We are sure [ο ι δ α μ ε ν]. Better, as Rev., we know.
By this [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω]. Literally, in this. Compare 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:5; 1 John 3:16; 1 John 3:19; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:1; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:2.
Verse John 16:30. _NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS_] Is not the following the meaning of the disciples? We believe that thou art not only the _Messiah who camest out from God_, but that...
NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ... - Their difficulty had been to understand what was the meaning of his declaration in John 16:16. About this they conversed among themselves, John 16:17. It is evi...
CHAPTER 16 1. Persecutions Predicted. (John 16:1 .) 2. The Comforter and His Demonstration. (John 16:7 .) 3. Sorrow and joy. (John 16:16 .) 4. The Father Himself Loveth You. ...
JOHN 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the min...
NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS. A little before he had read their thoughts and interpreted them (verse 18). The fact that he had discerned them and answered their questionings so plainl...
His disciples said: "See! now you are speaking clearly, and you are not speaking in hard sayings. Now we know that you know all things, and that you do not need that anyone should ask you anything. Be...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
ARE WE SURE. we know. Greek. _oida._ App-132. Same word as "tell "(John 16:18) and "knowest "in next clause. BY. in. Greek. _en._ App-104....
_are we sure_ Better, WE KNOW; it is the same verb as -thou knowest," and the capricious change of rendering is regrettable. There is a similarly capricious change 2 Corinthians 12:2-3. Christ had spo...
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF THESE DISCOURSES...
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. Th...
Ver 29. His disciples said to him, Lo, now you speak plainly, and speak no proverb. 30. Now are we sure that you know all things, and need not that any man should ask you; by this we believe that you...
ΟΪΔΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ знать. См. ст. 18. ΈΞΉΛΘΕΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John 16:27....
HIS DISCIPLES SAID— "We acknowledge that now thou speakest in such a manner as we can understand; for what thou sayest is by no means dark, like the things before delivered. Moreover, by what thou has...
HIS VEILED SAYINGS WILL SOON BE MADE PLAIN _Text: John 16:25-33_ 25 These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but sh...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:23-33 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 16:— In the closing verses of John 16 the Lord Jesus proceeds to set forth even more fully t...
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS - the v...
12 The words of our Lord preserved for us in the four accounts of His life come very far from giving us all that He had to say. They were sadly limited by the incapacity of His hearers. Even His close...
THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST WILL PROVE THE DISCIPLES' COMFORT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the previous...
Last Words. Temporary defeat in the present will be followed by final victory. 25. In proverbs] RM 'in parables.' Very many of our Lord's discourses were dark and enigmatical to the Apostles, until th...
NEEDEST NOT THAT ANY MAN SHOULD ASK THEE] Thou didst answer our questions before we asked them, for Thou didst know what questions were in our minds. 30, 31. Jesus shows that He can read the thoughts...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 JESUS CONTINUES TO TEACH ABOUT THE *HOLY SPIRIT 16:1-15 V1 ‘I have told all this to you so that these troubles will...
NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS. — Comp. John 16:19; John 16:23. The “now” is emphatic, as in the previous verse. They see in His present knowledge of their thoughts, and in the light whi...
XV. _ LAST WORDS._ "A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me. Some of His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that He saith unto us, A...
νῦν οἴδαμεν … ἐρωτᾷ. The reference is to John 16:19, where they manifested dissatisfaction with the obscurity of His utterances. Here in John 16:30 two things are stated, that Jesus has perfect knowle...
_Last words_....
GOOD CHEER FOR HOURS OF TRIAL John 16:25-33 God still speaks to us in proverbs. We could not understand or receive the perfect discovery of Himself. These are but part of His ways, Job 26:14. But in...
Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was ne...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
III. THE LAST FAREWELL: 16:16-33. From these distant prospects which He has just opened to the disciples with respect to their future work (John 15:1 to John 16:15), Jesus returns to the great matter...
1. That the time referred to in John 16:25 ff. is the same with that described in John 16:20-24 is indicated by the fact that the same great characteristic of the period mentioned is here set forth as...
“ _His disciples say to him_, _Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and dost use no similitude;_ 30. _now we know that thou knowest all things and hast no need that any one should ask thee; for this we beli...
