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John 14:15-16

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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John 14:15-16. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,

The Paraclete, the Succored, the Helper. The word "Comforter" has lost its old meaning; you get it in certain old writings, when you read of such-and-such a man that he gave to someone else succor and comfort. There is more here than merely giving us consolation. It means Helper: "He shall give you another Helper." Advocatus is the Latin, and that too is the correct word: "He shall give you another advocate," -

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