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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 14:18-24

John 14:18-24. I will not leave you comfortless Greek, ορφανους , orphans: a word elegantly applied to those who have lost any dear friend; I will come to you By my spiritual presence. The Greek, ερχομαι , is literally, I come to you; for what was certainly and speedily to be, our Lord speaks of as if it were already. Yet a little while and the world Which only sees by bodily eyes; seeth me no more In the sense it has done for some time past, though it knows me not; but ye see me ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 14:15-31

144. Promise of the Holy Spirit (John 14:15-31)In assuring the disciples of the blessings that would follow his return to the Father (see John 14:12), Jesus had not specifically mentioned the Holy Spirit. Now he explained. When he returned to the Father, he would send the Holy Spirit as the Counsellor, or Helper, to guide, instruct and strengthen them. Those who did not believe in Jesus would not be able to understand how this Helper worked, because their understanding was limited to the things... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:18

comfortless = orphans. Greek. or phanos. Occurs only here and James 1:27 . will come = am coming. As in John 14:3 . to. Greek. pros. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:19

a little while ; i.e. about thirty hours. From the moment the Lord was taken down from the cross and entombed, He disappeared from the eyes of the world. Acts 10:40 , Acts 10:41 . no more . Greek. ouk eti. shall live also = also shall live. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 14:18

I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.Desolate ... actually means "orphans"; and from this premise, "I come unto you" is not speaking of the second advent but of an interim coming of the Lord in the person of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and afterward. The second advent was in view in John 14:3, but here the coming of Christ's Spirit is meant. Hendriksen ably defended this interpretation thus, "The immediately preceding context refers to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and so does... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 14:19

Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.Because I live ... is a prophetic reference to the resurrection, because Jesus was clearly speaking of a time when the world should no longer see him. This is a second "because," like that in John 14:12, and shows the necessity of Jesus' return to the Father. The divine plan of establishing a worldwide spiritual kingdom could only have been hindered by the continued physical presence of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 14:18

John 14:18. I will not leave you comfortless:— 'Ορφανους, orphans, He had called them his dear children,— τεκνια,— Joh 13:33 of the last chapter. "Encourage yourselves therefore with the pleasing expectation of the promised Comforter, who will be as a Father to you, and fully supply my place; and I myself will be with you in my Godhead, to strengthen and console you, and visit you with the most valuable tokens of my constant care." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 14:19

John 14:19. Yet a little while,— A little while indeed, for he was crucified the next day: and he more particularly declares, that he would not appear to the Jewish nation in general after his resurrection, but only to his disciples. He adds, "Because I live, by rising from the dead, ye shall live also,—by rising from the dead; and also now by means of those divine influences which you shall derive from me, to cherish the workings of grace in your hearts, and to train you up to a growing... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 14:18

18-20. I will not leave you comfortless—in a bereaved and desolate condition; or (as in Margin) "orphans." I will come to you—"I come" or "am coming" to you; that is, plainly by the Spirit, since it was to make His departure to be no bereavement. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 14:19

19. world seeth—beholdeth. me no more, but ye see—behold. me—His bodily presence, being all the sight of Him which "the world" ever had, or was capable of, it "beheld Him no more" after His departure to the Father; but by the coming of the Spirit, the presence of Christ was not only continued to His spiritually enlightened disciples, but rendered far more efficacious and blissful than His bodily presence had been before the Spirit's coming. because I live—not "shall live," only when raised from... read more

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