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb (30) Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
In chapter 16 a further step is taken in the revelation of this grace. The Holy Ghost is looked upon as already here below. In this chapter the Lord declares that He has set forth all His instruction...
NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS,.... Not only all men, but all things, even the secrets of men's hearts, of which the apostles had now a convincing proof; for whereas Christ had delivered...
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Ver. 30. _Now we are sure, &c._] What! not till now? Ni...
_His disciples_ Struck with the correspondence of what he said to what was secretly passing in their own minds; _said, Lo, now speakest thou plainly_ We acknowledge that now thou speakest in such a ma...
BY THIS WE BELIEVE; he had in the last few verses so fully met their difficulties about his meaning in verse John 16:16, and that without their stating them, that they were more than ever convinced of...
Disciples of Christ may at some times possess and manifest strong confidence in him, and at others act as if they had none: were it not for his grace, all would utterly forsake him and perish....
The close of the discourse:...
NOW ARE WE SURE THAT THOU KNOWEST ALL THINGS, AND NEEDEST NOT THAT ANY MAN SHOULD ASK THEE; BY THIS WE BELIEVE THAT THOU CAMEST FORTH FROM GOD....
All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be st...
28-33 Here is a plain declaration of Christ's coming from the Father, and his return to him. The Redeemer, in his entrance, was God manifest in the flesh, and in his departure was received up into gl...
This confirmeth us in that faith, or persuasion, which we before had, though it was in us but weak, that indeed thou art come forth from God....
John 16:30 Now G3568 sure G1492 (G5758) that G3754 know G1492 (G5758) things G3956 and G2532 no...
“His disciples say, ‘Lo, you now speak plainly and do not speak in mysterious words. Now we know that you know all things and do not need that any man should ask you. By this we believe that you came...
WARNING AND ASSURANCE FOR THE FUTURE (JOHN 16:16). As the time for them to go to Gethsemane approaches Jesus now begins to prepare them for what is to happen there. They are to recognise that what is...
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 BEL...
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 f...
NOW KNOW WE (νυν οιδαμεν). They had failed to understand the plain words of Jesus about going to the Father heretofore (John 16:5), but Jesus read their very thoughts (John 16:19) and this fact see...
John 16:26 Love the Evidence of Faith I. Our Lord here speaks of His disciples' belief in Him as one of the reasons why the Father loved them. But He puts it second. He puts their belief after their...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ That you should not be scandalized when you are put to suffering on any account that you should not dread the offence...
John 16:16. _A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father._ Remember that the disciples were on the verge of great trouble. Thei...
Our Lord is speaking to his disciples before his departure from them to be crucified, and he says: John 16:16. _A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ The temptation is, when Christ is despised and rejected, for our hearts to begin to sink, and for our faith to fail....
CONTENTS: Warning of persecutions. The promise of the Spirit and His three-fold work. Jesus talks of His death, resurrection and second coming. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, God, disciples. CONCLUS...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended,_ so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to dea...
DO YOU BELIEVE NOW? They thought they did, but the next day they would be scattered, and Jesus would stand alone....
_Now speakest Then plainly_ THE DISCIPLES’ CONFESSION AND THE MASTER’S WARNING The first words of these discourses were, “Let not your heart be troubled. ” The aim of all was to bring peace and conf...
_Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed_. "Well does Christ say," says Bede, "that He shall be revealed as one who, not being seen, sees all things, and then appearing, shall...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 16:25. PROVERBS, or parables.—Such as the vine, the woman in travail, etc. THE TIME COMETH, ETC.—The Spirit after Pentecost would guide them clearly into all tru...
EXPOSITION JOHN 16:1 (c) _The bitter issues of the hostility of the world_. JOHN 16:1 THESE THINGS. What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hatred of the world, a...
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 16. Now, these words in the sixteenth chapter have to be understood with the background as Jesus has been in the upper room with His disciples. He has told them...
John 13:38; Luke 9:44; Luke 9:45...
Thou knowest all things — Even our hearts. Although no question is asked thee, yet thou answerest the thoughts of every one. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God — They, as it were, echo...