John 16:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. ”

John 16:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In that day - After my resurrection and ascension. Ye shall ask me nothing - The word rendered “ask” here may have two significations, one to ask by way of inquiry, the other to ask for assis...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in that day . See John 14:20 . The use of this important Hebraism ( Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:12 and note there) in connexion with the woman of John 16:21 shows that it refers to Israel and has no...
John 16:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. And in that day you will ask me nothing. After having promised to the disciples that they would derive joy from their unshaken firmness and courage, he now speaks of another grace of t...
John 16:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Ye shall ask me nothing - Ye shall then be led, by that...
John 16:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In that day ye shall ask me nothing.— "You shall not inquire any thing of me, u949?κ ερωτησετε :—One great source of your joy, in the period I am speaking of, will be, that your understanding sha...
John 16:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. And in that day (when He should return to them by...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. — Comp. Acts 1:6 . The time here referred to is, as we have seen ( John 16:16 ), the time of the gift of the Paraclete, who shall fully illumine them, so t...
John 16:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XV. LAST WORDS. "A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me. Some of His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that He saith unto us...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘IN MY NAME’ ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you.’ John 16:23 I. The Church of God has reverently accepted the Lord’s own pro...
John 16:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In that day ye shall ask me nothing ,.... Meaning, not the whole Gospel dispensation, so often called, in prophetic language, "that day"; and is, in the New Testament, opposed to the night of Jewish...
John 16:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Ver. 23. And in that day ye shall, &c. ] q.d....
John 16:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In that day ye shall ask me nothing Εμε ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν, you shall not inquire any thing of me , or, as Dr. Campbell renders it, you will put no questions to me. That is, when I have sent th...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Fa...
John 16:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; That the day here spoken of is that before mentioned, 1 Thessalonians 16:22 , when Christ promised to see them again, and that their hearts should rejoice, is without question; but what t...
John 16:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Warning and Assurance for the Future ( John 16:16-33 ). As the time for them to go to Gethsemane approaches Jesus now begins to prepare them for what is to happen there. They are to recognise that...
John 16:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 16:16 . See John 14:19 . A little while .—The last clause omitted by, B, D, L, etc. John 16:17 . Then said His disciples, etc .—They did not, could not, c...
John 16:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 16:1 . These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. That you should not be scandalized when you are put to suffering on any account that you should not dread the offe...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing The characteristics of the Christian age I. COMPLETE REVELATION 1. The subject: the Father; His nature: God; His character: love; His purpose: salvati...
John 16:23 - 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...
John 16:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.
John 16:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:3 ; 1 John 1:4 ; 1 Kings 18:36 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 ; 2 John 1:12 ; 2 Kings 19:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:2 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:17 ; Ephesians 1:16 ; Ephes...
John 16:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye shall not question me about any thing — Which you do not now understand. You will not need to inquire of me; for you will know all things clearly. Whatsoever ye shall ask — Knowledge, love, or a...

John 16:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 16:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 16:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 16:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 16:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 16:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 16:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 16:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 16:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 16:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 16:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 16:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 16:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 16:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 16:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 16:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 16:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 16:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 16:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 16:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 16:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 16:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 16:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 16:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 16:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 16:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 16:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 16:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 16:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes