John 16:1-11
THE WORLD AND THE PARACLETE... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORLD AND THE PARACLETE... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. These discourses generally, especially the last section, about the world’s hatred of Him and them: see on John 15:11; John 15:17. ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΙΣΘΗ͂ΤΕ. The verb combines the notions of ‘trip up’ and ‘entrap.’ Σκάνδαλον is a later form of σκανδάληθρον (Aristoph. _Ach_. 687), which is the _bait-sti... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΟΣΥΝΑΓΏΓΟΥΣ. see on John 9:32. The ἈΛΛΆ introduces a gradation, as in 2 Corinthians 7:11 : NAY, THERE COMETH AN HOUR. ‘You may think excommunication a strong measure, _but_ they will go greater lengths than this.’ In ἽΝΑ the Divine purpose again seems indicated (John 12:23; John 13:1); ‘an hour fo... [ Continue Reading ]
3. After ΠΟΙΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ omit ὑμῖν (inserted from John 16:1; John 16:4). 3. ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΓΝΩΣΑΝ. DID NOT RECOGNISE, implying that they had the opportunity of knowing. They failed to see that God is Love, and that Jesus came to bring in, not to shut out; to save, not to destroy. The very names ‘Father’ (here us... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΛΛΆ. _But_, to return (to John 16:1), _these things_ HAVE I SPOKEN _to you_ (John 16:1; John 16:4; John 16:6 must be rendered alike), _that when_ THEIR HOUR (the hour appointed for these things; John 16:2) _is come, ye may remember_ THEM, HOW THAT _I told you_, ἘΓΏ is emphatic, ‘I Myself, the objec... [ Continue Reading ]
ὙΠΆΓΩ ΠΡΌΣ. I GO AWAY UNTO: the notion is that of withdrawal (see on John 16:7). Hitherto He has been with them to protect them and to be the main object of attack: soon _they_ will have to bear the brunt without Him. This is all that they feel at present,—how His departure affects themselves, not h... [ Continue Reading ]
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 for ‘go’ in John 16:5; John 16:7 : in ὑπάγω the primary idea is _withdrawal_, I GO AWAY; in ἀπέρχομαι,... [ Continue Reading ]
The threefold office of the Advocate towards those who do not believe, but may yet be won over. AND HE, WHEN HE IS COME, WILL CONVICT _the world_ CONCERNING _sin, and_ CONCERNING _righteousness, and_ CONCERNING _judgment_. ‘Convict’ is better than ‘convince,’ much better than ‘reprove:’ it means for... [ Continue Reading ]
ἉΜΑΡΤΊΑΣ. This must come first: the work of the Spirit begins with convicting man of having rebelled against God. And the source of sin is unbelief; formerly, unbelief in God, now unbelief in His Ambassador. Not that the sin is limited to unbelief, but this is the beginning of it: ‘Because’ does not... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΣ. The word occurs here only in this Gospel; but comp. 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:7; 1 John 3:10; Revelation 19:11. Righteousness is the keeping of the law, and is the natural result of faith; so much so that faith is reckoned as if it were righteousness (Romans 4:3-9) so certain is this result... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ἌΡΧΩΝ. _The_ RULER _of this world_ HATH BEEN _judged_ (see on John 12:31 and John 14:30). As the world has had its own false views about sin and righteousness, so also it has had its own false standards of judgment. The Advocate convicts the world of its error in this point also. The world might t... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΛΛᾺ … ΛΈΓΕΙΝ. They are His friends (John 15:15), and there is nothing which He wishes to keep back from them; He would give them His entire confidence. But it would be useless to tell them what they cannot understand; cruel to impart knowledge which would only crush them. ἌΡΤΙ is emphatic (see on... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DISCIPLES AND THE PARACLETE The Paraclete not only convicts and convinces the world, He also enlightens the Apostles respecting Christ and thereby glorifies Him, for to make Christ known is to glorify Him. These verses are very important as shewing the authority of the Apostles’ teaching: it is... [ Continue Reading ]
13. For ΕἸΣ Τ. ἈΛΉΘΕΙΑΝ Π. אDL have ἐν τῇ�. π., perhaps because ἐν after ὁδηγεῖν is more common in LXX. ἈΚΟΎΣΕΙ for ἂν�, with BDEHT: אL have ἀκούει. 13. ὉΔΗΓΉΣΕΙ. He will be your guide into this new country. Christ is the Way and the Truth. The Spirit of Truth (see on John 14:17) leads men into the... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ ἘΜΈ. Both pronouns are emphatic; ‘Me shall that Spirit glorify.’ Just as the Son glorifies the Father by revealing Him (John 1:18; John 17:4) both in word and work, so does the Spirit glorify the Son by revealing Him. In both cases to reveal is necessarily to glorify: the more the Truth is... [ Continue Reading ]
14, 15, 24. ΛΉΜΨΕΤΑΙ for λήψεται: Winer, p. 53.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SORROW OF CHRIST’S DEPARTURE TURNED INTO JOY BY HIS RETURN... [ Continue Reading ]
After ὌΨΕΣΘΈ ΜΕ omit ὅτι ἐγὼ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα (inserted from John 16:17) with אBDL against A. 16. ΘΕΩΡΕΙ͂ΤΕ. YE BEHOLD, as in John 16:10; John 16:17. Mark the difference between this and the more general word ὄψεσθε. When His bodily presence was withdrawn, their view of Him was enlarged: no lo... [ Continue Reading ]
