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Verse John 16:7. _IT IS EXPEDIENT - THAT I GO AWAY_] In other places
he had showed them the absolute necessity of his death for the
salvation of men: see Matthew 20:19; Matthew 26:2;...
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IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU ... - The reason why it was expedient for them
that he should go away, he states to be, that in this way only would
the Comforter be granted to them. Still, it may be asked why...
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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. ...
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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...
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IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT. GO AWAY.
What seemed then. crushing sorrow was. real blessing. His mission
could never be accomplished unless he went away. These same apostles
who were now so overwhelme...
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"I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with
you. But now I am going away to him who sent me, and none of you asks
me: 'Where are you going?' But grief has filled your hearts...
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WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
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NEVERTHELESS. But.
TRUTH. Greek. _atetheia._ Compare App-175., and see p. 1511.
EXPEDIENT. profitable. Greek. _sumphero._ Compare Matthew 5:29;
Matthew 5:30; Acts 20:20. Occurs in John here;...
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_I tell you the truth_ -I" is again emphatic; -I who know, and who
have never misled you." Comp. John 14:2.
_It is expedient_ So Caiaphas had said (John 11:50) with more truth
than he knew; so also th...
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THE WORLD AND THE PARACLETE...
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7. For ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΛΕΎΣΕΤΑΙ some of the best authorities have
οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ.
7. ἘΓῺ Τ. ἈΛ. Λ. ‘I who know, and who have never misled
you:’ comp. John 14:2. For ἽΝΑ comp. John 11:50. Note the
different words fo...
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Ver 5. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks
me, Where do you go? 6. But because I have said these things to you
sorrow has filled your heart. 7. Nevertheless I tell you the tr...
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ΣΥΜΦΈΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΦΈΡΩ (G4851)
быть выгодным, полезным; здесь:
надлежит, выгодно, полезно,
ΆΠΈΛΘΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΑΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565)
уходить. В этом случае _conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443)
выр...
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NEVERTHELESS, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH;— Though you have not asked the
reasons of my going away, I will declare them to you. It is necessary
even on your account that I depart; because, if I do not ascend...
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TEACHING WHICH IS DARK AND FOREBODING
_Text: John 16:1-11_
1
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to
stumble.
2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hou...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 16:1-11
The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us:—
The chapter division between John 15 and 16 is scarcely a happy one,
though perha...
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Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go
away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but
if I depart, I will send him unto you.
NEVERTHELESS I TEL...
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12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole
law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is
far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
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The work of the Comforter in the world and in the Church.
7. It was better for them that Christ's personal presence should be
withdrawn, in order that His spiritual presence might be nearer to
them th...
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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...
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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...
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NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH. — The words He is about to utter
are words of strange sound for the ears of disciples, and He prefaces
them by an appeal to His own knowledge and candour in dealing...
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XIV. _ THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS._
"If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it
hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but
because ye are not of the...
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ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ … ἀπέλθω. “But,” or “nevertheless I
tell you the truth,” I who see the whole e ent tell you “it is to
your advantage” and not to your loss “that I go away”. This
statement, incredible as it s...
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to John 16:11. _The conquest of the world by the Spirit_....
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THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT
John 16:1-11
We gain by our losses. It was expedient for the disciples that the
Lord should go, because the Spirit's presence was contingent upon His
absence. The text needed t...
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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...
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(2) Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I
go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
(2) The absence o...
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_I tell you... it is expedient for you that I go: that I leave you, as
to my corporal presence: that I suffer death, for the redemption of
all men. And if I go not, the Paraclete will not come, accord...
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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...
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“ _But now I go away to him who sent me; and no one of you asks me,
Whither goest thou?_ 6. _But, because I have said these things to you,
sorrow has filled your heart._ 7. _But I tell you the truth:...
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3. 16:5-15.
Jesus now describes _the victory_ which the disciples will gain over
the world which has risen up against Him. He first connects with His
departure the coming of the divine _agent_ (alread...
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These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
(2) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh,
that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service...
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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...
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_CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE_
‘It is expedient for you that I go away.’
