Origen Commentary on John Book VI
before He became flesh? And for this cause they lived, because they had part in Him who said, "I am the life," and as the heirs of so great promises received the vision, not only of angels, but of God in Christ. For they saw, it may be, the image of the invisible God,[11]
Verse John 14:19. _BECAUSE I LIVE_] As surely as I shall rise from the dead, so shall ye. My resurrection shall be the _proof_ and _pledge_ of yours. And _because_ I _live_ a life of _intercession_ fo...
A LITTLE WHILE - This was the day before his death. SEETH ME NO MORE - No more until the day of judgment. The men of the world would not see him visibly, and they had not the eye of faith to discern...
CHAPTER 14 1. Let not Your Heart be Troubled! (John 14:1 .) 2. I Am in the Father and the Father in Me. (John 14:8 .) 3. The Other Comforter Promised. (John 14:15 .) 4. I Go unto the Father. ...
John 14:1 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Himself....
YET. LITTLE WHILE AND THE WORLD SEETH ME NO MORE. After the next evening the world would see him no more. When it took him and buried him out of sight it looked upon him for the last time. BUT YE SE...
"I will not leave you forlorn. I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me; but you will see me because I will be alive and you too will be alive. In that day you will know t...
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
A LITTLE WHILE. i.e. about thirty hours. From the moment the Lord was taken down from the cross and entombed, He disappeared from the eyes of the world. Acts 10:40; Acts 10:41. NO MORE. Greek. _ouk e...
_a little while_ Comp. John 13:33; John 16:16. _but ye see me_ In the Paraclete, ever present with you. _because I live, ye shall live also_ i.e. that higher and eternal life over which death has no...
ΖΉΣΕΤΕ for ζήσεσθε; comp. John 6:57; Winer, p. 105. 19. ἜΤΙ ΜΙΚΡΌΝ. Comp. John 13:33; John 16:16. They behold Him in the Paraclete, ever present with them; and they shall have that higher and eternal...
VER 18. I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS: I WILL COME TO YOU. 19. YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WORLD SEES ME NO MORE: BUT YOU SEE ME; BECAUSE I LIVE, YOU SHALL LIVE ALSO. 20. AT THAT DAY YOU SHALL KNOW...
_LOVE LEADS TO OBEDIENCE -- JOHN 14:15-24:_ Now we come to recognize the path by which we enjoy God's blessings. Jesus said, "If you love me, you will do as I command you." "He that hath my commandmen...
ΖΉΣΕΤΕ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить....
DISCOURSE: 1688 OUR LIFE DEPENDENT ON THE LIFE OF CHRIST John 14:19. _Because I live, ye shall live also_. AMONGST the various sources of consolation which our Lord opened to his Disciples, to suppor...
YET A LITTLE WHILE,— A _little while_ indeed, for he was crucified the next day: and he more particularly declares, that he would not appear to the Jewish nation in general after his resurrection, but...
GOING TO SEND THE STRENGTHENER AND REVEALER _Text 14:15-24_ 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 14:12-20 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— At first reading there does not appear to be much direct connection between the several...
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WORLD SEETH ('BEHOLDETH') ME NO MORE; BUT YE SEE - `behold' me. Hi...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
THE COMFORTER 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heavenly...
BUT YE SEE ME] i.e. shall see Me, literally during the forty days, spiritually after Pentecost, when you shall enjoy communion with Me so deep and satisfying, that it will be better than sight. BECAUS...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 JESUS IS THE WAY TO GOD THE *FATHER 14:1-14 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Do not worry! Trust God. And trust me,...
YET A LITTLE WHILE. — Comp. John 13:33; John 16:16. BUT YE SEE ME — _i.e.,_ in the spiritual presence of the Paraclete. The words may indeed have their first fulfilment in the appearances of the forty...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightw...
X. _ THE FATHER SEEN IN CHRIST._ "Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so longtime with you, and dost thou not know Me, Philip? he th...
In a short time, ἔτι μικρόν, the world would no longer see Him, but His disciples would be conscious of His presence, ὑμεῖς δὲ θεωρεῖτέ με, present for immediate future. His presence would be manifest...
_The third encouragement: that Jesus Himself will come to them and make Himself known to them_....
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH John 14:12-24 There is no adequate translation for the word _Paraclete._ It may be rendered “interpreter,” “comforter,” “advocate,” but no one word suffices. The Greek means “one...
There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He th...
_The world seeth me no more, after my death; but you shall see me, conversing with you for forty days, after my resurrection. (Witham)_...
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. 15-24. 1. The meaning of the word παράκλητος has been much discussed. It is evidently founded upon the verb παρακαλεῖν as a verbal adjective, and the fund...
“ _I will not leave you orphans: I come again to you._ 19. _Yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more; but you shall see me; because I live, you shall live also._ ” The term _orphans_ is...
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; (17) Even the spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_LIFE THROUGH CHRIST_ ‘Because I live, ye shall live also.’ John 14:19 There is only one law of life, and that law uniform, whatever the manifestation. Let us note three of the essentials of life....
19._Yet a little while. _He continues the commendation of special grace, which ought to have been sufficient for alleviating, and even for removing the grief of the disciples. “When I shall have withd...
The Lord now begins to discourse with them in view of His departure. He was going where they could not come. To human sight they would be left alone upon the earth. It is to the sense of this apparent...
YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WORLD SEETH ME NO MORE,.... The men of the world now see me with their bodily eyes, which is all the sight they have of me; and this they will be deprived of in a very litt...
