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John Gill
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth,.... Christ was truth itself, and could say nothing else; but he makes use of this way of speaking, to raise the attention of his disciples, and to engage their belief of what he was about to say, and of which they were not easily persuaded; which was, that however overwhelmed they were with grief and sorrow, because of his going away from them, a greater truth...
Matthew Henry
Among other glorious things God hath spoken of himself this is one, I wound, and I heal, Deut. xxxii. 39. Christ's discourse in this chapter, which continues and concludes his farewell sermon to his disciples, does so. I. Here are wounding words in the notice he gives them of the troubles that were before them, ver. 1-6. II. Here are healing words in the comforts he administers to them for their...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: “It is not merely for my own glory that I am going away, but my absence from you will be better for you than my continued bodily presence with you could possibly be.” 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. “And he will be of more service to you than...
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. And the Comforter is better for us than the personal presence of Christ. We do not always think so; but it is true. It is better for the Church to have the Holy Spirit in the midst of her, than for Christ to be here in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away. “It is better for you that I should be absent than that I should be present.” Their Lord was their joy, their Leader, their Teacher, their Comforter. He is going away, and he tells them that his absence will be a gain to them. “It is expedient for you that I go away.” Joh_16:7. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not...
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. 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; Which is the head of all sin, the root of all sin, the sin which lieth in front of the...
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 we should have been if Jesus had remained on...
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.” The Holy Spirit is that Divine Advocate who pleads...