Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
John 16:29
Verse 29. Lo, now speakest thou plainly] The disciples received more light now, on the nature of Christ's person and office, than they had ever done before.
Verse 29. Lo, now speakest thou plainly] The disciples received more light now, on the nature of Christ's person and office, than they had ever done before.
NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY - What he had said that perplexed them was that which is contained in John 16:16. Compare John 16:17; “A little while and ye shall not see me,” etc. This he had now explained...
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...
HIS DISCIPLES... NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY. The last words uttered seemed to the disciples plain and simple. They thought that they gave the key to all the "proverbs" before spoken. He had come from G...
His disciples said: "See! now you are speaking clearly, and you are not speaking in hard sayings. Now we know that you know all things, and that you do not need that anyone should ask you anything. Be...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
SAID. say. The texts omit "unto Him". LO. Greek. _ide._ App-133. NO. Greek. _oudeis._...
_said_ Rather, SAY. _plainly_ Literally, _in plainness_or _openness_. As in John 7:4, the word here has a preposition (see on John 7:26)....
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF THESE DISCOURSES...
29. Before ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΑΙ insert ἘΝ (overlooked after ΝΥ͂Ν or omitted in harmony with S. John’s usage; see on John 7:13). 29. ἼΔΕ ΝΥ͂Ν ἘΝ ΠΑΡ. see on John 1:29 and John 7:4;...
Ver 29. His disciples said to him, Lo, now you speak plainly, and speak no proverb. 30. Now are we sure that you know all things, and need not that any man should ask you; by this we believe that you...
'ΊΔΕ (G2396) _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ видеть. Используется почти как непосредственно доказывающая частица, для привлечения внимания....
HIS DISCIPLES SAID— "We acknowledge that now thou speakest in such a manner as we can understand; for what thou sayest is by no means dark, like the things before delivered. Moreover, by what thou has...
HIS VEILED SAYINGS WILL SOON BE MADE PLAIN _Text: John 16:25-33_ 25 These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but sh...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:23-33 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 16:— In the closing verses of John 16 the Lord Jesus proceeds to set forth even more fully t...
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM, LO, NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY, AND SPEAKEST NO PROVERB. It was not much plainer tha...
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...
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...
Last Words. Temporary defeat in the present will be followed by final victory. 25. In proverbs] RM 'in parables.' Very many of our Lord's discourses were dark and enigmatical to the Apostles, until 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...
LO, NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY, AND SPEAKEST NO PROVERB. — Better,... _parable,_ as in John 16:25. (Comp. Note there.) The emphasis is upon the word “now.” He had told them (John 16:25) that the hour w...
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 Lord's last utterance, John 16:25-28, the disciples find much more explicit than His previous words: Ἴδε νῦν παρρησίᾳ λαλεῖς, “Behold, now (at length) Thou speakest plainly,” explicitly, καὶ παροι...
_Last words_....
GOOD CHEER FOR HOURS OF TRIAL John 16:25-33 God still speaks to us in proverbs. We could not understand or receive the perfect discovery of Himself. These are but part of His ways, Job 26:14. But in...
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...
(9) His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. (9) Faith and foolish security differ greatly....
_In this we believe that thou camest forth from God; that is, we are more confirmed, than ever, that thou art the Messias, the true Son of God. Yet St. John Chrysostom, St. Cyril, and St. Augustine, t...
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...
“ _His disciples say to him_, _Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and dost use no similitude;_ 30. _now we know that thou knowest all things and hast no need that any one should ask thee; for this we beli...
1. That the time referred to in John 16:25 ff. is the same with that described in John 16:20-24 is indicated by the fact that the same great characteristic of the period mentioned is here set forth as...
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...
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb (30) Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe...
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...
29._His disciples say to him. _This shows how great was the efficacy of, that consolation, for it suddenly brought into a state of great cheerfulness those minds which formerly were broken and cast do...
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...
HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM,.... Upon the above discourse of Christ, such rays and beams of light darted into the minds of the apostles, and things stood so clear in their view, and they so well under...
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Ver. 29. _His disciples said unto him_] How apt are we to overween our little nothing of knowledge or holiness, to...
_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 ma...
HIS DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM, LO, NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY, AND SPEAKEST NO PROVERB....
The close of the discourse:...
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...
PROVERB: Or, parable...
28-33 Here is a plain declaration of Christ's coming from the Father, and his return to him. The Redeemer, in his entrance, was God manifest in the flesh, and in his departure was received up into gl...
Our Saviour having now plainly told them that he was leaving the world, put an end to their inquiries whither he was going, and satisfied them that in his former expressions of going away, not for a w...
John 16:29 His G846 disciples G3101 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 See G2396 now G3568 speaking G2980 ...
“His disciples say, ‘Lo, you now speak plainly and do not speak in mysterious words. Now we know that you know all things and do not need that any man should ask you. By this we believe that you came...
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...
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 16:29-30. 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 BEL...
NO PROVERB (παροιμιαν ουδεμιαν). No wayside saying, no dark saying. See John 10:6; John 16:25....
John 16:26 Love the Evidence of Faith I. Our Lord here speaks of His disciples' belief in Him as one of the reasons why the Father loved them. But He puts it second. He puts their belief after their...
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...
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._ 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...
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...
DO YOU BELIEVE NOW? They thought they did, but the next day they would be scattered, and Jesus would stand alone....
_Now speakest Then plainly_ THE DISCIPLES’ CONFESSION AND THE MASTER’S WARNING The first words of these discourses were, “Let not your heart be troubled. ” The aim of all was to bring peace and conf...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 16:25. PROVERBS, or parables.—Such as the vine, the woman in travail, etc. THE TIME COMETH, ETC.—The Spirit after Pentecost would guide them clearly into all tru...
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...
Hebrews 4:13; John 16:17; John 17:8; John 21:17; John 5:20...
Speakest - speakest [λ α λ ε ι ς - λ ε γ ε ι ς] The first, of the form; the second, of the purport. See on ver. 18....