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
first figure of chap. 15 was suggested by a vine seen at the moment on
the slope of the temple mount,... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:1. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT YE MAY NOT BE
MADE TO STUMBLE. The ‘things' referred to are especially those
described in chap. John 15:18-27, and the verse is a pause (not the
introduction of a new idea) before the same subject is resumed: there
is no change either of circumsta... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:2. THEY SHALL PUT YOU OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES; YEA, AN HOUR
COMETH THAT EVERY ONE THAT KILLETH YOU SHOULD THINK THAT HE OFFERETH
SERVICE UNTO GOD. It is of Jews that Jesus speaks, and the figure is
therefore naturally taken from Jewish customs; but opposition on the
part of Jews is in these di... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:3. AND THESE THINGS WILL THEY DO, BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOT THE
FATHER, NOR ME. The root of the opposition as formerly spoken of,
chap. John 15:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:4. BUT THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU, THAT, WHEN THEIR
HOUR IS COME, YE MAY REMEMBER THEM, THAT I TOLD YOU. The analogy of
such passages as chaps. John 2:22; John 12:16; John 14:26, seems to
show that the ‘remembering' here spoken of is not an effort of
memory alone. It involves the de... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:5-6. BUT NOW I GO AWAY TO HIM THAT SENT ME; AND NONE OF YOU
ASKETH ME, WHITHER GOEST THOU AWAY? BUT BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN THESE
THINGS UNTO YOU, SORROW HATH FILLED YOUR HEART. It was in the joyful
consciousness that His ‘going away' was really a going to the
Father, that Jesus had been speak... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the hearts
of the disciples at the thought of the departure of their Lord. Now,
therefore, in these Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:8. AND HE, WHEN HE IS COME, WILL CONVICT THE WORLD CONCERNING
SIN, AND CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND CONCERNING JUDGMENT. The Agent
has been spoken of; we now enter upon His work, and the climax from
chap. John 15:26, where the same aspect of the Spirit ‘s work is
spoken of, is clearly perce... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:9-11. CONCERNING SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT IN ME: AND
CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO AWAY TO THE FATHER, AND YE NO
LONGER BEHOLD ME: AND CONCERNING JUDGMENT, BECAUSE THE PRINCE OF THIS
WORLD HATH BEEN JUDGED. The general work of conviction to be effected
by the Spirit having been... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:12. I HAVE YET MANY THINGS TO SAY UNTO YOU, BUT YE CANNOT BEAR
THEM NOW. Jesus is about to draw His instructions and consolations to
a close. He does so by returning to the great promise of the Spirit
already given in chap. John 14:26. Yet there is a difference between
the promise there and... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:13. BUT WHEN HE IS COME, THE SPIRIT OF THE TRUTH, HE WILL
GUIDE YOU INTO ALL THE TRUTH: FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK FROM HIMSELF; BUT
WHATSOEVER THINGS HE SHALL HEAR, HE WILL SPEAK: AND HE WILL DECLARE TO
YOU THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING. These words lend strong confirmation
to what has been said on... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:14. HE SHALL GLORIFY ME, BECAUSE OF THAT WHICH IS MINE WILL HE
RECEIVE AND WILL DECLARE IT UNTO YOU. On the glorifying of Jesus here
spoken of, see on chap. John 13:31. This glory will be given Him by
the powerful working of the Holy Spirit in the Church, _because_ that
which the Spirit appl... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:15. ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER THE FATHER HATH ARE MINE: THEREFORE
SAID I THAT HE RECEIVETH OF THAT WHICH IS MINE, AND WILL DECLARE IT
UNTO YOU. It is of Himself as Son of man as well as Son of God, not of
Himself only as the Eternal Son, that Jesus speaks. In that capacity
‘all things whatsoever... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:16. A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE BEHOLD ME NO LONGER; AND AGAIN A
LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL SEE ME. Trial has been spoken of and
encouragement given. That both shall _soon_ be known is the transition
to the present verse. The difference between the verbs ‘behold' and
‘see' must determine the mean... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:17-18. SOME OF HIS DISCIPLES THEREFORE SAID ONE TO ANOTHER,
WHAT IS THIS THAT HE SAITH UNTO US, A LITTLE WHILE AND YE BEHOLD ME
NOT: AND AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL SEE ME: AND, I GO AWAY TO
THE FATHER? THEY SAID THEREFORE. WHAT IS THIS WHICH HE CALLETH, A
LITTLE WHILE? WE KNOW NOT WH... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:19. JESUS PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE DESIROUS TO ASK HIM, AND HE
SAID UNTO THEM, DO YE INQUIRE AMONG YOURSELVES CONCERNING THIS THAT I
SAID, A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE BEHOLD ME NOT: AND AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE,
AND YE SHALL SEE ME? He entered at once into their difficulties, and
proceeded to explain... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:20. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT YE WILL WEEP AND
LAMENT, BUT THE WORLD WILL rejoice : YE will BE SORROWFUL, BUT YOUR
SORROW SHALL be TURNED INTO JOY. The one is the result of the ‘not
beholding,' the other of the ‘seeing.'... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:21. A WOMAN WHEN SHE IS IN TRAVAIL HATH SORROW BECAUSE HER
HOUR IS COME; BUT AS SOON AS SHE IS DELIVERED OF THE CHILD, SHE
REMEMBERETH NO LONGER THE TRIBULATION FOR HER JOY THAT A MAN IS BORN
INTO THE WORLD. An illustration of what had been said familiar to all,
but drawn out of the very hea... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:22. AND YE THEREFORE NOW HAVE SORROW; BUT I WILL SEE YOU
AGAIN, AND YOUR HEART SHALL REJOICE, AND YOUR JOY NO ONE TAKETH AWAY
FROM YOU. At John 16:19 Jesus had said ‘ye shall see me,' but now He
says ‘I will see you.' It is the blessed reciprocity of intercourse
between Him and His own. From... [ Continue Reading ]
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;
ASK, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULFILLED. The two
verbs here rendered ‘ask a ques... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:25. THESE THINGS HAVE I SPOKEN UNTO YOU IN PROVERBS; AN HOUR
COMETH WHEN I SHALL NO LONGER SPEAK UNTO YOU IN PROVERBS, BUT I SHALL
TELL YOU PLAINLY CONCERNING THE FATHER. Jesus is now about to close
His last discourse. At this point, accordingly, He refers to the
method of teaching, of which... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:26-27. IN THAT DAY YE SHALL ASK IN MY NAME; AND I SAY NOT UNTO
YOU, THAT I WILL ASK THE FATHER CONCERNING YOU: FOR THE FATHER HIMSELF
LOVETH YOU, BECAUSE YE HAVE LOVED ME, AND HAVE BELIEVED THAT I CAME
FORTH FROM THE FATHER. In these words, which may be spoken of as the
last words of this di... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:28. I CAME FORTH FROM THE FATHER, AND AM COME INTO THE WORLD:
AGAIN, I LEAVE THE WORLD AND GO TO THE FATHER. The connection of this
verse with the preceding is not to be found in the supposition that we
have here additional mention made of two great truths in which the
disciples are to rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:29-30. HIS DISCIPLES SAY, LO, NOW SPEAKEST THOU PLAINLY, AND
SAYEST NO PROVERB: NOW WE KNOW THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS, AND
NEEDEST NOT THAT ANY ONE SHOULD ASK THEE QUESTIONS: BY THIS WE BELIEVE
THAT THOU EARNEST FORTH FROM GOD. Two entirely different views may be
taken of the feelings and... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:31-32. JESUS ANSWERED THEM, DO YE NOW BELIEVE? BEHOLD, AN HOUR
COMETH AND IS COME, THAT YE SHOULD BE SCATTERED, EACH ONE TO HIS OWN,
AND LEAVE ME ALONE; AND YET I AM NOT ALONE, BECAUSE THE FATHER IS WITH
ME. The view taken of the preceding verse leads to the conclusion that
the first clause... [ Continue Reading ]
John 16:33. THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN UNTO YOU THAT IN ME YE MAY HAVE
PEACE. IN THE WORLD YE HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD COURAGE, I
HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. ‘These things' refers to all that had been
spoken from chap. John 14:1, to the thought of which beginning of His
discourse Jesus now retu... [ Continue Reading ]