John 16:13. As Westcott said: Of judgment, because the prince of this world ... Calvary was intended by Christ's enemies as their judgment of him; but God made it the judgment of his enemies, particularly of Satan, the prince of this world. Choose a verse from 'John 16' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, The servant is not greater than his lord -, neither he that is sent, is greater than he that sent him. [15] Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1845), Vol. A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me. Christ also revealed here that their murder would be motivated by religious considerations. 16.Verily, verily, I tell you. These words seem to have been spoken more in wonderment and tenderness, rather than in censure. This does not mean that Christ had not previously taught them of the persecutions coming upon them; because there had been many strong words to the effect that they would have to "deny" themselves, take up the cross, and suffer will and hatred. John 16:13 13 But when he , the Spirit of truth , a comes , he will guide you into all the truth . on StudyLight.org How could he speak of "good cheer" in the face of all that he knew was about to happen? (2) It was necessary to use a medium that could not be distorted by the Pharisees. Welcome to Master's Online Digital Library developed and hosted by StudyLight.org. John 13:16. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. The Spirit convicts of sin, revealing man's fallen estate and bondage to Satan, and showing his total helplessness to achieve through his own efforts any healing of his condition. The disciples are the ‘sent,’ taking the place of Him who was first ‘sent’ but is now gone to the Father. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He decided to come, chose the time and place of entry, elected the particular race that would provide him a mortal body, and timed the entire sequence of events to fulfill the 333 prophecies of the Old Testament bearing upon the first advent of the Messiah. Tertullian made the words of this verse a mandate that no disciple might advocate a doctrine contrary to the teachings of the Lord, saying, "If Marcion be even a disciple, he is not yet `above his Master. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. The apostles fully understood what Jesus meant here. App-98. Version. Wicked men, living lives of conformity to the will of their prince (Satan) behold in Christ the rejection by Almighty God of their principles of judgment. 68. also Luke 6:40, and Luke 22:27. Jesus had often predicted his Passion, as recorded three times in Matthew; and here is another plain reference to the impending death and the rejoicing with which it would be hailed by his enemies. The servant is not greater than his lord - Christ has ennobled the acts of humility by practising them himself. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. An oft-repeated saying (see the note at Matthew 10:24). (3) Finally, the dark sayings proved in the long run to be more memorable and effective than any other method could have been. Choose a verse from 'John 13' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org on StudyLight.org on StudyLight.org Ignoring or bypassing the name of the One Mediator between God and man is presumptuously sinful. Introduction. 16. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name. . That the apostles had such a gift is devoutly believed, but it is here emphatically denied that any Christians now have such prophetic gifts. No article. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. Verily, verily, I say unto you, No servant is greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him. [9] B. F. Westcott, The Gospel according to St. John (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1971), p. 228. Nevertheless ... shows that this reference to the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-15) follows naturally the situation of sorrow and depression of the apostles. John 1:23 - He said, 'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord ,' as Isaiah the prophet said.' (John 16:1). In Matthew 10:24 Jesus uses both forms of the saying (pupil and slave). Certainly, but not any more pitiful than millions today who are following some goose who is allegedly endowed with the Holy Spirit. The Resurrection of Jesus and Breathing of the Holy Spirit (John 20). ... is not a questioning of their faith, which was genuine enough; but it was a warning against overconfidence. The difference in the verbs "behold" and "see" as associated with the two "little while's" here has occasioned all kinds of exegesis as to what is meant by the second "see." Note on the expedience of Jesus' departure out of this world: The establishment of a worldwide religion with benefits of salvation from sin and eternal life for all humanity would have been impossible if the head of it had remained on earth, limited by earthly conditions, physically present at only one place at a time, inaccessible unless approached through other men (as did the Greeks, John 12:21,22), dependent upon human systems of communication, and his every contact with humanity subjected to monitoring and interpretation by human aides with their inevitable taint of fallibility and bias. '"[4] Here, Jesus taught that disciples should not hold themselves above performing menial tasks for each other. Christ has just said something astonishing to his disciples. Search using our Online Bible by Topic, Verse Reference or Phrase. Gaebelein strongly argued for a reference to Pentecost. John 16:13 ESV. The world's traditional values were set aside by God's judgment of the cross; and the prince of this world has been summarily judged and condemned, and all who follow him shall partake of his judgment and destiny. See under John 16:14-15. She bade the Lord Jesus to have her two sons sit on His right and His left hand in his kingdom (Math. As Barnes said: The apostles were still full of Jewish traditions; and such ideas as the total replacement of Judaism by Christianity, the cessation of the sacrifices, and the elimination of circumcision and the office of the high priest these were some of the things they could not have understood at the moment, although Jesus had indeed told them all things. They would ask Jesus nothing, that is, in the ordinary sense of inquiring of a human teacher. And he, when he is come, will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Excommunicated persons were held to be worse than pagans and were the object of total rejection and hatred. "Sin ... righteousness ... judgment ..." Over against these three words stand three proper names: Adam, Christ, and Satan. The Spirit also convicts of righteousness by revealing the mystery of how a man may acquire a righteousness not his own, that being the righteousness of Christ, available to all who receive and obey the gospel, thus being inducted "into Christ," and identified with Christ as Christ. Hebrews, the master and sender, had humbled Himself to serve. The proximity of those two seemingly irreconcilable statements added to their doubt as to what Jesus meant. [I am the door. Understandable as their attitude was, the Saviour was sensitive to this preoccupation on their part with the implications for themselves alone. John 16:13 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] John 16:13, NIV: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come." He said: [18] Arno C. Gaebelein, op. Verily, verily, I say unto you, No servant is greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him. 27:55-56; Mark 15:40). Jesus here enforces the dignity of service. The Old Testament prophet had written, "Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered" (Zechariah 13:7), and Mark (Mark 14:27) identified the scattering of the apostles during the Passion as the fulfillment of that prophecy. See on Matthew 10:2. Amen!" Comparative adjective of μεγας — megas (greater) followed by the ablative case κυριου — kuriou (contrast between slave, lord) and του πεμπσαντος — tou pempsantos [articular participle of πεμπω — pempō to send, with contrast with apostle, “one sent” (αποστολος — apostolos) from αποστελλω — apostellō ]. We know not what he saith. Jesus' sending of the Spirit was the same as the Father's sending him. John Lightfoot's Commentary on the Gospels. All that would be changed. The world's hatred of truth derives primarily from ignorance; but it is not an excusable ignorance. