John 16:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. ”

• John 16:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  All things ... - See Matthew 28:18 ; Matthew 11:27 . No one could have said this who was not equal with the Father. The union was so intimate, though mysterious, that it might with propriety be...

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• John 16:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the...

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• John 16:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  therefore . on account of (Greek. dia. App-104. John 16:2 ; John 16:2 ) this.

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• John 16:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  15. All things that the Father hath are mine. As it might be thought that Christ took away from the Father what he claimed for himself, he acknowledges that he has received from the Father a...

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• John 16:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine - If Christ had not been equal to God, c...

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• John 16:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He shall take of mine— He will receive of mine, ληψεται the same word as in John 16:14 and consequently the translation should be the same in both places. "Be not surprized that I said unto you...

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• John 16:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall tak...

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• John 16:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ Will Prove the Disciples' Comfort in Time of Persecution 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the prev...

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• John 16:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  All things that the Father hath are mine. — He has told them that the Spirit’s work is to glorify Him, to receive of His, and announce to the world. The ground of this saying is in the fact that th...

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• John 16:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Looking beyond Present Sorrow John 16:12-24 The disciples were terribly overwrought by the events of the last few days, the reversal of their cherished hopes, and the growing darkness and sorro...

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• John 16:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was n...

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• John 16:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shew it unto you. (16) A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see...

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• John 16:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE FUNCTION OF THE PARACLETE ‘He shall glorify Me: for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto you.’ John 16:14 . (R.V.) These promises have not passed away. They remain as true now...

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• John 16:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  All things that the Father hath are mine ,.... Though it is true that the same divine nature the Father is possessed of, the Son is; and the same divine perfections belong to the one, as to the othe...

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• John 16:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. Ver. 15. All things that the Father hath, &c. ] So that if we can but mar...

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• John 16:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I have yet many things to say unto you There are many other things concerning which I must give you information. But ye cannot bear them now But the weakness of your understanding, your desire an...

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• John 16:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be s...

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• John 16:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Expediency of Christ's Departure; The Promise of the Spirit.       7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that...

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• John 16:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  All the Divine essence, wisdom, power, which is in the Father, are mine; I am, in all things that concern the Deity, one and equal with the Father; and that was the reason that I said that he should...

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• John 16:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Coming of the Holy Spirit ( John 16:4-15 ).

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• John 16:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES Chap. John 15:27 . The Spirit does not teach historical facts, but reveals their true meaning. Hence the apostolic testimony and the testimony of the Spirit form bu...

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• John 16:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 16:14-15 This text is a prophecy that Christ's glory, His work, His nature, His teaching, His character should be revealed, brought home to men, progressively; the Holy Spirit should make the...

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• John 16:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 16:1 . These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. Or, «made to stumble.» Christ would not have you who are his people caused to stumble by anything that happens to...

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• John 16:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 16:1 . These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended, so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to...

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• John 16:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. --The original implies that such teaching as that of the Cross would have been a crushing burden ( cf . John 19:17 ; Luke 11:...

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• John 16:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 16:1-43 (c) The bitter issues of the hostility of the world . John 16:1 These things . What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hat...

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• John 16:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Spirit's work for the believers:

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• John 16:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:5-9 ; Acts 1:3 ; Acts 10:40 ; Acts 10:41 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; John 12:35 ; John 13:3 ; John 13:33 ; John 14:19 ; John 16:10 ; John 16:17-19 ; John 16:28 ; John 16:5 ; John...

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• John 16:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Holy Spirit Chapter John 16:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disci...

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• John 16:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  All things that the Father hath are mine — Could any creature say this?

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