John 16:16-17:26 NIV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:1-33

Jesus’ Final Words To His Apostles (John 13:31 to John 17:26 ). This next section, from John 13:31 to John 17:26, can be seen as the equivalent of the dying words of Jesus. Words spoken on approaching death, and especially on a deathbed, were considered to be particularly potent. There are numerous examples of this in Scripture, like the blessings of Jacob to his sons in Genesis 47:29 to Genesis 49:33, Moses’ farewell words in Deuteronomy 33:0, the farewell of Joshua to the nation of Israel... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:16

“A little while and you see me no more, and again a little while and you will see me.” The meaning of this verse is amplified in the following verses. He is departing from them and in human terms they will not see Him again after the following day. But shortly afterwards they will see Him for He will rise again and they will see Him face to face as the glorified Christ, and from then on the Spirit will reveal Him continually to them as such. That ‘you will see me’ does not refer to the second... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:16-33

Warning and Assurance for the Future (John 16:16-33 ). As the time for them to go to Gethsemane approaches Jesus now begins to prepare them for what is to happen there. They are to recognise that what is to happen there will in fact be truly of God, and that through what will happen in that Garden will be carried out the grandest and most supreme of the purposes of God. The Son will accomplish His work of redemption and will return to the Father. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:1-33

John 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16 . Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was “ offended” by the course of the ministry, which did not correspond to his Messianic expectation. They must expect actual excommunication. Their execution will be thought an acceptable sacrifice to God ( cf. the Jewish comment on Numbers 25:13, “ He who sheds the blood of a transgressor should be thought of as if he had... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 16:16

I must die, and so for two or three days you shall not see me; but after that you shall see me again, when I shall be risen from the dead: but because of the last words, because I go to the Father, which seem to give a reason of the first clause; possibly by the little while first mentioned, our Saviour means the whole time from the speaking of those words to his ascension into heaven, for all that time was not more than six weeks; and by the little while mentioned in the latter part of the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 16:16-23

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 16:16. See John 14:19. A little while.—The last clause omitted by, B, D, L, etc.John 16:17. Then said His disciples, etc.—They did not, could not, comprehend yet what He meant. No doubt the words, “Again a little while, and ye shall see Me,” may refer to His post-resurrection appearances here, and to the descent of the Spirit. But it has a wider reference to all God’s people. As “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,” it will be but a little while in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 16:16

John 16:16 Christ Visible to Loving Hearts What Christ here promises is something special and interior; deeper and more intimate; the peculiar gift of those who "keep His commandments." It is a manifestation, not to the eye or to the ear, but to a sense above both hearing and sight; a spiritual sense, comprehending all powers of perception, to which all other senses are but avenues. And this presence is no mere figure, but a reality; this manifestation no empty metaphor, but a showing of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 16:1-33

Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 16.Now, these words in the sixteenth chapter have to be understood with the background as Jesus has been in the upper room with His disciples. He has told them as He had the Lord's supper with them that He would not drink of the fruit of the vine until He drank it anew in the kingdom. After supper, He has washed their feet, giving to them an example of what the ministry is all about; it's that of a servant. And then there in the upper room He speaks to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 16:1-33

John 16:1 . These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended, so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to death, being accounted an expulsion from the covenant of mercy, and from the paradise of God. John 16:6 . Because I have said these things, sorrow hath filled your heart. The disciples were so astounded at the extended view of their persecutions, and at the departure of their Lord, that they... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 16:16-22

John 16:16-22A little while and ye shall not see MeChrist visible to loving heartsThis was a strange saying, and a stranger reason.How should His going away be the pledge of their seeing Him again? There have already been three manifestations of our Lord, and there shall be yet a fourth--the three first ascending to the last, which shall be full, perfect, eternal. First, He has been seen by the eye, when He came in our manhood (1 Timothy 3:16; John 1:14). But this is not the manifestation... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:1-33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:16-33

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:1-33

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 16:16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 16:16-23

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 16:16

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 16:1-33

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 16:1-33

The Biblical Illustrator - John 16:16-22

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