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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost,.... Before spoken of, John 14:16, for whom Christ promised to pray the Father that he might be given to them. The word used there, as here, signifies an "advocate", and is so rendered, 1 John 2:1, a patron, one that pleads and defends, the cause of another, before kings and princes; so the Jewish...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Peace I leave with you,.... Christ being about to die and leave his disciples, makes his last will and testament, and as the best legacy he could leave them, bequeaths peace unto them; my peace I give unto you: he left the Gospel of peace with them, to be preached by them to all the world; which is a declaration and publication of peace made by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peace I leave with you, — “I told you not to let your heart be troubled; now I go further, and I leave you this precious legacy of peace: ‘ Peace I leave with you,’ “ — Joh_14:27. My peace I give unto you: — “My own deep peace, which even my sufferings and death cannot disturb:” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Not as the world giveth, give 1 unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice,- “ I know that you do love me; but if you really acted as if you loved me, you would rejoice,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peace I leave with you, “That is my legacy to you.” Joh_14:27. My peace I give unto you: — My own deep calm of spirit, which is not ruffled or broken though the contradiction of sinners continually annoys me: “My peace I give unto you.” Christ puts his hand into his heart, and takes out of that priceless casket the choicest jewel it contains, —...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. Christ as man had condescended to become less than the Father; he had taken upon himself the form of a servant, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. “I do not say, ‘Peace, Peace,’ where there is no peace. It is not a mere formal salutation, but there is a real, true peace communicated to you when I thus speak.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: Have you got it, brothers and sisters? Are you at peace at this moment? “I am very much troubled,” says one. Well, you are to have tribulation here; but you are to have peace with it. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but in Christ you shall have peace. If you have got the bitter herbs, do...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. Christ had himself less...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye have heard how I said unto you,.... Christ had not only told his disciples that he should depart from them in a little time, but also that he should return again to them, and comfort them with his presence, and receive them to himself, to be with him in his Father's house for ever: and this he again suggests, I go away, and come again unto you;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. The Lord Jesus, though equal with the Father, had voluntarily laid aside his glory and taken the form and place of a man, making himself of no reputation, so his disciples ought to have rejoiced that he was going back to his primitive glory.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. Love makes us rejoice in the prosperity of the one we love. The Lord Jesus Christ in coming to this earth, had taken upon himself a subordinate position: he had become the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. The Lord Jesus had taken a subordinate place, he had become the servant of the Father, the messenger for the Father, but he was going back to reassume his glory. That ought...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And now I have told you before it came to pass,.... This is a strong proof of his true and proper deity, for none but the omniscient God can tell of things before they come to pass; this is peculiar to him, and distinguishes him from the gods of the Gentiles; see Isaiah 41:22; that when it is come to pass, ye might believe: that is, that when he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I have told you, before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Still Christ would have enough to do to meet that arch-enemy, and to endure all that would come upon him during that dread encounter.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I how told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father and as the Father gave are commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father: and as the Father gave me commandment, even so do, Arise, let us go hence.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. His words must come to an end, for he vies going to perform his mightiest deeds. He could converse no longer, for he was going from converse to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the Prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. “Let us go to...