After ὍΤΙ omit ἐγώ (inserted from John 14:12). 17. ΚΑῚ ὍΤΙ. They refer to what was said in John 16:10 : there ὅτι is ‘because,’ here it probably is ‘that,’ to introduce what follows. They are perplexed about not beholding and yet seeing, and about His departure to the Father. For ἘΚ ΤΩ͂Ν see on Joh... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΓΝΩ. PERCEIVED or _recognised_: see on John 2:25. We are perhaps to understand from γινώσκειν being used rather than εἰδεναι that it was by His natural powers of observation that He perceived this. Where these sufficed we may believe that His supernatural power of reading men’s thoughts was not use... [ Continue Reading ]
Before ΛΥΠΗΘΉΣΕΣΘΕ omit δέ (inserted to point a contrast with Ὁ ΚΌΣΜΟΣ ΧΑΡΉΣΕΤΑΙ). 20. We have two contrasts; between the Apostles (ὑμεῖς last to emphasize the contrast) and ὁ κόσμος: and between their present sorrow and their future joy. ΚΛΑΎΣΕΤΕ (John 11:33; John 20:11) and ΘΡΗΝΉΣΕΤΕ (Luke 7:32; L... [ Continue Reading ]
Ἡ ΓΥΝΉ. The article is generic; this is the general law: comp. ὁ δοῦλος (John 15:15). The metaphor is frequent in O. T. Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 66:7; Hosea 13:13; Micah 4:9. See on Mark 13:8. Note the articles in what follows; _the_ child, _the_ anguish, _the_ joy,—always to be found in su... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΡΕΙ͂ for αἴρει: both are strongly supported. 22. ΚΑῚ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. _And ye therefore now_, or _Ye also therefore now_. As in childbirth, the disciples’ suffering was the necessary condition of their joy. This suffering took a new form in the work of converting souls (Galatians 4:19). In John 16:16-17; J... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΏΣΕΙ ὙΜΙ͂Ν before ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ὈΝΌΜΑΤΊ ΜΟΥ. 23. ἘΚΕΊΝΗΙ. Not the forty days of His bodily presence after the Resurrection, but the many days of His spiritual presence after Pentecost. Comp. John 16:26 and John 14:20. ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΡΩΤ. _Ask no question_ (John 16:19), or _Make no petition_ (see on John 14:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Mark 6:22) _that your joy may be_ FULFILLED, may become complete and remain so (see on John 3:29). His return to the Father will gain for them... [ Continue Reading ]
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF THESE DISCOURSES... [ Continue Reading ]
Before ἜΡΧΕΤΑΙ omit ἀλλ', and read ἈΠΑΓΓΕΛΩ͂ for ἀναγγελῶ (from John 16:13-15). 25. ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ. As in John 16:1 there is some uncertainty as to how, much is included. Some refer ‘these things’ to John 16:19-24; others to John 15:1 to John 16:24. Perhaps even the latter is too narrow; the words can apply... [ Continue Reading ]
26. With the perfect knowledge just promised they will discern what may be asked in His name (see on John 14:13): _cognitio parit orationem_. The ΟΥ̓ ΛΈΓΩ does not mean ‘I need not say, for of course I shall do so;’ which does not harmonize with John 16:27. The meaning rather is, that so long as thr... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΑΡἈ Τ. ΘΕΟΥ͂ (אActs 3) perhaps comes from John 13:3 : π. τ. πατρός (BC1DLX) seems preferable. 27. ΑΥ̓ΤΌΣ. Without My intercession; John 6:6. We might have expected ἀγαπᾷ for φιλεῖ here (see on John 11:5): but it is a _Father’s_ love, flowing spontaneously from a _natural relationship_ as distinct f... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΚ Τ. ΠΑΤΡΌΣ (BC1LX) for παρὰ τ. π. (אActs 2) from John 16:17. 28. Note the change from ΠΑΡἈ Τ. Π. to ἘΚ Τ. Π. In John 16:27 ‘I came _forth_ from’ refers to the temporal mission of Christ from the Father (John 17:8); here ‘I came _out_ from’ includes the Eternal Generation of the Son (John 8:42). T... [ Continue Reading ]
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; John 7:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἼΔΑΜΕΝ ὌΤΙ ΟἾΔΑΣ. _We_ KNOW _that Thou knowest_ (comp. 2 Corinthians 12:2-3, where the A.V. is similarly capricious). Christ had spoken in the future tense (John 16:25): they speak in the present. They feel that His gracious promise is already coming true. He had shewn them that He had read their h... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΡΤΙ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΕ; The words are only half a question: comp. John 1:51; John 20:29. The belief of which they are conscious is no illusion, but it is far more defective than they in their momentary enthusiasm suppose. Ἄρτι means ‘at this stage of your course:’ contrast νῦν (John 16:29-30) and see on Joh... [ Continue Reading ]
32. Before ἘΛΉΛΥΘΕΝ omit νῦν (inserted from John 4:23; John 5:25). We are still in the first part of the second main division of the Gospel, THE INNER GLORIFICATION OF CHRIST IN HIS LAST DISCOURSES (13–17). We now enter upon the third division of this first part (see introductory note to chap. 13).... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸΡΉΝΗΝ. The purpose of all these farewell discourses (ταῦτα) is _that they_ MAY _have peace_. His ministry ends, as His life began, with this message: ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη (Luke 2:14). ΘΛΙ͂ΨΙΝ ἜΧΕΤΕ. YE HAVE ANGUISH: not ‘shall have;’ the anguish (John 16:21) has already begun. ἘΓΏ. With great emphasis... [ Continue Reading ]