The Pulpit Commentary - John 16:1-4
A warning of future persecutions. Having spoken of the guilt of the persecutors, our Lord refers now to the sufferings of the disciples. I. THE DESIGN OF THE WARNING . "These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended." 1. The obstinate unbelief of the Jews would be not only a great surprise to the apostles , but a profound disappointment . They always lived in the expectation of a national conversion of Israel. 2. It was therefore necessary... read more
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:4
Verse 4 4.That when the hour cometh, you may remember. He repeats what he had already said, that this is not a philosophy fitted only for a season of leisure, but that it is adapted to practice and use, and that he now discourses on these matters, that they may actually demonstrate that they have not been taught in vain. When he says, that you may remember, he enjoins them, first, to lay up in their minds what they have heard; secondly, to remember them, when they shall be required to put them... read more