“ Jesus answered them,Do ye now believe? ”
Do ye now believe? - Do you truly and really believe? This question was evidently asked to put them on a full examination of their hearts. Though they supposed that they had unshaken faith - fait...
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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31. Do you now believe? As the disciples were too highly pleased with themselves, Christ reminds them that, remembering their weakness, they ought rather to confine themselves within their o...
DISCOURSE: 1706 AN INQUIRY INTO THE REALITY AND DEGREE OF OUR FAITH John 16:31 . Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? THE meekness and gentleness of Christ were manifested on all occasions....
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Do ye now believe? - And will ye continue to believe? Ye are now fully convinced; and will ye in the hour of trial retain your conviction, and prove faithful a...
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? - `It is well ye do, because that faith is soon to be tested, and in a way ye little expect.'
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...
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe. — Comp. Note on John 1:50 . Here, as there, the words do not necessarily ask a question; and, although many expositors prefer to take them interrogatively,...
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...
Good Cheer for Hours of Trial John 16:25-33 God still speaks to us in proverbs. We could not understand or receive the perfect discovery of Himself. These are but part of His ways, Job 26:14 ....
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...
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb (30) Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe...
Jesus answered them, do ye now believe ?] Not as calling their faith in question; or as denying they had any; or as despising it for the smallness of it; but as reproving them for their security, va...
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Ver. 31. Do ye now believe? ] I know, ere trouble comes, you are jolly fellows. But it is easy to swim in a warm bath: and every bird can sing in a sunshin...
His disciples Struck with the correspondence of what he said to what was secretly passing in their own minds; said, Lo, now speakest thou plainly We acknowledge that now thou speakest in such a m...
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...
Christ's Discoveries of Himself. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to t...
Some read the words, (not as a question), You do now believe. It is well you believe at last, you had reason enough to have believed before this time.
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...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 16:25 . Proverbs, or parables.—Such as the vine, the woman in travail, etc. The time cometh, etc .—The Spirit after Pentecost would guide them clearly into...
John 16:26-32 Love the Evidence of Faith I. Our Lord here speaks of His disciples' belief in Him as one of the reasons why the Father loved them. But He puts it second. He puts their belief after...
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 16:1 . 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...
Now speakest Then plainly The disciples’ confession and the Master’s warning The first words of these discourses were, “Let not your heart be troubled. ” The aim of all was to bring peace and...
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...
The close of the discourse:
2 Timothy 4:16 ; 2 Timothy 4:17 ; Acts 8:1 ; Isaiah 50:6-9 ; John 12:23 ; John 14:10 ; John 14:11 ; John 20:10 ; John 4:21 ; John 4:23 ; John 5:25 ; John 5:28 ; John 8:16 ; John 8:29 ;...