John 16:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When the Spirit shall come, then you shall fully and clearly understand how to put up your prayers to the Father in my name: hitherto have you done it imperfectly, not fully understanding what you did; but when I shall have poured out my Spirit, then you shall fully understand what it is to pray in my name, and you shall accordingly do it. He doth not deny that he would ask the Father; for the Scripture elsewhere plainly expresses it, Romans 8:34 Hebrews 7:25; but he only tells them, that he said not so to them; the reason of which he tells us in the next words.