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. Ver. 19. _But ye see me_] The spiritual man hath "the mind of Christ," 1 Corinthians 2:16, and t...
_I will not leave you comfortless_ Greek, ορφανους, orphans: a word elegantly applied to those who have lost any dear friend; _I will come to you_ By my spiritual presence. The Greek, ερχομαι, is lite...
SEETH ME NO MORE; that is, in my personal presence, the only way in which they are able to see me. YE SEE ME; spiritually. See below, ver John 14:21-23....
YET A LITTLE WHILE AND THE WORLD SEETH ME NO MORE; BUT YE SEE ME. BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO....
Further encouragement:...
MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let not y...
18-24 Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will c...
The world seeth me now only with fleshly eyes; it will be but a little while, and the men of the world shall be able to see me no more; I shall be crucified, and laid in the grave; and though I shall...
John 14:19 while G3397 longer G2089 and G2532 world G2889 see G2334 (G5719) Me G3165 more G3765 but...
“I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world sees me no more, but you see me. Because I live, you will live as well. In that day you will know that I am in my...
THEY MUST KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HE WILL RESPOND BY GIVING THEM THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH FOR THEIR HELP AND STRENGTHENING (JOHN 14:15). Central to what the disciples are to receive is their obedience. T...
2). THE DEMANDS THAT HE MAKES AND THE PROVISION THAT HE IS MAKING FOR THEIR FULFILMENT (JOHN 14:12). Jesus now stresses what He is expecting from His disciples and assures them that full provision has...
John 14:19. YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WORLD BEHOLDETH ME NO LONGER; BUT YE BEHOLD ME. The ‘little while' here spoken of is that of chap, John 13:33, extending from the moment immediately at hand to...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
BUT YE BEHOLD ME (υμεις δε θεωρειτε με). Emphatic position of υμεις (ye) in contrast to the blind, unseeing world. Cf. John 13:33; John 16:10; John 16:16.BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO (οτ εγω...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 15:18); (John 15:19); (John 7:7). (_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 13:8). _
John 14:19 Waiting for God in Christ I. Wait for Christ, for we are privileged to do so; wait for Him, wait at the outer gate, though the gate may be fast closed, and we can see nothing of the glory...
John 14:19 I. Christ lives. In Him was life. He was the Prince, the Author of life. He submitted to die for the sin of the world. But it was impossible that He should be holden of death. He has resum...
John 14:16 I. The Holy Spirit is promised as another Comforter. This surely indicates, not a new office to be discharged, but an old one, or one already subsisting, to be discharged by a new person. T...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;_ Is it not very sweet to think that the Spi...
I suppose that many of you know this chapter by heart. I notice that, in all old Christians' Bibles, this leaf is well worn, sometimes worn out. We have here our Lord's homely talk to his disciples; i...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ You will be troubled; that cannot be helped. But let not your heart be troubled. You are like a ship, and all the w...
Let us read that well-known and most blessed chapter, John 14:1, which so clearly shows our Saviour's tender consideration for the comfort of his people, lest the great grief excited in them by his im...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ Here is a troubled company of disciples, very much cast down, so their Divine Master, full of infinite tenderness,...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world can...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments._ We cannot expect the Holy Spirit to dwell with us unless we are obedient to the commands of Christ. Our Saviour here tells us much about the spirit...
We have often read this chapter, both in our private meditations, and at our public worship; but we cannot read it too often. It is sweet as honey and the honeycomb. It contains the very quintessence...
This is a chapter which I suppose most of us know by heart, full of comfort, a very river of delight. Remember that our Lord spoke this to his own beloved ones to the inner circle. It was not address...
CONTENTS: Jesus foretells His second coming and promises the Holy Spirit to believers. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Thomas, disciples, Philip, Judas. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the way let us foll...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled._ Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorro...
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ALONE. [Orphans.] He will ask the Father to send _another Helper._ BUT YOU WILL SEE ME. He uses _the present continuous verb_ which implies a _continual seeing._ He does not speak...
_I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you_ NOT LEFT COMFORTLESS The word “comfortless” means “bereft. ” We have adopted the Greek word, and have gradually limited it to the severest kind...
1-31 CHAPTER 14 _Let not your heart_, &c. Christ saw that the minds of His disciples were troubled, _i.e_. anxious and sorrowful, because He had foretold them that His own departure and Passion, thro...
_Yet a little while_, &c. But a short period of life remains to Me, only a few hours, after which I shall die upon the cross, and be withdrawn from this world; but ye shall see Me, because the third d...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 14:15. KEEP MY COMMANDMENT.—“Ask in My name. Keep My,” etc. These go together. We can only truly pray in His name when we _keep,_ etc. John 14:16. ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω.—T...
EXPOSITION JOHN 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ._ _It is enough that the awful warning to Pe...
Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubled (John 14:1): Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about H...
1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 John 1:1; 2 Corinthians 4:10;...
Ye shall live also [κ α ι υ μ ε ι ς ζ η σ ε σ θ ε]. This may also be rendered, and ye shall live, explaining the former statement, ye behold me. So Rev., in margin. This is better. John is not arguing...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward the angu...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember the statement, "Never man spake like this Man." These words were true from many viewpoints. However, of all the wonderful things which ou...
But ye see me — That is, ye shall certainly see me. Because I live, ye shall live also — Because I am the living One in my Divine nature, and shall rise again in my human nature, and live for ever in...
Here our Saviour foretells his approaching death, that within. little time the men of the world should see him no more; for though he rose again, the world saw him no more after his death; for we read...