John 16:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. ”

• John 16:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In me - In my presence, and in the aid which I shall render you by the Holy Spirit. In the world - Among the men to whom you are going. You must expect to be persecuted, afflicted, tormented....

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• John 16:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (11) These things I have spoken unto you, that (h) in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (11) The surety and foundation...

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• John 16:33 - 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 16:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  peace . Greek. eirene. See John 14:27 ; John 20:19 , Joh 21:26. tribulation . Same as "anguish", John 16:21 . overcome . conquered. Greek nikao. Occurs twenty-eight times. Only here in Jo...

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• John 16:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  33. These things I have spoken to you. He again repeats how necessary those consolations are which he had addressed to them; and he proves it by this argument, that numerous distresses and...

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• John 16:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. That in me ye might have peace - I give y...

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• John 16:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  These things I have spoken— "I have told you these things, that you may have consolation in the prospect of the benefits that you are to receive, a lasting peace, and serenity of soul, by the exe...

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• John 16:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. These things I have spoken unto y...

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• John 16:33 - 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 16:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  These things I have spoken unto you... — At the conclusion of the discourse He sums up in a single thought what was the object of it, “Peace in Him. In the world, indeed, tribulation, but this as c...

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• John 16:33 - 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...

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• John 16:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 ....

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• John 16:33 - 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 16:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• John 16:33 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  TWO CONTRASTED CONCEPTIONS ‘In the world’; ‘In Me.’ John 16:33 These words are part of the closing sentences of our dear Lord’s last address. They tell of a life the disciples must inevitabl...

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• John 16:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  These things I have spoken unto you ,.... As this is the conclusion of our Lord's sermons to his disciples, these words may well enough be thought to have regard to all that he had said in general;...

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• John 16:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Ver. 33. These things have I spoken ]...

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• John 16:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  These things I have spoken, that ye might have peace “I have said these things to you concerning my departure out of the world, the coming of the Holy Ghost, my resurrection from the dead, the Fath...

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• John 16:33 - 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 16:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  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...

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• John 16:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  By peace here is not so much to be understood peace with God; which yet we have from Christ, and through Christ, according to Romans 5:1 , Being justified by faith, we have peace with God throu...

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• John 16:33 - 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...

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• John 16:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• John 16:33 - Scofield Reference Notes

  world Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". ( John 17:14 ); ( John 17:16 ); ( John 7:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 13:8 ).

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• John 16:33 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 16:33 There is a difficulty in seizing the precise meaning of the word "world." It seems an airy, subtle, impalpable thing, that world of St. John. It refuses to be described, to be precipita...

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• John 16:33 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 16:1 . These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. The temptation is, when Christ is despised and rejected, for our hearts to begin to sink, and for our faith to fai...

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• John 16:33 - 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 16:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

  These things have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. These things, or Christ’s secrets I. The secret of COMMUNION ( John 14:25 ). II. The secret of JOY ( John 15:11 ). III....

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• John 16:33 - 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 16:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The close of the discourse:

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