John 16:12-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 16:13

Howbeit = But. the Spirit of truth. See on John 14:17 and App-101 . is come = shall have come. guide = lead on the way. Greek. hodegeo. Elsewhere in Matthew 15:14 .Luke 6:39 . Acts 8:31 .Revelation 7:17 . Used in the Septuagint for Hebrew. nahdh. Nehemiah 9:19 . Psa 23:8 ; Psalms 73:24 ; Psalms 139:24 , &c. into. Greek. eis. App-104 . all truth = all the truth: i.e. all the truth necessary for His people from Ascension to Descension; the truth concerning the Pentecostal Church, the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 16:14

glorify . See p. 1511. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 16:15

therefore = on account of (Greek. dia. App-104 .John 16:2; John 16:2 ) this. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 16:12

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.This verse is not a separation between the fourth and fifth Paraclete sayings, but a connective making them, in fact, one saying, the first part dealing with the Spirit's relation to the world, the latter with the Spirit's work in the apostles. The need of the apostles that something should be done for them is what this verse states. There were many things the apostles could not understand until afterward. As Barnes said:There... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 16:13

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.This is a verse of nearly incredible importance in the proper understanding of Christianity. Here is the cornerstone of faith. The errors grounded here are colossal, and the general misunderstanding of it has perverted millions of disciples.He, the Spirit of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 16:14

He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you. All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare it unto you.Regarding the Trinitarian nature of this passage, Dummelow said:This is one of the leading Trinitarian passages in the New Testament. In it (1) the three persons are clearly distinguished; (2) their relative subordination is clearly taught, the Father giving his all to the Son, and the Son... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 16:12

John 16:12. I have yet many things to say unto you,— These other things to which our Lord refers, might probably relate to the abrogation of the ceremonial law, to the doctrine of justification by faith, the rejection of the Jews, the calling of the Gentiles, and the like, which the disciples could not fully receive till their remaining prejudices were removed. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 16:13

John 16:13. When he, the Spirit of truth, is come,— The personality of the Holy Ghost is strongly and incontestably marked by the mention of his coming, being sent, guiding, &c. as well as by the particularity in the original; wherein the word rendered he; εκεινος, is of the masculine gender, though the word rendered spirit, το πνευμα, is neuter. Instead of shall not speak, &c. the original may with much greater propriety be rendered will not, &c. and so in the two next verses. In... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 16:15

John 16:15. He shall take of mine— He will receive of mine, ληψεται the same word as in Joh 16:14 and consequently the translation should be the same in both places. "Be not surprized that I said unto you, He will receive of mine, &c. for the whole treasure of the Father's wisdom belongs to me." See Colossians 2:3. Those who oppose the divinity of Christ, seem to be at a loss for an explication of this passage. Le Clerc tells us, that it is highly figurative;—that the subject treated of is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 16:12

12-15. when he, the Spirit of truth, is come . . . he shall not speak of himself—that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate. he will show you things to come—referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom of God, whose horizon is the everlasting hills. read more

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