that they realize that Jesus is going, the thoughts of the disciples turn on themselves...
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 16:1. _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._ «That you should not be scandalized when you see me put to death, and when you miss my bodily presence from your mids...
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._ Or, «made to stumble.» Christ would not have you who are his people caused to stumble by anything that happens to you...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God...
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...
BUT NOW I AM GOING. To the Father, by the Cross, the Grave, the Resurrection, and the Ascension. YET NONE OF YOU ASKS ME. They had asked a similar question (John 13:36; John 14:5)_:_ "What will your g...
_These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended_ CHRIST’S REASONS FOR PRESENT SPEECH AND FORMER SILENCE I. OUR LORD’S LOVING REASON FOR HIS SPEECH. 1. The two statements of Joh_...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 16:5 NONE OF YOU ASKS ME. But Peter did ask this exact question in John 13:36 (compare Joh
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_ Chap. John 15:27. The Spirit does not teach historical facts, but reveals their true meaning. Hence the apostolic testimony and the testimony of the Spirit form but a...
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...
John 14:1; John 14:27; John 14:28; John 16:20; John 20:11;...
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...
None of you asketh me — Now when it is most seasonable. Peter did ask this before, John 13:36....
Observe here, how our Saviour again intimates to his disciples his speedy departure from them, and reproves them for being so saddened at it, and concerned for it, without considering the end and desi...