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 first figure of chap. 15 was suggested by a vine seen at the moment on the slope of the temple mount,... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:1. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT YE MAY NOT BE MADE TO STUMBLE. The ‘things' referred to are especially those described in chap. John 15:18-27, and the verse is a pause (not the introduction of a new idea) before the same subject is resumed: there is no change either of circumsta... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:2. THEY SHALL PUT YOU OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES; YEA, AN HOUR COMETH THAT EVERY ONE THAT KILLETH YOU SHOULD THINK THAT HE OFFERETH SERVICE UNTO GOD. It is of Jews that Jesus speaks, and the figure is therefore naturally taken from Jewish customs; but opposition on the part of Jews is in these di... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:3. AND THESE THINGS WILL THEY DO, BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOT THE FATHER, NOR ME. The root of the opposition as formerly spoken of, chap. John 15:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:4. BUT THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT, WHEN THEIR HOUR IS COME, YE MAY REMEMBER THEM, THAT I TOLD YOU. The analogy of such passages as chaps. John 2:22; John 12:16; John 14:26, seems to show that the ‘remembering' here spoken of is not an effort of memory alone. It involves the de... [ Continue Reading ]
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 joyful consciousness that His ‘going away' was really a going to the Father, that Jesus had been speak... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the hearts of the disciples at the thought of the departure of their Lord. Now, therefore, in these Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:8. AND HE, WHEN HE IS COME, WILL CONVICT THE WORLD CONCERNING SIN, AND CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND CONCERNING JUDGMENT. The Agent has been spoken of; we now enter upon His work, and the climax from chap. John 15:26, where the same aspect of the Spirit ‘s work is spoken of, is clearly perce... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:9-11. CONCERNING SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT IN ME: AND CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO AWAY TO THE FATHER, AND YE NO LONGER BEHOLD ME: AND CONCERNING JUDGMENT, BECAUSE THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD HATH BEEN JUDGED. The general work of conviction to be effected by the Spirit having been... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:12. I HAVE YET MANY THINGS TO SAY UNTO YOU, BUT YE CANNOT BEAR THEM NOW. Jesus is about to draw His instructions and consolations to a close. He does so by returning to the great promise of the Spirit already given in chap. John 14:26. Yet there is a difference between the promise there and... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:13. BUT WHEN HE IS COME, THE SPIRIT OF THE TRUTH, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL THE TRUTH: FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK FROM HIMSELF; BUT WHATSOEVER THINGS HE SHALL HEAR, HE WILL SPEAK: AND HE WILL DECLARE TO YOU THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING. These words lend strong confirmation to what has been said on... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:14. HE SHALL GLORIFY ME, BECAUSE OF THAT WHICH IS MINE WILL HE RECEIVE AND WILL DECLARE IT UNTO YOU. On the glorifying of Jesus here spoken of, see on chap. John 13:31. This glory will be given Him by the powerful working of the Holy Spirit in the Church, _because_ that which the Spirit appl... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:15. ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER THE FATHER HATH ARE MINE: THEREFORE SAID I THAT HE RECEIVETH OF THAT WHICH IS MINE, AND WILL DECLARE IT UNTO YOU. It is of Himself as Son of man as well as Son of God, not of Himself only as the Eternal Son, that Jesus speaks. In that capacity ‘all things whatsoever... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:16. A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE BEHOLD ME NO LONGER; AND AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL SEE ME. Trial has been spoken of and encouragement given. That both shall _soon_ be known is the transition to the present verse. The difference between the verbs ‘behold' and ‘see' must determine the mean... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:17-18. SOME OF HIS DISCIPLES THEREFORE SAID ONE TO ANOTHER, WHAT IS THIS THAT HE SAITH UNTO US, A LITTLE WHILE AND YE BEHOLD ME NOT: AND AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL SEE ME: AND, I GO AWAY TO THE FATHER? THEY SAID THEREFORE. WHAT IS THIS WHICH HE CALLETH, A LITTLE WHILE? WE KNOW NOT WH... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:19. JESUS PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE DESIROUS TO ASK HIM, AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, DO YE INQUIRE AMONG YOURSELVES CONCERNING THIS THAT I SAID, A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE BEHOLD ME NOT: AND AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL SEE ME? He entered at once into their difficulties, and proceeded to explain... [ Continue Reading ]
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 beholding,' the other of the ‘seeing.'... [ Continue Reading ]
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 INTO THE WORLD. An illustration of what had been said familiar to all, but drawn out of the very hea... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:22. AND YE THEREFORE NOW HAVE SORROW; BUT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, AND YOUR HEART SHALL REJOICE, AND YOUR JOY NO ONE TAKETH AWAY FROM YOU. At John 16:19 Jesus had said ‘ye shall see me,' but now He says ‘I will see you.' It is the blessed reciprocity of intercourse between Him and His own. From... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:23-24. AND IN THAT DAY YE SHALL ASK ME NO QUESTION. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IF YE SHALL ASK ANYTHING OF THE FATHER, HE WILL GIVE IT YOU IN MY NAME. HITHERTO YE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME; ASK, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULFILLED. The two verbs here rendered ‘ask a ques... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:25. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU IN PROVERBS; AN HOUR COMETH WHEN I SHALL NO LONGER SPEAK UNTO YOU IN PROVERBS, BUT I SHALL TELL YOU PLAINLY CONCERNING THE FATHER. Jesus is now about to close His last discourse. At this point, accordingly, He refers to the method of teaching, of which... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:26-27. IN THAT DAY YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME; AND I SAY NOT UNTO YOU, THAT I WILL ASK THE FATHER CONCERNING YOU: FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVETH YOU, BECAUSE YE HAVE LOVED ME, AND HAVE BELIEVED THAT I CAME FORTH FROM THE FATHER. In these words, which may be spoken of as the last words of this di... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:28. I CAME FORTH FROM THE FATHER, AND AM COME INTO THE WORLD: AGAIN, I LEAVE THE WORLD AND GO TO THE FATHER. The connection of this verse with the preceding is not to be found in the supposition that we have here additional mention made of two great truths in which the disciples are to rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:29-30. HIS DISCIPLES SAY, LO, NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY, AND SAYEST NO PROVERB: NOW WE KNOW THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS, AND NEEDEST NOT THAT ANY ONE SHOULD ASK THEE QUESTIONS: BY THIS WE BELIEVE THAT THOU EARNEST FORTH FROM GOD. Two entirely different views may be taken of the feelings and... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:31-32. JESUS ANSWERED THEM, DO YE NOW BELIEVE? BEHOLD, AN HOUR COMETH AND IS COME, THAT YE SHOULD BE SCATTERED, EACH ONE TO HIS OWN, AND LEAVE ME ALONE; AND YET I AM NOT ALONE, BECAUSE THE FATHER IS WITH ME. The view taken of the preceding verse leads to the conclusion that the first clause... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:33. THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN UNTO YOU THAT IN ME YE MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YE HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD COURAGE, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. ‘These things' refers to all that had been spoken from chap. John 14:1, to the thought of which beginning of His discourse Jesus now retu... [ Continue Reading ]