F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - John 16:1-99
John 16 FURTHER WORDS OF warning follow in the opening verses of this chapter, lest the disciples should be stumbled by being unprepared for persecution. Act_8:3 ; Act_9:1 , Act_9:2 ; 1Ti_1:13 , furnish us with a commentary on verses Joh_16:2 and 3 of our chapter. Saul of Tarsus persecuted this way unto the death, and he did it ignorantly in his unbelief. At that time he certainly knew neither the Father nor the Son. Jesus was going to Him that sent Him, and the disciples had sufficient sense... read more
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - John 16:7-15
7-15 Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at one time, but his Spirit is every where, in all places, at all times, wherever two or three are gathered together in his name. See here the office of the Spirit, first to reprove, or to convince. Convincing work is the Spirit's work; he can do it effectually, and none but he. It is the method the... read more