The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:22-24
What makes the true manifestation possible. I. THE QUESTION OF JUDAS . This question shows how much the disciples had yet to learn; for without doubt all shared the perplexity of the one. How one fundamental error stops a true understanding of all the words of Jesus! In a sense, Jesus had been seen of all men who had eyes to see, but what they had seen had just been the human form. That Jesus should have kingly honor and kingly power they had not discerned. But the disciples seem... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:22-24
The nature and conditions of Christ's manifestation. The last sentence of our Lord suggests the question of Judas. I. THE QUESTION OF JUDAS . "Lord, and what has happened, that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not unto the world?" 1. The questioner , who is otherwise known as Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus , mistakes the nature of Christ ' s manifestation . He imagined that it would be a theophany associated with the establishment of a temporal kingdom. 2. He... read more