John 14:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. ”

• John 14:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A little while - This was the day before his death. Seeth me no more - No more until the day of judgment. The men of the world would not see him visibly, and they had not the eye of faith to...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a little while . i.e. about thirty hours. From the moment the Lord was taken down from the cross and entombed, He disappeared from the eyes of the world. Acts 10:40 ; Acts 10:41 . no more . Gree...

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• John 14:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  19. Yet a little while. He continues the commendation of special grace, which ought to have been sufficient for alleviating, and even for removing the grief of the disciples. “When I shall h...

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• John 14:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1688 OUR LIFE DEPENDENT ON THE LIFE OF CHRIST John 14:19 . Because I live, ye shall live also . AMONGST the various sources of consolation which our Lord opened to his Disciples, to...

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• John 14:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. Because I live - As surely as I shall rise from the dead, so shall ye. My resurrection shall be...

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• John 14:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Yet a little while,— A little while indeed, for he was crucified the next day: and he more particularly declares, that he would not appear to the Jewish nation in general after his resurrection,...

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• John 14:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. Yet a little while, and the world seeth ('beholdeth') me no more; but ye see - `behold'...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Yet a little while. — Comp. John 13:33 ; John 16:16 . But ye see me — i.e., in the spiritual presence of the Paraclete. The words may indeed have their first fulfilment in the appearances of...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  LIFE THROUGH CHRIST ‘Because I live, ye shall live also.’ John 14:19 There is only one law of life, and that law uniform, whatever the manifestation. Let us note three of the essentials of l...

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• John 14:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more ,.... The men of the world now see me with their bodily eyes, which is all the sight they have of me; and this they will be deprived of in a very l...

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• John 14:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. Ver. 19. But ye see me ] The spiritual man hath "the mind of Christ," 1 Corinthians 2:16 ,...

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• John 14:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I will not leave you comfortless Greek, ορφανους, orphans: a word elegantly applied to those who have lost any dear friend; I will come to you By my spiritual presence. The Greek, ερχομαι, is lit...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Consolatory Discourse.       18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.   19 Yet a little while, and the world see...

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• John 14:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The world seeth me now only with fleshly eyes; it will be but a little while, and the men of the world shall be able to see me no more; I shall be crucified, and laid in the grave; and though I shall...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Scofield Reference Notes

  world Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". ( John 15:18 ); ( John 15:19 ); ( John 7:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 13:8 ).

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• John 14:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 14:16-21 I. The Holy Spirit is promised as another Comforter. This surely indicates, not a new office to be discharged, but an old one, or one already subsisting, to be discharged by a new pe...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you Not left comfortless The word “comfortless” means “bereft. ” We have adopted the Greek word, and have gradually limited it to the severest...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Further encouragement:

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• John 14:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:20 ; 1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 1 John 1:1-3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12 ; Colossians 3:3 ; Colossians 3:4 ; Hebrews 7:25 ; John 11:25 ; John 12:35 ; John 13:33 ; John 14:6 ; John...

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• John 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But ye see me — That is, ye shall certainly see me. Because I live, ye shall live also — Because I am the living One in my Divine nature, and shall rise again in my human nature, and live for ever...

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