John 14 - Introduction
CHAP. 14. CHRIST’S LOVE IN KEEPING HIS OWN... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAP. 14. CHRIST’S LOVE IN KEEPING HIS OWN... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜῊ ΤΑΡΑΣΣΈΣΘΩ Ὑ. Ἡ. Κ. There had been much to cause anxiety and alarm; the denouncing of the traitor, the declaration of Christ’s approaching departure, the prediction of S. Peter’s denial. The last as being nearest might seem to be specially indicated; but what follows shews that μὴ ταρασσέσθω refe... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΗ͂Ι ΟἸΚΊΑΙ Τ. ΠΑΤΡΌΣ. Heaven. Matthew 5:34; Matthew 6:9. By μοναὶ πολλαί nothing is said as to mansions differing in dignity and beauty. There may be degrees of happiness hereafter, but such are neither expressed nor implied here. The abodes are many; there is room enough for all. ΜΟΝΉ occurs in N.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘᾺΝ ΠΟΡΕΥΘΩ͂. The ἐάν does not imply a doubt; but, as in John 12:32, it is the _result_ rather than the date of the action that is emphasized; hence ‘if,’ not ‘when.’ see on John 12:26. ἜΡΧΟΜΑΙ Κ. ΠΑΡΑΛΉΜΨΟΜΑΙ. The late form λήμψομαι occurs again Acts 1:8; we have λαμψομαι Hdt. IX. 108. The change f... [ Continue Reading ]
4. Omit καί before, and οἴδατε after, ΤῊΝ ὉΔΌΝ with אBLQX against ADN: insertions for clearness. 4. ὍΠΟΥ ἘΓῺ ὙΠ. ΟἼΔ. Τ. ὉΔΌΝ. This seems to have been altered as in T. R. to avoid awkwardness of expression (see on John 6:51; John 13:26). Ἐγώ is emphatic; in having experience of Him they know the wa... [ Continue Reading ]
ΘΩΜΑ͂Σ. Nothing is to be inferred from the omission of Δίδυμος here (comp. John 11:16; John 20:24; John 21:2). For his character see on John 11:16. His question here has a melancholy tone combined with some dulness of apprehension. But there is honesty of purpose in it. He owns his ignorance and ask... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΓΏ ΕἸΜΙ. see on John 6:35. The pronoun is emphatic; I and no other: _Ego sum Via, Veritas, Vita_. S. Thomas had wished rather to know about the goal; Christ shews that for him, and therefore for us, it is more important to know the way. Hence the order; although Christ is the Truth and the Life bef... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸ ἘΓΝΏΚΕΙΤΈ ΜΕ, Κ. Τ. Π. Μ. ἘΓΝΏΚΕΙΤΕ ἌΝ. The better reading is ἊΝ ἬΔΕΙΤΕ: _If ye_ HAD LEARNED TO KNOW _Me, ye_ WOULD KNOW _My Father also_. The change of verb and of order are both significant. see on John 7:26; John 8:55; John 13:7. The emphasis is on ἐγνώκειτε and on πάτερα: ‘If ye had _recognis... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟΣΟΎΤΩΙ ΧΡΌΝΩΙ. Philip had been called among the first (John 1:44), and yet has not learned to know the Christ. Comp. John 8:19. The Gospels are full of evidence of how little the Apostles understood of the life which they were allowed to share: and the candour with which this is confessed confirms... [ Continue Reading ]
ΛΈΓΩ for λαλώ (correction for uniformity): and ΠΟΙΕΙ͂ ΤᾺ ἜΡΓΑ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ for αὐτὸς π. τ. ἔργα with אBD against ANQ. 10. ΟΥ̓ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΙΣ. S. Philip’s question seemed to imply that he did not believe this truth, although Christ had taught it publicly (John 10:38). What follows is stated in an argumentative... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΈ ΜΟΙ. In English we lose the point that Jesus now turns from S. Philip and addresses all the Eleven. ‘Ye have been with Me long enough to believe what I say; but if not, at any rate believe what I do. My words need no credentials: but if credentials are demanded, there are My works.’ He had... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚἈΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ ΠΟΙΉΣΕΙ. Comp. John 6:57 and John 14:21; John 14:26 : see on John 1:8; John 1:18. ‘Like Me, he shall do the works of the Father, He dwelling in him through the Son. Comp. καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστι, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ (1 John 4:17). ΚΑῚ ΜΕΊΖΟΝΑ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ. No reference to healing by mea... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ὈΝΌΜΑΤΊ ΜΟΥ. The phrase occurs here for the first time. Comp. John 15:16; John 16:23-24; John 16:26. Anything that can rightly be asked in His name will be granted; there is no other limit. By ‘in My name’ is not of course meant the mere using the formula ‘through Jesus Christ.’ Rather, it m... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΓῺ ΠΟΙΉΣΩ. Perhaps we ought to read ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ποιήσω, THIS _will I do_ (John 3:32); but the emphatic ἐγώ suits the context better. In John 14:13 the prayer is regarded as addressed to the Father, but granted by the Son: in John 14:14, if the very strongly supported με is genuine, the prayer is address... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘᾺΝ�. The connexion with what precedes is again not quite clear. Some would see it in the condition ‘in My name,’ which includes willing obedience to His commands. Perhaps it is rather to be referred to the opening and general drift of the chapter. ‘Let not your heart be troubled at My going away. Y... [ Continue Reading ]
