John 16:12-24

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - John 16:16-19

John CHRIST’S ‘LITTLE WHILES’ Joh_16:16 - Joh_16:19 . A superficial glance at the former part of these verses may fail to detect their connection with the great preceding promise of the Spirit who is to guide the disciples ‘into all truth.’ They appear to stand quite isolated and apart from that. But a little thought will bring out an obvious connection. The first words of our text are really the climax and crown of the promise of the Spirit; for that Spirit is to ‘guide into all the truth’... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - John 16:20-22

John SORROW TURNED INTO JOY Joh_16:20 - Joh_16:22 . These words, to which we have come in the ordinary course of our exposition, make an appropriate text for Easter Sunday. For their one theme is the joy which began upon that day, and was continued in increasing measure as the possession of Christ’s servants after Pentecost. Our Lord promises that the momentary sadness and pain shall be turned into a swift and continual joy. He pledges His word for that, and bids us believe it on His bare... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - John 16:23-24

John ‘IN THAT DAY’ Joh_16:23 - Joh_16:24 . Our Lord here sums up the prerogatives and privileges of His servants in the day that was about to dawn and to last till He came again. There is nothing absolutely new in the words; substantially the promises contained in them have appeared in former parts of these discourses under somewhat different aspects and connections. But our Lord brings them together here, in this condensed repetition, in order that the scattered rays, being thus focussed,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 16:12-24

Looking beyond Present Sorrow John 16:12-24 The disciples were terribly overwrought by the events of the last few days, the reversal of their cherished hopes, and the growing darkness and sorrow of the approaching cross. Their physical nature and their minds and affections could bear no more. Sorrow had filled their heart, and the Master forbore to describe in further detail the valley of shadow through which they were still to pass. A comparison of the Gospels and Epistles will indicate how... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 16:1-33

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 necessary that they have the Comforter, and He could come only after the bodily departure of the Lord Himself. The world was still in the heart of Jesus, and He told His disciples in very clear terms what the office of the Spirit would be in the world. To gather up the teaching, we see that the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 16:1-22

The Holy Spirit Chapter John 16:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disciples were deeply concerned because He was going away. They were filled with sorrow. For this cause our Lord spoke tenderly and with deep concern. In John 14:1-31 the Lord gave expressions of comfort. We have already studied this chapter, calling it the "Comfort Chapter." In chapter 15 Christ's message... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 16:7-13

The Ministry of the Spirit John 14:26-30 ; John 16:7-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ came to His own, and His own received Him not. The Holy Spirit came to His own, seeking to bring every possible spiritual gift and blessing, but His own have received Him not. Many believers are seeking to paddle their own canoe, and to work out their own will, wholly forgetting the Spirit and His ministry. There is nothing that comes in the life of the believer, whether in the way of victory in his walk, power... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 16:12

MANY THINGS TO BE REVEALED‘I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.’ John 16:12 Limited knowledge, even on the most deeply interesting subjects of human thought, is a necessity of our present state. These limitations on our knowledge of Divine things are for our profit—a merciful adaptation to our present needs and circumstances. I. They show us our need of the illuminating influence of God the Holy Ghost.—The mental vision requires training. Darkness, in measure,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 16:13

GUIDANCE INTO TRUTH‘When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth.’ John 16:13 The coming of the Holy Ghost was no mere isolated event in the history of the Kingdom of God. It was a great epoch—the opening of a new era in the life of man, the ushering in of a new dispensation. I. He did not come as one that would come and go. He came to stay: to abide with us for ever.—He came as the Spirit of Christ to take up His dwelling in Christ’s Church, which is His Body,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 16:14

THE FUNCTION OF THE PARACLETE‘He shall glorify Me: for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto you.’ John 16:14. (R.V.) These promises have not passed away. They remain as true now, as capable of fulfilment now, as when they were first uttered.Let us try to realise what this teaching of the Holy Spirit means, or ought to mean, to us at the present day. It is on the one hand a continuation of the teaching of Jesus. From another point of view it is in a sense a development, a fresh... read more

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