John 14:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; ”

• John 14:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I will pray the Father - This refers to his intercession after his death and ascension to heaven, for this prayer was to be connected with their keeping his commandments. In what way he makes int...

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• John 14:16 - 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 14:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  pray . Greek. erotao. App-134. Not aiteo as in John 14:18 . See 1 John 5:16 , where both words are used. shall . will. another . Greek. allos. App-124. Comforter . Greek. parakletos,...

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• John 14:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  16. And I will pray to the Father. This was given as a remedy for soothing the grief which they might feel on account of Christ’s absence; but at the same time, Christ promises that he will...

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• John 14:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1687 THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO OBEDIENCE John 14:15-17 . If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, tha...

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• John 14:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; I will pray the Father - After having made an atonement for the sin of the world, I will beco...

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• John 14:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He shall give you another Comforter,— Or, another advocate. The word παρακλητον, signifies an advocate or a monitor, as well as a comforter; and it is evident that the blessed Spirit mainta...

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• John 14:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; And I will ... The connection between this and what before is apt to escape observati...

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• John 14:16 - 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 14:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And I will pray the Father. — Comp. Note on John 16:26 . The pronoun is again emphatic — “I have given you your part to do. I on My part will pray the Father.” The word used for “pray” is one whic...

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• John 14:16 - 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 14:16 - 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 14:16 - 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 14:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; (17) Even the spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neithe...

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• John 14:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE MISSION OF THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH ‘If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you for ever, even the Spi...

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• John 14:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I will pray the Father ,...., Here Christ speaks as Mediator, and promises his disciples, that he would intercede for them with the Father; which is designed as an encouragement to them to ask f...

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• John 14:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Ver. 16. And he shall give you another Comforter ] Or, pleader, deprecator, advocate, παρ...

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• John 14:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  If ye love me As ye profess to do, keep my commandments For that will be a surer test and more acceptable expression of your regard for me than all your trouble and concern at parting with me. Ke...

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• John 14:16 - 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 14:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Consolatory Discourse.       15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.   16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you anot...

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• John 14:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; This verse containeth a new argument by which our Saviour relieveth his disciples under their affliction for the want of his bodily presence; that is, the mission of the Holy Spirit, anothe...

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• John 14:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  2). The Demands that He Makes and the Provision That He Is Making For Their Fulfilment ( John 14:12-26 ). Jesus now stresses what He is expecting from His disciples and assures them that full prov...

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• John 14:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 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 ἐρ...

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• John 14:16 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Comforter Greek, "Parakletos", meaning "one called alongside to help." Translated "advocate," ( 1 John 2:1 ). Christ is the believer's Paraclete with the Father when he sins; the Holy Spirit t...

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• John 14:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 14:15-17 The Christian the Temple of God I. This is the misery of sin, that it brings what is so unholy, so close, into the Presence of the All-Holy. Sin begins in thought, yet thought is of...

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• John 14:16 - 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 14:16 - 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 14:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter The praying Christ, the giving Father, and the abiding Spirit The “and” shows us that these words are a consequence of some prece...

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• John 14:16 - 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 14:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of Love and Life. The coming of the Comforter:

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• John 14:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; Acts 13:52 ; Acts 9:31 ; Colossians 3:3 ; Colossians 3:4 ; Ephesians 1:13 ; Ephesians 1:14 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Hebrews 7:25 ; John 14:14 ; John 14:18 ;...

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• John 14:16 - 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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• John 14:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And I will ask the Father — John 14:21 , shows the connection between this and the preceding verses. And he will give you another Comforter — The Greek word signifies also an advocate, instructer,...

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