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. Instead of rejoicing that Jesus would shortly resume his eternal glory with the Father, they thought only of their own loneliness and suffering. John 16:13 King James Version (KJV). By common consent slaves occupy an inferior role to that of their masters, and messengers (Gr. Such a proposition as the following is absolutely untenable: The Lord did not promise that the Spirit would guide "us" into all truth, but "them," the blessed apostles; and, as for the notion that arrogant, selfish, secular, materialistic Christendom, as now almost universally constituted, has a "fuller apprehension" of truth than the apostles of Jesus Christ that notion has all but destroyed Christianity from the earth. The serene confidence and assurance of the Lord as he calmly awaited his agony and death are reflected in these words. In fact, this Gospel, written so long after the synoptics, has deeper insight into the mysteries of the kingdom of God than appears in them; but even here, the Holy Spirit did not go beyond what Jesus said, the greater insight resulting from more extended study of Jesus' words. These "dark sayings" should not be alleged as an excuse for unbelief, because there was far more than enough to make the true meaning clear for all who would apply themselves to find it. 20:20). There is also here the mention of their joy being made full, and that hardly fits in with the idea of a reprimand. cit., p. 306. John 16:7-15 [ Read Chapter | Discuss these Verses ] 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth.It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to … This also indicates that the apostles would soon understand the great spiritual verities and would not need to ask, "Where art thou going?" He said: The marvelous words of this extensive discourse of Jesus are matched by the marvelous recall of the words, at such a long time afterward, by the apostle John. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. The apostles, overwhelmed with the sorrowful implications of the Lord's departure for themselves, were not considering the implications of that departure for the Lord himself. John 1:23 - He said, 'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord ,' as Isaiah the prophet said.' Paul's comments supplement what Jesus says in John 16:13, as some of the verbs in this sentence demonstrate that free moral agency on our part is still involved. It is hard to imagine the grief that must have flooded the questioning hearts of Christ's disciples when they started to face the reality that Jesus was going away. on StudyLight.org Christ's death, burial, and resurrection condemned the value-judgments of men. John 13:3 - Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, on StudyLight.org Ver. on StudyLight.org And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you. It should be observed that the statement of Jesus, "Because I go to the Father," in the previous verse was actually quoted from his words in John 16:10. This verse is not a separation between the fourth and fifth Paraclete sayings, but a connective making them, in fact, one saying, the first part dealing with the Spirit's relation to the world, the latter with the Spirit's work in the apostles. [14] Arno C. Gaebelein, op. He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you. Jesus' resurrection and ascension to God were irrefutable proof that his total message was from God; and his remaining thus at God's right hand signaled the total completion of the righteousness which he wrought. This was a penalty dreaded by every Hebrew, meaning loss of social acceptability, employment, and all access to the religious life of the community. The great fact underlying the absolute necessity of praying in Jesus' name is that, apart from the soul's connection with Christ, no man has any right whatever to ask forgiveness of sins or any other blessing. The most poisonous errors have been widely held and devoutly believed by Christians of all generations, thus leaving an intolerable burden upon any view that would make these precious words a promise to all believers. These things ... indicates no break between these two chapters. In him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. His repeating their exact words, not having heard them, was a marvelous demonstration of his divine power; and it made a profound impression on the apostles who responded by declaring, "Now we know that thou knowest all things" (John 16:30). He shall guide ... indicates a progressive revelation from one level to higher levels; and thus Revelation with its prophecies of the future exceeds what the apostles at first knew. Do ye now believe? 1. who is greatest, he that keeps, or he that is kept? The child is the church or kingdom of God, which was in fact delivered by the agonies of death through which the Lord passed. Of deep significance is the fact of the apostles' timidity and trepidation as they hesitated to ask a question of the Saviour with whom they had been intimate companions such a long time. His point was that no disciple of His should think it beneath him or her to serve others since Hebrews, the master and sender, had humbled Himself to serve. Note on Matthew 10:24, and Luke 6:40.) Please modify your queries and try again. John 16:13 New King James Version (NKJV). [21] William Hendriksen, Exposition of the Gospel according to John (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1961), II, p. 335. He would give living water ... if a man drink he shall never thirst. Read verse in New American Standard Bible This chapter concludes the discourse leading up to the great intercessory prayer. John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Ernst Hengstenberg on John, Revelation, Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel & Psalms. Particularly reprehensible is the custom of closing prayers with a mere "Amen," for fear that some unbeliever might be offended by the name of Christ. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you. John 1:32 - John testified saying, 'I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. This is also a way of speaking in use among the Jews; "R. Meir says,F26Bereshit Rabba, fol. 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