_These things have I spoken, that you should not be offended_ I have informed you beforehand concerning the opposition which you are to expect from the world, and the proportionable supports which you will receive from the Holy Spirit, that you may not be discouraged in, or turned aside from, the pa... [ Continue Reading ]
_And these things will they do_ These cruelties will they exercise upon you, not because ye have done them any harm; but _because they have not known the Father nor me_ Which, if they had done, instead of injuring me, and exercising such inhumanities toward you, my apostles, they would have received... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 discouraging an aspect into a further confirmation of your faith. _And these things I said not at the begin... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 should depart, because, _if I go not away_, and enter upon my mediatorial office, _the Comforter_ By... [ Continue Reading ]
_Of sin, because they believe not on me_ He will convince the world of that aggravated sin of which they are guilty, in that they do not believe in me, to the truth of whose mission he will bear an unanswerable testimony, by his enlightening influences and miraculous operations. With regard to the l... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have yet many things to say unto you_ There are many other things concerning which I must give you information. _But ye cannot bear them now_ But the weakness of your understanding, your desire and expectation of my erecting a temporal kingdom, your prejudices in favour of your own nation and law... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 will be but _a little while_ longer, _and ye shall see me_ And that to your much greater comfort and... [ Continue Reading ]
_In that day ye shall ask me nothing_ Εμε ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν, _you shall not inquire any thing of me_, or, as Dr. Campbell renders it, _you will put no questions to me._ That is, when I have sent the Holy Spirit to lead you into all truth, you shall have no need to ask for information in any thing... [ Continue Reading ]
_These things_ Though very weighty and important; _have I spoken unto you in proverbs_ In the obscurity of parables, which have appeared dark and mysterious to you; _but the time cometh_, &c. You may comfort yourselves with this thought, that the time is at hand _when I shall speak unto you no more... [ Continue Reading ]
_His disciples_ Struck with the correspondence of what he said to what was secretly passing in their own minds; _said, Lo, now speakest thou plainly_ We acknowledge that now thou speakest in such a manner as we can easily understand; _and speakest no proverb_ Usest no obscure form of expression; _no... [ Continue Reading ]
_These things I have spoken, that ye might have peace_ “I have said these things to you concerning my departure out of the world, the coming of the Holy Ghost, my resurrection from the dead, the Father's hearing your prayers, and concerning the great trial you are to be exposed to, in order that you... [ Continue Reading ]