john-14:28

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 14:28

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you; they had heard our Saviour saying so, John 14:3. It is of the nature of true love, to rejoice in the good of the object beloved, as much as in its own, nay, before its own. Saith our Saviour, if ye loved me, that is, as ye ought to love me, (for our Lord had before owned that they did love him, giving it as a reason why he rather revealed himself and manifested himself to them, than to the world, John 14:23), you would not... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 14:15-31

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 14:15. Keep My commandment.—“Ask in My name. Keep My,” etc. These go together. We can only truly pray in His name when we keep, etc.John 14:16. ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω.—The pronoun is emphatic. The verb ἐρωτᾶν is that especially used by our Lord in reference to His prayers to the Father (John 16:26; John 17:9; John 15:20). It expresses perhaps a greater degree of nearness and familiarity of approach than αἰτέω, I ask. ἄλλον Παράκλητον, κ.τ.λ. another Comforter.—The... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 14:28

John 14:28 Present Relations of Christ with His Followers The great change of administration to be introduced by the going away and coming again of Christ, includes several points that require to be distinctly noted. I. That Christ now institutes such a relationship between Himself and His followers that they can know Him when the world cannot. Before this, the world had known Him just as His disciples had, seeing Him with their eyes, hearing His doctrine, observing His miracles; but now He is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 14:1-31

Chapter 14Jesus said,Let not your heart be troubled ( John 14:1 ):Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about His death; He's been talking about His betrayal. He's been saying things that are very troubling to them. And yet, He said unto them, "Let not your heart be troubled." The cure for it is,believe in God, and believe in me ( John 14:1 )."Ye believe in God..." and that is either a question or... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 14:1-31

John 14:1-4 . Let not your heart be troubled. Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorrow therefore filled their hearts. But the worst was not disclosed, the crucifixion of their Lord and Master. Sweet was that voice, Let not your hearts be troubled. He bids them be covered with the shield of faith; ye believe in God, believe also in me. Here we are taught, that God is the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:28-29

John 14:28-29If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice, because I said I go unto the FatherThe death of the good a reason for joyNote the view which Christ had of His death.“I go.” 1. Whence? From the world. 2. Whither? To the Father, not to destruction, eternal solitude, nor to fellowship with minor souls. 3. How? Not driven. Other men are sent to the grave; Christ freely went. The general truths of the text are theseI. THAT GENUINE LOVE REJOICES IN THE HAPPINESS OF ITS OBJECT. We find illustrations of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 14:28

28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. Ver. 28. My Father is greater than I ] To wit, as I have voluntarily submitted myself to the office of a mediator. Lo, here this Sun of righteousness is gone back ten degrees in the dial below his Father. "Thou hast made him little less than the angels," Psalms 8:5 ; there (as man) he is gone back ten degrees below... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 14:28

heard: John 14:3, John 14:18, John 16:16-Song of Solomon : If: John 16:7, Psalms 47:5-Judges :, Psalms 68:18, Psalms 68:9, Luke 24:51-2 Thessalonians :, 1 Peter 1:8 I go: John 14:12, John 16:16, John 20:17 Father: John 5:18, John 10:30, John 10:38, John 13:16, John 20:21, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 49:5-Judges :, Isaiah 53:11, Matthew 12:18, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 15:24-Hosea :, Philippians 2:6-1 Kings :, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 2:9-Ezra :, Hebrews 3:1-Numbers :, Revelation... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 14:28

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.God the Father is greater than I — As he was man. As God, neither is greater nor less than the other. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:1-31

§ 127. JESUS COMFORTS HIS DISCIPLES, John 14:1-31 . If, as some commentators suppose, the institution of the Lord’s Supper took place between John 13:35 and John 13:36, then the opening of this discourse has a degree of dependence on the warning just given to Peter. But if the institution of the Supper takes place at the close of the last chapter, the present chapter, at any rate, is a post-communion discourse. Though the variations of thought are so great, that we may, perhaps, properly... read more