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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 14:1-31

Chapter 14Jesus said,Let not your heart be troubled ( John 14:1 ):Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about His death; He's been talking about His betrayal. He's been saying things that are very troubling to them. And yet, He said unto them, "Let not your heart be troubled." The cure for it is,believe in God, and believe in me ( John 14:1 )."Ye believe in God..." and that is either a question or... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 14:1-31

John 14:1-4 . Let not your heart be troubled. Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorrow therefore filled their hearts. But the worst was not disclosed, the crucifixion of their Lord and Master. Sweet was that voice, Let not your hearts be troubled. He bids them be covered with the shield of faith; ye believe in God, believe also in me. Here we are taught, that God is the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:22-24

John 14:22-24Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us and not unto the world?How may the Lord disclose or reveal Himself to His disciples, and not to others?Disclosure, or revelation, is at least a double process. It consists in the presentation of an object of knowledge, and a mental reception of what is presented; a clear manifestation, and an object of this who is capable of apprehending it. Again, different objects of knowledge manifest or... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:25-26

John 14:25-26These things have I spoken unto youThe mission of the Holy SpiritI.ITS DISTINCTION FROM THAT OF JESUS CHRIST. Both Christ and the Spirit were sent by the Father, and were sent to teach; but they differed in respect of 1. Character. Christ had been sent in the Father’s name as the Father’s representative; the Spirit was come in Christ’s name as Christ’s representative. 2. Purpose. Christ had been sent to furnish men with an objective image of God; the Spirit to give an inward... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:27

John 14:27Peace I leave with youThe legacy of legaciesThe Earl of Dundonald fought with his solitary ship a line of formidable forts in South America, whose fire proved so raking that his men could not be got to stand to their guns.Calling his wife, he asked her to fire one of the guns, and show these men how to do their duty. She did so. Instantly they returned, burning with shame, to their posts, and soon the victory was theirs. The lady, in rehearsing the circumstance, said that the thing... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:28-29

John 14:28-29If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice, because I said I go unto the FatherThe death of the good a reason for joyNote the view which Christ had of His death.“I go.” 1. Whence? From the world. 2. Whither? To the Father, not to destruction, eternal solitude, nor to fellowship with minor souls. 3. How? Not driven. Other men are sent to the grave; Christ freely went. The general truths of the text are theseI. THAT GENUINE LOVE REJOICES IN THE HAPPINESS OF ITS OBJECT. We find illustrations of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:30

John 14:30Henceforth I will not talk much with youChrist as a conversationalistI.CHRIST’S GREATEST WORK WAS DONE BY CONVERSATION. 1. In the four Gospels there are but five discourses properly so called--that in the synagogue at Nazareth, that upon the Mount, that on the Bread of Life in the synagogue at Capernaum, that on the seashore, when He practically traced the future of His kingdom, and that at Jerusalem respecting His second coming. All the rest is conversation, sometimes drifting into... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:31

John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the FatherChrist’s departure1.It is well that “we do not know when the last time is the last: unconsciously and without premonition we leave our door, we retire to bed, we grasp the hand of our friend for the last time: and by and by it is said, “He is not, for God hath taken him.” How much of mercy there is in this veiling of the future, this sparing of farewells, we may understand from the flutter and pain with which foreseen and calculated... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 14:22

22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Ver. 22. How is it that thou wilt manifest, &c. ] Many a wise question the disciples ask him in this chapter; and yet our Saviour bears with their rudeness, and gently instructs them, preaching as they were able to hear, Mark 4:33 . So did Paul, 1 Corinthians 9:22 . So must all ministers, 2 Timothy 2:25 , if they mean to do good on it. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 14:23

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. Ver. 23. Jesus answered and said unto him ] Our Saviour, passing by that frivolous question, proceedeth in his discourse. Some follies are best confuted by silence. One having made a long and idle discourse before Aristotle, concluded it thus: I doubt I have been too tedious unto you, Sir Philosopher, with my many words. In good... read more

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