ἮΙ for μένῃ (from John 14:17). Authorities differ as to the position of ἮΙ, whether before or after ΜΕΘ' ὙΜΩ͂Ν, or after ΑἸΩ͂ΝΑ. 16. ΚἈΓῺ ἘΡ. Εγώ is emphatic: ‘you do your part on earth, and I will do Mine in heaven.’ So far as there is a distinction between αἰτεῖν and ἐρωτᾷν, the latter is the less... [ Continue Reading ]
Τ. ΠΝ. Τ. ἈΛΗΘ. This expression confirms the rendering ‘Advocate.’ Truth is more closely connected with the idea of advocating a cause than with that of comforting. Comp. John 15:26; John 16:13; 1 John 5:6. The Paraclete is the Spirit of Truth as the Bearer of the Divine revelation, bringing truth h... [ Continue Reading ]
ὈΡΦΑΝΟΎΣ. DESOLATE, or (with Wiclif) FATHERLESS, as in James 1:27, the only other place in N.T. where it occurs. ‘Comfortless’ gives unfair support to ‘Comforter’: there is no connexion between ὀρφανός and παράκλητος. The connexion is rather with τεκνἱα in John 13:33 : He will not leave His ‘little... [ Continue Reading ]
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 life over which death has no power either in Him or His followers. Christ has this life in Himself... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝ ἘΚ. Τ. ἩΜ. Comp. John 16:23; John 16:26. Pentecost, and thenceforth to the end of the world. They will _come to know_, for experience will teach them, that the presence of the Spirit is the presence of Christ, and through Him of the Father. For ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ἘΝ ἘΜΟΊ comp. John 15:4-5; John 17:21; John 1... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΧΩΝ … ΤΗΡΩ͂Ν. Bearing them steadfastly in his mind and observing them in his life. ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ, with great emphasis (see on John 1:18); he and no else. ἘΜΦΑΝΊΣΩ. Once more, as in John 7:17, willing obedience is set forth as the road to spiritual enlightenment. Ἐμφανίζειν (here only in S. John) is str... [ Continue Reading ]
ἸΟΎΔΑΣ. Excluding the genealogies of Christ we have six persons of this name in N.T. 1. This Judas, who was the _son_ of a certain James (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13): he is commonly identified with Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus (see on Matthew 10:3). 2. Judas Iscariot. 3. The brother of Jesus Christ, and of James... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΙΗΣΌΜΕΘΑ (אBLX) for ποιήσομεν (A). The middle of ποιεῖν is comparatively rare in N.T., but here it is appropriate; Winer, p. 320. 23. ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ. The answer is given, as so often in our Lord’s replies, not directly, but by repeating and developing the statement which elicited the question. Comp. Joh... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΤΙΝ ἘΜΌΣ. Quite literally; comp. John 12:44. This explains why Christ cannot manifest Himself to the world: it rejects God’s word. On ΠΈΜΨΑΝΤΟΣ see on John 1:33. Perhaps there is a pause after John 14:24 : with John 14:25 the discourse takes a fresh departure, returning to the subject of the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. First for emphasis in opposition to πάντα in John 14:26 : ‘Thus much I tell you now; the Advocate shall tell you all.’... [ Continue Reading ]
ἍΓΙΟΝ. This epithet is given to the Spirit thrice in this Gospel; John 1:33; John 20:22, and here: in John 7:39 ἅγιον is an insertion. It is not frequent in any Gospel but the third; 5 times in S. Matthew, 4 in S. Mark, 12 in S. Luke. S. Luke seems fond of the expression, which he uses some 40 times... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸΡΉΝΗΝ�. This is probably a solemn adaptation of the conventional form of taking leave in the East: comp. ‘Go in peace,’ Judges 18:6; 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 20:42; 1 Samuel 29:7; 2 Kings 5:19; Mark 5:34, &c. See notes on James 2:16 and 1 Peter 5:14. The Apostle of the Gentiles perhaps purposely su... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΧΆΡΗΤΕ ἌΝ. _Ye would_ HAVE REJOICED THAT I AM GOING. Comp. the construction in John 4:10; John 11:21; John 11:32. Winer, p. 381. Their affection is somewhat selfish: they ought to rejoice at His gain rather than mourn over their own loss. And His gain is mankind’s gain. ὍΤΙ Ὁ ΠΑΤΉΡ. BECAUSE THE _Fa... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΗΤΕ. Comp. John 13:19 and see on John 1:7. By foretelling the trouble Jesus turns a stumblingblock into an aid to faith.... [ Continue Reading ]
30. Omit τούτου after ΚΌΣΜΟΥ (insertion from John 12:31; John 16:11). 30. ΟΥ̓ΚΈΤΙ. NO LONGER _will I speak much with you_ (comp. John 15:15), _for the_ RULER _of_ THE _world_ IS COMING (see on John 12:31). The powers of darkness are at work in Judas and his employers; and yet there is nothing in Jes... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝΤΟΛῊΝ ἜΔΩΚΕΝ (BLX) for ἐνετείλατο (אAD). In this last great discourse (14:14–17) we find a return of the _spiral movement_ noticed in the Prologue (see on John 1:18). The various subjects are repeatedly presented and withdrawn in turn. Thus the Paraclete is spoken of in five different sections (Jo... [ Continue Reading ]