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Commentaries on John 14:20

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

At that day ye shall know,.... The things they should know, or the objects of knowledge are, that I [am] in my Father; in his bosom, in union with him, partaker of the same nature, perfections, and glory with him, and equal to him: and you in me: that they were in union with him as the branches in the vine, and as the members are in the head, and how they were loved in him, chosen in him,...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

This chapter is a continuation of Christ's discourse with his disciples after supper. When he had convicted and discarded Judas, he set himself to comfort the rest, who were full of sorrow upon what he had said of leaving them, and a great many good words and comfortable words he here speaks to them. The discourse in interlocutory; as Peter in the foregoing chapter, so Thomas, and Philip, and...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Wondrous unity — Christ in the Father, we in him, and Christ in us. Who understands this? He only who is taught of the Holy Spirit.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Three wondrous mysteries of union, — Christ in the Father, the Church in Christ, and Christ in his Church.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. This is all very simple; the words are nearly all words of one syllable, yet there are depths here in which a leviathan might plunge, and lose himself.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. These are the three wonderful mysteries of the union between God, and Christ, and his people: “I am in my Father, and...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my father, and ye in me, and I in you. This is something more for us to know. To know that Christ is in the Father, is of a thing; but it is still more for us to understand the next mystic unity, “ye in me, and I in you.” Oh, wondrous combination of the Father and the Son, and of Immanuel, God with us, and ourselves!

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in You. What a wonderful union this is — Christ in the Father; the saints in Christ, and Christ in the saints. These be riddles which are not meant for the children of this world; but they who are the children of God shall understand them, shall live upon them.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Mysterious triple union, — Christ in the Father, we in Christ, and Christ in us. This is a complete riddle to all who have never been taught of the Spirit of God.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. This is a wonderful trinity of unities, each one a mystery, but each one to be known by the believer when he is instructed of the Spirit of God: Christ in the Father, the saints in Christ, and Christ in them. He that experimentally knoweth what it is to be in Christ knoweth more than all the secular philosophers who...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Three wonderful unions, Christ in the Father, his people in Christ, Christ in his people. If you are instructed of the Lord, you will understand this text. This is such knowledge as the universities cannot teach; it is such knowledge as the most-learned doctors cannot attain to by themselves. Only the Spirit of God can...