Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

John 14:18

Leave [α φ η σ ω]. See on 4 3.

Comfortless [ο ρ φ α ν ο υ ς]. Literally, bereft or orphans. Only here and James 1:27, where it is rendered fatherless. Compare my little children (xiii. 33). "He hath not left us without a rule (xiii. 34); nor without an example (xiii. 15); nor without a motive (xiv. 15); nor without a strength (xv. 5); nor without a warning (xv. 2, 6); nor without a Comforter (xiv. 18); nor without a reward (xiv. 2) (James Ford," The Gospel of St. John Illustrated ").

I will come [ε ρ χ ο μ α ι]. Present tense, I come. See on ver. 3.

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John 14:18

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