John 14:8-21 ESV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:9

Jesus saith unto him, have I been so long time with you ,.... Conversing familiarly with you, instructing you by my ministry, and performing so many miraculous works among you, for so long a time; see Hebrews 5:11 ; and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? Surely you cannot be so ignorant as this comes to; as you have seen me with your bodily eyes, as a man, you must, know that I am God by the doctrines I have taught you, and the miracles I have wrought among you: and he that hath... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:10

Believest thou not that I am in the Father ?.... This surely is, as it must needs be, and ought to be, an article of your faith, "that I am in the Father", and the Father in me ; phrases which are expressive of the sameness of nature in the Father and the Son; of the Son's perfect equality with the Father, since the Son is as much in the Father, as the Father is in the Son; and also of the personal distinction there is between them; for nothing with propriety can be said to be in itself.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:11

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ,.... Take my word for the truth of this; you may assure yourselves that nothing is more certain; but if you will not believe upon my saying so, either believe for the sake of the doctrines I have preached unto you, which are such as never any mere man spoke, and which have been delivered in such a manner, and with such authority, as never were by man. Some copies read, by way of interrogation, and so the Ethiopic version; and the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:12

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me ,.... Having mentioned his miracles as proofs of his deity, he assures his disciples, in order to comfort them under the loss of his bodily presence, that they should do the same, and greater works; for we are not to understand these words of everyone that believes in Christ, of every private believer in him, but only of the apostles, and each of them, that were true believers in him: to whom he says, the works that I do shall he do... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:13

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name ,.... Whether it be for assistance in preaching of the Gospel; or for the performance of miraculous operations in confirmation of it; or for success to attend it; or for any blessings whatsoever, whether for themselves or others: that will I do ; he does not say, that he would be a Mediator between God, and them, an advocate with the Father for them, and would intercede, and use his interest with him that it might be done, which would have been... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:14

If ye shall ask anything ,.... These words are much, the same with the former, and have been thought, by some, to have crept into the text from the margin; though they seem rather to be repeated by Christ, the more to strengthen and confirm the faith of his disciples in this matter; that whatsoever they asked in my name , either calling upon it, he being equally the object of prayer with the Father, or making mention of it, pleading the merits of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:15

If ye love me ,.... Not that Christ doubted of the love of his disciples to him; but he argues from it to their observance of his precepts, seeing ye do love me; as all do who are born again, who have had any spiritual sight of him, of his glory, suitableness, and fulness; who believe in him, and have received from him; who have had his love shed abroad in their hearts, having enjoyed communion with him, and know the relation he stands in to them; these love him above all others, and all of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:16

And I will pray the Father ,...., Here Christ speaks as Mediator, and promises his disciples, that he would intercede for them with the Father; which is designed as an encouragement to them to ask for what they want, in his name, and to comfort their hearts, which were troubled at the news of his departure from them; and he shall give you another Comforter . This is no inconsiderable proof of a trinity of persons in the Godhead; here is the Father prayed unto, the Son in human nature... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:17

Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive ,.... These words explain who is meant by the Comforter, "even the Spirit of truth"; the true Spirit of God, the dictator of the Scriptures of truth, who leads men into the truths of the Gospel, confirms them in them, and gives boldness and freedom to own, and confess them before men: whom the world cannot receive ; the men of the world, who are as they came into the world, carnal and natural men, can neither receive the Spirit nor... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:18

I will not leave you comfortless ,.... Gr. "orphans", or "fatherless". Christ stands in the relation of a Father to his people, and they are his children, his spiritual seed and offspring; and so the disciples might fear, that as Christ was going from them, they should be left as children without a father, in a very desolate and comfortless, condition: to support them against these fears, Christ promises that he would not leave them thus, at least not long: I will come to you ; in a very... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:18

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