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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 depart, I will send him unto you. It is a better thing for us in this world to have the Holy Spirit in us than to have the corporeal presence of Christ with us. We are better helped by the Holy Spirit than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: “It is for your profit to lose my personal presence, precious as that has been to you.” Joh_16:7. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. The word “Comforter” might just as well have been translated “Advocate.”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he is come,.... The coming of the Spirit here, chiefly designs his descent upon the apostles, at the day of "Pentecost": as the things ascribed to him, and which were then done by him, clearly show; though it may also include his coming along with, and by the ministration of the Gospel, into the hearts of his people at conversion, in all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. “You have not yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: The world is not as yet convinced, but it is convicted; though it does not own its guilt, there is more than sufficient evidence to prove it guilty in the sight of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: What, a Comforter reprove? Yes. The Holy Spirit never comforts till he has reproved. There must be a reproof of sin before there can be comfort in Christ. And while the Spirit comforts saints, he reproves the world.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me: Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. Partly because their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Teachers, learn wisdom...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Of sin, because they believe not on me. The "sin" here primarily intended, is that of the Jews, in disbelieving, rejecting, and crucifying Christ; and which the Spirit of God, by Peter, charged upon them on the day of "Pentecost", and fully proved against them; gave such clear evidence, and wrought such strong convictions of in their minds and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of sin, because they believe not on me; What must be the depth of human wickedness that sinners will not accept a Divine Saviour! This is the crowning, crushing proof of human guilt: “They believe not on me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of sin, because they believe not on me; The greatest sin in all the world is, not believing on Jesus. Our Lord did not say, “Of sin, because of the evil of drunkenness.” That is a great sin, a cursed sin, and there are other great sins; but Christ said, “Of sin, because they believe not on me.” That is the root sin, the foundation sin, the sin...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father,.... The "righteousness" here spoken of, does, in the first sense of the word, design the personal righteousness of Christ. The Jews had traduced him as a wicked man, said he was a sinner himself, and a friend of publicans and sinners; that he was guilty of blasphemy and sedition, maintained a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Christ was righteous, the righteous One, whom men rejected, for he has gone up to the Fathers side, where he could not have been if he had not perfected righteousness. The very going back of Christ to the Father’s throne proves that righteousness does exist, and convicts men of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; It is God’s righteousness that takes Christ up to heaven. He has been here; he has lived a perfect life; he has died a sacrificial death; and God has shown his acceptance of him, for he has gone to his reward.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of course, Christ would not have been received back by his Father if he had not completed the work of righteousness which his Father gave him the commission to perform. The risen and glorified Saviour is the great testimony to the righteousness both of Christ and of his gospel.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. This is to be understood of the judiciary power and authority of Christ, who has "all judgment" committed to him by the Father, as Mediator; has all power in heaven and in earth; and as he is appointed, so he is a very fit person to judge the world at the last day. Now this being disputed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. The gospel judges him, and dethrones him; and as there has been a judgment of the world’s king, so there will be a judgment of the world itself.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. When Christ came here, there was a crisis, a judgment; and sin was judged and condemned; and the prince of the world, the chief sinner in the world, received his death-blow: “the prince of this world is judged.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. Christ has already judged the prince of the powers of evil, so you may depend upon it that he will also judge all those who are under the dominion of the traitor prince who has usurped his Master’s position and authority. Christ has summoned the dread lord of evil to his bar, and judged him....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have yet many things to say unto you,.... Not with respect to the main doctrines of the Gospel, for everything of this kind he had made known unto them, John 15:15; but what regarded the rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles, the abrogation of the Mosaic economy, and settling the Gospel church state, which were to come to pass...