Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

John 16:22

Have sorrow [λ υ π η ν ε χ ε τ ε]. This form of expression occurs frequently in the New Testament, to denote the possession or experience of virtues, sensations, desires, emotions, intellectual or spiritual faculties, faults, or defects. It is stronger than the verb which expresses any one of these. For instance, to have faith is stronger than to believe : to have life, than the act of living. It expresses a distinct, personal realization of the virtue or fault or sentiment in question. Hence, to have sorrow is more than to be sorrowful. In Matthew 17:20, Christ does not say if ye believe, but if ye have faith; if faith, in ever so small a degree, is possessed by you as a conscious, living principle and motive. Compare have love (xiii. 35; 1 John 4:16); have peace (xvi. 33); have trust (2 Corinthians 3:4); have boldness (Hebrews 10:19; 1 John 2:28).

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John 16:22

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