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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:17

Then said some of his disciples among themselves ,.... It may be, some of them might better understand the meaning of Christ than others, or they might all be ignorant of it; for before the effusion of the Spirit on them, they were attended with a great deal of ignorance; and what through their being overwhelmed at this time with sorrow, and what with their national sentiments they retained about a temporal kingdom, they understood very little of what Christ said to them concerning his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:18

They said therefore ,.... One, and all of them; the inquiry became universal; what is this that he saith, a little while ? it seems as if this phrase was the most intricate and perplexing to them; for whatever conceptions they might have of not seeing, and seeing him again, as expressive of his going from them, and returning to them, yet had no notion at all what he should mean by "a little while": and therefore add, we cannot tell what he saith : they knew his words, but not his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:19

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him ,.... This is a proof of Christ's deity, that he is the omniscient God who knows all things, what is in man, even the secrets of the heart; for he not only knew the whisperings of the disciples, and their inquiries among themselves about the sense of his words, but also their secret desires to ask him concerning it: and said unto them, do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, a little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:20

Verily, verily, I say unto you ,.... A strong asseveration, a way of speaking often used by him, when he solemnly affirms any thing, and would assure of the truth of it, as here: that ye shall weep and lament ; meaning at his death, when he should be removed from them, so that they should not see him; when they should be filled with inward grief on account thereof, and express it by mournful gestures, and a doleful voice; and which was fulfilled in them, Mark 16:10 ; and how pensive... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:21

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow ,.... As was said she should have, Genesis 3:16 ; This is God's ordination and appointment for sin: because her hour is come ; is at hand; the fixed time in nature is up, and there is no avoiding it: but as soon as she is delivered of the child ; for though the sorrow is great, yet there is a deliverance, and she is saved in child bearing: when she remembereth no more the anguish ; the sharp pains she has endured in her travail; for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:22

And ye now therefore have sorrow ,.... This is the application of the preceding case. As it is with a woman in travail, when her hour is come, so it was now with them, and would be when Christ was removed from them; and as it is with every believer, when Christ is absent: for though there are many things that cause sorrow now, as sin, Satan, and afflictive dispensations of providence, yet nothing more sensibly touches believers to the quick, and gives them more uneasiness, than when Christ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:23

In that day ye shall ask me nothing ,.... Meaning, not the whole Gospel dispensation, so often called, in prophetic language, "that day"; and is, in the New Testament, opposed to the night of Jewish and Gentile darkness; and, in comparison of the former dispensation, is a time of great spiritual light and knowledge: nor the latter part of that day, when there will be no night of darkness and desertion, of error and security, of affliction and persecution, with the church; when the earth... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:24

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ,.... Not that they had never prayed as yet; for they had desired him to teach them to pray, which he did: they had prayed to him particularly for an increase of faith, and for many other things; but either they had only asked him, he being present with them, and not the Father; or if they had asked the Father anything, yet not in the name of Christ: they had made no mention of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, nor any use of his mediation;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:12

Ye cannot bear them now - In illustration of these three points, Christ had many things to say; but he found that his disciples could only bear general truths; yet, in saying what he did, he sowed the seeds of the whole system of theological knowledge, and heavenly wisdom, which the Holy Spirit of this truth afterwards watered and ripened into a glorious harvest of light and salvation, by the ministry of the apostles. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the things which the apostles could not bear... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:13

He will guide you - He will consider your feeble infant state; and, as a father leads his child by the hand, so will the Holy Spirit lead and guide you. The Vulgate, and some copies of the Itala, read, He will Teach you all truth; but this and more is implied in the word ὁδηγησει , he will lead; besides, this reading is not acknowledged by any Greek MS. He shall not speak of himself - He shall teach nothing contrary to what I have taught you: But whatsoever he shall hear - Of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 16:13

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