John 16:7
We are almost tempted to wonder whether He could not have remained
with us, as He remained with the disciples during thos...
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_BEFORE PENTECOST_
‘It I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send Him unto you.’
John 16:7
The men who had spent three and a half years with Christ would have...
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7._Yet I tell you the truth. _That they may no longer wish to have him
present before their eyes, he testifies that his absence will be
advantageous, and makes use of a sort of oath; for we are carnal...
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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...
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NEVERTHELESS, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH,.... Christ was truth itself, and
could say nothing else; but he makes use of this way of speaking, to
raise the attention of his disciples, and to engage their beli...
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Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go
away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but
if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Ver. 7. _I will send...
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_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...
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EXPEDIENT; for the gift of the Spirit would be better for the church
than the continued personal presence of Christ. Things which men
exceedingly deprecate are often highly expedient; and God in
accom...
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The comfort of Christ's going away:...
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NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH: IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO
AWAY; FOR IF I GO NOT AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT COME UNTO YOU; BUT
IF I DEPART, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU.
So long has Jesus been...
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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...
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7-15 Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming.
Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was
his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at...
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He doth not say it was expedient for him, though this was truth; for
his human nature was not till his ascension glorified, as afterward, 1
THESSALONIANS 17:5; but he saith it was expedient for them....
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John 16:7 Nevertheless G235 I G1473 tell G3004 (G5719) you G5213 truth
G225 your G5213 advantage G4851 ...
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THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (JOHN 16:4)....
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“Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I
go away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you.
But if I go I will send him to you.”
So now He will show them w...
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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...
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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 th...
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IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU
(συμφερε υμιν). Present active indicative of
συμφερω, old verb to bear together. See John 11:50 where the
phrase is used by Caiaphas "for us," here "for you" (υμιν ethical
d...
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John 16:7
Christ's Going Away our Gain
The departure of our Lord was the disciples' gain, and it is ours. It
is the gain of His whole Church on earth. Let us see how this can be.
I. And first, becau...
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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....
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John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time
cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God...
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John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
offended._
Or, «made to stumble.» Christ would not have you who are his people
caused to stumble by anything that happens to you...
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This chapter contains some of the most precious words that the Lord
Jesus uttered before he died upon the cross.
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
offended._
Or,...
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John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
offended._
«That you should not be scandalized when you see me put to death, and
when you miss my bodily presence from your mids...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BECAUSE IF I DO NOT GO. The work which the Holy Spirit would do, is
based on Christ's death and resurrection. Jesus had to _go,_ so the
Helper could come! See Acts 2:33....
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_It is expedient for you that I go away_
THE ABSENTEEISM OF CHRIST
1.
The words must have been very startling to the apostles. They had
doubtless come to consider the personal presence of Christ
in...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 16:7 THE HELPER. See notes on 14:16–17; 14:26.
⇐...
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1-33
CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye
should not be offended._ (1.) Some think that this refers to Matt.
xxvi. 31, _All ye shall be offended because of Me this night._...
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_Nevertheless I_ _tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I
go away._ (1.) S. Chrysostom _(Hom._ lxxvii.) explains it thus, "I say
not this to please you, but though you will be made more sor...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
Chap. John 15:27. The Spirit does not teach historical facts, but
reveals their true meaning. Hence the apostolic testimony and the
testimony of the Spirit form but a...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 14:24; Acts 16:29; Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37; John 8:46;...
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It is expedient [σ υ μ φ ε ρ ε ι]. From son together, and ferw
to bear or bring. The underlying idea of the word is concurrence of
circumstances. Go away [α π ε λ θ ω]. The different words for go
shou...
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THE HOLY SPIRIT CHAPTER
John 16:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last
message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The
disciples wer...
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THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
John 14:26; _John 16:7_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Christ came to His own, and His own received Him not. The Holy Spirit
came to His own, seeking to bring every possible spiritual...
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It is expedient for you — In respect of the Comforter, John 16:7,
&c, and of me, John 16:16, &c, and of the Father, John 16:23, &c....
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In these words our Saviour urges his disciples to submit to his
departure, as that which would make way for his sending the Comforter
to them; which he assures them, would be of more advantage to them...