John 14:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ”

• John 14:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whatsoever ye shall ask - This promise referred particularly to the apostles in their work of spreading the gospel; it is, however, true of all Christians, if what they ask is in faith, and accor...

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• John 14:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 14:1-4 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Him...

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• John 14:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  ask . App-134. Compare Matthew 7:7 . name . The word occurs first in Matthew 1:21 , associated with Jesus (App-98. X). Compare Mark 16:17 with Acts 3:6 ; Acts 3:16 ; Acts 4:10 , &c....

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• John 14:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  13. And whatever you ask in my name, that I will do. By these words He plainly declares that he will be the Author of all that shall be done by the hands of the Apostles. But it may be asked...

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• John 14:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1686 CHRIST ENGAGES TO ANSWER PRAYER John 14:13-14 . Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my n...

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• John 14:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name - To enable you to perform these miracles, and to convert souls...

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• John 14:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And whatsoever ye shall ask, &c.— "And whatsoever ye shall ask on the ground of my warrant and promise, with humble dependance on my wisdom and power, faithfulness and grace, and on my merit an...

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• John 14:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name - as Mediator, that will I do - as Head and Lord...

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• John 14:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Comforter 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heaven...

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• John 14:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do. — Comp. John 15:16 ; John 16:23 . The prayer is thought of as addressed to the Father; but the answer here, and still more emphatically in...

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• John 14:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE. "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and strai...

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• John 14:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Spirit of Truth John 14:12-24 There is no adequate translation for the word Paraclete. It may be rendered “interpreter,” “comforter,” “advocate,” but no one word suffices. The Greek means...

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• John 14:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He t...

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• John 14:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me, hath s...

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• John 14:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• John 14:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Ver. 13. That I will do ] An undoubted argument of Christ's Divinity, that he hears and grants...

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• John 14:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Verily, he that believeth on me , &c. Having mentioned his miracles, Jesus proceeds to promise, that he would endow his apostles with a power of performing even greater wonders than any they had...

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• John 14:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let n...

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• John 14:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Consolatory Discourse.       12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; a...

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• John 14:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The whatsoever, in this text, must be limited by what the will of God hath revealed in other texts, as to the matter of our prayers; viz. they must be things that are for our good; such things as w...

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• John 14:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “Emphatically I tell you, he of you who goes on believing on me, the works that I do he will do as well, and he will do greater things than these because I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in m...

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• John 14:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 14:8-21 . The request of Philip and the response of Jesus. —Philip, catching at the word ἑωράκατε (seen), misapprehended its meaning, and thought of some theo...

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• John 14:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  This is a chapter which I suppose most of us know by heart, full of comfort, a very river of delight. Remember that our Lord spoke this to his own beloved ones to the inner circle. It was not addres...

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• John 14:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 14:1 . 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; so...

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• John 14:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

  He that believeth on Me the works that I do shall he do also. The activity of the glorified Christ I. ITS REALITY AND CERTAINTY. Verses 13, 14 show that Christ regarded Himself as the worker an...

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• John 14:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ. It is enough that the awful war...

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• John 14:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The promise of greater works:

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• John 14:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:22 ; 1 John 5:14 ; 1 Peter 2:5 ; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 ; Colossians 3:17 ; Ephesians 2:18 ; Ephesians 3:12 ; Ephesians 3:14 ; Ephesians 3:20 ; Ephesians 3:21 ; Hebrews 13:15 ; He...

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• John 14:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Comfort Chapter John 14:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward...

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