ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ … ἀπέλθω. “But,” or “nevertheless I tell you the truth,” I who see the whole e ent tell you “it is to your advantage” and not to your loss “that I go away”. This statement, incredible as it seemed to the disciples, He justifies: ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἀπέλθω … ὑμᾶς. The withdrawal of the bodily presence of Christ was the essential condition of His universal spiritual presence.
Verse John 16:7. _IT IS EXPEDIENT - THAT I GO AWAY_] In other places he had showed them the absolute necessity of his death for the salvation of men: see Matthew 20:19; Matthew 26:2;...
IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU ... - The reason why it was expedient for them that he should go away, he states to be, that in this way only would the Comforter be granted to them. Still, it may be asked why...
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...
IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT. GO AWAY. What seemed then. crushing sorrow was. real blessing. His mission could never be accomplished unless he went away. These same apostles who were now so overwhelme...
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...
NEVERTHELESS. But. TRUTH. Greek. _atetheia._ Compare App-175., and see p. 1511. EXPEDIENT. profitable. Greek. _sumphero._ Compare Matthew 5:29; Matthew 5:30; Acts 20:20. Occurs in John here;...
_I tell you the truth_ -I" is again emphatic; -I who know, and who have never misled you." Comp. John 14:2. _It is expedient_ So Caiaphas had said (John 11:50) with more truth than he knew; so also th...
7. For ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΛΕΎΣΕΤΑΙ some of the best authorities have οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ. 7. ἘΓῺ Τ. ἈΛ. Λ. ‘I who know, and who have never misled you:’ comp. John 14:2. For ἽΝΑ comp. John 11:50. Note the different words fo...
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...
ΣΥΜΦΈΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΦΈΡΩ (G4851) быть выгодным, полезным; здесь: надлежит, выгодно, полезно, ΆΠΈΛΘΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΑΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565) уходить. В этом случае _conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выр...
NEVERTHELESS, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH;— Though you have not asked the reasons of my going away, I will declare them to you. It is necessary even on your account that I depart; because, if I do not ascend...
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...
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. NEVERTHELESS I TEL...
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...
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 work of the Comforter in the world and in the Church. 7. It was better for them that Christ's personal presence should be withdrawn, in order that His spiritual presence might be nearer to them th...
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...
NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH. — The words He is about to utter are words of strange sound for the ears of disciples, and He prefaces them by an appeal to His own knowledge and candour in dealing...
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...
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...
(2) Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. (2) The absence o...
_I tell you... it is expedient for you that I go: that I leave you, as to my corporal presence: that I suffer death, for the redemption of all men. And if I go not, the Paraclete will not come, accord...
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 AND HIS PEOPLE_ ‘It is expedient for you that I go away.’ John 16:7 We are almost tempted to wonder whether He could not have remained with us, as He remained with the disciples during thos...
_BEFORE PENTECOST_ ‘It I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.’ John 16:7 The men who had spent three and a half years with Christ would have...
7._Yet I tell you the truth. _That they may no longer wish to have him present before their eyes, he testifies that his absence will be advantageous, and makes use of a sort of oath; for we are carnal...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH,.... Christ was truth itself, and could say nothing else; but he makes use of this way of speaking, to raise the attention of his disciples, and to engage their beli...
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Ver. 7. _I will send...
_Nevertheless, I tell you the truth_ I acquaint you with the case just as it is, and tell you the reasons of my going away, though you have not asked them. It is necessary even on your account that I...
EXPEDIENT; for the gift of the Spirit would be better for the church than the continued personal presence of Christ. Things which men exceedingly deprecate are often highly expedient; and God in accom...
The comfort of Christ's going away:...
NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH: IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO AWAY; FOR IF I GO NOT AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT COME UNTO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU. So long has Jesus been...
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...
7-15 Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at...
He doth not say it was expedient for him, though this was truth; for his human nature was not till his ascension glorified, as afterward, 1 THESSALONIANS 17:5; but he saith it was expedient for them....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III who also, as Luke says, descended at the day of Pentecost upon the disciples after the Lord's ascension, having power to admit all nations to the entrance of life,...
John 16:7 Nevertheless G235 I G1473 tell G3004 (G5719) you G5213 truth G225 your G5213 advantage G4851 ...
THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (JOHN 16:4)....
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you. But if I go I will send him to you.” So now He will show them w...
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 16:7. NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO AWAY: FOR IF I GO NOT AWAY, THE ADVOCATE WILL NOT COME UNTO YOU; BUT IF I GO, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU. Sorrow filled th...
IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU (συμφερε υμιν). Present active indicative of συμφερω, old verb to bear together. See John 11:50 where the phrase is used by Caiaphas "for us," here "for you" (υμιν ethical d...
John 16:7 Christ's Going Away our Gain The departure of our Lord was the disciples' gain, and it is ours. It is the gain of His whole Church on earth. Let us see how this can be. I. And first, becau...
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. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God...
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...
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...
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...
BECAUSE IF I DO NOT GO. The work which the Holy Spirit would do, is based on Christ's death and resurrection. Jesus had to _go,_ so the Helper could come! See Acts 2:33....
_It is expedient for you that I go away_ THE ABSENTEEISM OF CHRIST 1. The words must have been very startling to the apostles. They had doubtless come to consider the personal presence of Christ in...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 16:7 THE HELPER. See notes on 14:16–17; 14:26. ⇐...
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._...
_Nevertheless I_ _tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away._ (1.) S. Chrysostom _(Hom._ lxxvii.) explains it thus, "I say not this to please you, but though you will be made more sor...
_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...
1 Corinthians 14:24; Acts 16:29; Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37; John 8:46;...
It is expedient [σ υ μ φ ε ρ ε ι]. From son together, and ferw to bear or bring. The underlying idea of the word is concurrence of circumstances. Go away [α π ε λ θ ω]. The different words for go shou...
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...
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT John 14:26; _John 16:7_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ came to His own, and His own received Him not. The Holy Spirit came to His own, seeking to bring every possible spiritual...
It is expedient for you — In respect of the Comforter, John 16:7, &c, and of me, John 16:16, &c, and of the Father, John 16:23, &c....
In these words our Saviour urges his disciples to submit to his departure, as that which would make way for his sending the Comforter to them; which he assures them, would be of more advantage to them...