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John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Verse 24. _HITHERTO HAVE YE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME_] Ye have not as yet considered me the great _Mediator_ between God and man; but this is one of the truths which shall be _more fully revealed_ to...
HITHERTO - During his ministry, and while he was with them. HAVE YE ASKED ... - From the evangelists, as well as from this declaration, it seems that they had presented their requests for instruction...
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...
HITHERTO YE HAVE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME. When he taught his disciples what we are wont to style the Lord's Prayer, he did not direct that the petition should be in his name, for his relation to the...
"In a little while you will not see me any more; and again in a little while you will see me." Some of his disciples said to each other: "What is the meaning of this that he is saying to us--'In a lit...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
HITHERTO. Until now. HAVE YE ASKED. asked ye. FULL. fulfilled: i.e. filled full....
_nothing in my name_ BECAUSE JESUS WAS NOT YET glorified, was not yet fully known to the Apostles. _ask_ The full meaning of the Greek is _go on asking_; it is the present not aorist imperative. Comp....
14, 15, 24. ΛΉΜΨΕΤΑΙ for λήψεται: Winer, p. 53. 24. ΑἸΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ. _Go on asking_ (present imperative; John 5:14, [John 8:11,] John 20:17 : contrast Matthew 7:7
THE SORROW OF CHRIST’S DEPARTURE TURNED INTO JOY BY HIS RETURN...
Ver 23. And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24. Hitherto have you asked nothing in my name; ask...
ΉΤΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ, _см._ John 16:23. ΑΙΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ. _Praes. imper._ предполагает, что процесс прошения должен продолжаться, ΛΉΜΨΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от...
DISCOURSE: 1704 THE BENEFIT OF PRAYER John 16:24. _Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full_. THIS world is justly characterized as a vale of tears. Even they who experience the most happ...
THE SPIRIT WILL REVEAL LATER MANY THINGS WITHHELD _Text: John 16:12-24_ 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come he...
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...
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. HITHERTO HAVE YE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME. Ordinary readers are apt to lay the emphasis of this stat...
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...
16:24 full. (d-19) Or 'fulfilled,' as ch. 17.13....
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 Apostles' Sorrow turned into Joy. 16. Ye shall see me] (1) with bodily sight during the forty days; (2) with spiritual vision after Pentecost (see on John 14:18)....
HITHERTO.. NAME] because prayer in the name of Christ presupposes His glorification....
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...
HITHERTO HAVE YE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME. — Comp. Note on John 14:13. They had not up to this time received the Holy Spirit. When He came, He was as the presence of Christ dwelling in them. Under His...
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...
ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τ.… “Until now ye have asked nothing in my name.” They had not yet realised that it was through Christ and on the lines of His work all God's activity towards man and all...
_Future accessibility of the Father_....
LOOKING BEYOND PRESENT SORROW John 16:12-24 The disciples were terribly overwrought by the events of the last few days, the reversal of their cherished hopes, and the growing darkness and sorrow of 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...
_Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name: by the merits of me, your Mediator and Redeemer. They were not yet acquainted, says St. Cyril, with this manner of praying and petitioning, as they w...
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...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 16-24. 1. The connection of the μικρόν with what precedes and the similarity in the expression to that in John 14:19 show that the two passages refer to t...
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...
“ _At that day you shall not question me as to anything: verily, verily, I say to you, that all that which you shall ask the Father_, _he will give it to you in my name._ 24. _Hitherto you have asked...
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shew it unto you. (16) A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see...
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...
24._Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name. _It is probable that the apostles kept the rule of prayer which had been laid down in the Law. Now we know that the fathers were not accustomed to pray...
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...
HITHERTO HAVE YE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME,.... Not that they had never prayed as yet; for they had desired him to teach them to pray, which he did: they had prayed to him particularly for an increase...
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Ver. 24. _Hitherto ye have asked nothing_] To what ye should have asked, and might have obtained. Pray...
_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...
ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME; they had not been accustomed before this to pray in the name of Christ; but after this they would be, and for his sake God would bestow whatever they needed....
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...
23-27 Asking of the Father shows a sense of spiritual wants, and a desire of spiritual blessings, with conviction that they are to be had from God only. Asking in Christ's name, is acknowledging our...
All the prayers of believers under the Old Testament were accepted upon the account of the Mediator, who was typified by the temple, and the ark, where their solemn worship was performed by Divine app...
Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas 2. But He who had said, "Ask, and ye shall receive,"[33]...
John 16:24 now G2193 G737 asked G154 (G5656) nothing G3756 G3762 in G1722 My G3450 name...
“Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name, ask and you will receive that your joy may be fulfilled.” Up to this point they have not needed to ask. The Great Provider has been with them and they coul...
“And in that day you will ask me nothing. In very truth I tell you, if you will ask anything of the Father he will give it to you in my name. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you wi...
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...
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...
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...
HITHERTO (εως αρτ). Up till now the disciples had not used Christ's name in prayer to the Father, but after the resurrection of Jesus they are to do so, a distinct plea for parity with the Father a...
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 16:16. _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....
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...
WHEN THAT DAY COMES. After the Kingdom comes on Pentecost. IN MY NAME. We do not need the name of any human being, "saint," or angel! We [who are Christians] have the NAME of Jesus!!! See note on John...
_And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing_ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHRISTIAN AGE I. COMPLETE REVELATION 1. The subject: the Father; His nature: God; His character: love; His purpose: salvation....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 16:24 UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME. While Jesus was on earth the disciples had not prayed to the Father in the name of Jesus. But now he was saying that they should do...
_For as the lightning._ The Syriac has, "As the lightning shines from heaven and lightens all things under heaven." As the lightning most suddenly, swiftly, and openly descends from heaven and shines...
_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...
2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Acts 2:33; John 16:12;...
Ask [α ι τ ε ι τ ε]. The present imperative, implying continuous asking. Be asking. Compare Mark 6:22, aithson, the aorist imperative, marking a single, definite petition. May be full [η π ε π λ η ρ...
Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name — For they had asked him directly for all they wanted....