but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave. Jesus has previously demanded obedience from the disciples to show their love for Him (14:15, 21, 23), and now says the same thing about Himself in respect to His …
Category Archives: Chapter 14
John 14:30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, That which was going to cause Jesus to quit speaking was the coming of Satan. When was this going to happen? It must have been in the garden with the coming of Judas …
John 14:29
I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. This is similar to what Jesus told them earlier this evening (13:19). It is not just a statement, but a prophecy. When the Holy Spirit does come to teach and remind them, and they receive the peace of …
John 14:28
“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. “the Father is greater than I” = must be meant in the light of (John 10:30) that Jesus …
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. This is the first time peace has been mentioned in the book of John, but it is a natural result of the presence …
John 14:26
But the Counsellor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Here the Holy Spirit is identified with the Paraclete. He is given His full title as in (Mark 3:29; Matt 12:32; Luke 12:10). This title …
John 14:25
“All this I have spoken while still with you. “All this” will be referring to this discourse and not the whole of what Jesus taught.
John 14:24
He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. This is the negative expression of the preceding verse, indicating its obvious importance by the repetition. It is impossible to follow Jesus without loving Him. Again, it is …
John 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. The tense of the verb “loves” is present active subjunctive and could be translated “If anyone keeps on loving me”. It is a continuous action verb and …
John 14:22
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” Judas Iscariot had already left (13:30), but John wants to make it perfectly clear that this Judas (which was a common name like James, of which there were also two) was not the …
John 14:21
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” To “have” Christ’s commands is an unusual expression and is without parallel in the Bible with the possible exception of …
John 14:20
On that day you will realise that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. “On that day” = the day that Christ is resurrected. All of their doubts would be answered and they would know for certain the mutual indwelling of Christ with His Father and with …
John 14:19
Before long, the world will not see me any more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. “the world will not see me” = McGarvey notes that “The next day the world crucified him and sealed him in the tomb, and since then has seen him no more.” “you will …
John 14:18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. “leave” = aphiemi = this is a strong term which could be translated as “abandon.” “orphans” (NIV) = “comfortless” (AV) = orphanos = literally means “without a father.” It was also used of disciples and students who had lost their teacher. Plato said …
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. “Spirit of truth” = Why is it important to the disciples that the Advocate the Father is sending to replace Jesus is called the …
John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever— “I will ask” . . . “and He will give” = The Father always gives that for which Jesus asks. What an incredible assurance that is for us since Jesus is our intercessor (Rom 8:34)! Romans …
John 14:15
“If you love me, you will obey what I command. Jesus has just given the disciples a tremendous promise about prayer but He follows that immediately with what it means to be His follower. The preconditions for Jesus to do whatever his disciples ask of Him are faith in Him, love for Him, and obedience …
John 14:14
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. There is no object for the verb “ask” in this verse, but it seems likely that Jesus was saying that we should ask Him for anything. In other words, it is okay to pray to Jesus. This seems to be vindicated by the …
John 14:13
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. Asking in Jesus’ name does not mean to use His name as a formula; that would be a form of magic. You do not need to say “in Jesus’ name” at the end of your …
John 14:12
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. Jesus starts this message with “truly, truly,” again stressing the importance of what follows. “anyone who has faith in me” = Jesus …
John 14:11
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. McGarvey notes that “To ask Jesus to reveal the indwelling Father was much the same as to ask a man to reveal his own soul.” Notice the …
John 14:10
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. The way Jesus puts the question to Philip expects a positive answer. This was something …
John 14:9
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Philip’s question reveals how little he knows about Jesus, and that he should have known more than he did. The …
John 14:8
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jansenius said, “Though Philip did not mean it, yet the Holy Ghost, by his mouth, designed here to teach us that the satisfaction and happiness of a soul consist in the vision and fruition of God.” Getting to “see” God, to …
John 14:7
If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” In a sense, the disciples have known Jesus. They spent the past couple of years living with Him, listening to Him teach, seeing Him heal the sick, talking with Him, and just …
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me. Note that Thomas’ question was put to Jesus in a two-fold manner: what was the goal and what was the way of accomplishing it? Jesus reverses the order and tells him first the manner of …
John 14:5
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Peter had previously asked Jesus a similar question in response to a statement Jesus had made of His going someplace where they could not come (13:33, 36), so how could they know the way? John 13:33 …
John 14:4
You know the way to the place where I am going.” They knew the way because it had already been given them (Romans 10:6-8). Jesus had just spent the last three years teaching them the way. If they follow His teaching, they will find the way to heaven. Romans 10:6-8 But the righteousness that is …
John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. “The belief of Christ’s second coming, of which he has given us the assurance, is an excellent preservative against trouble of heart” (Matthew Henry) We are …
John 14:2
In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. “House” = Jesus tells us that heaven is like a house and not like a tent or tabernacle. What is the significance of this? See (2 Cor 5:1). …
John 14:1
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. Following the previous verse was probably the institution of the Lord’s supper, then these words of Jesus in chapter 14 of John, followed by the singing of the last psalms of the hallel, which consisted of Psalms 115-118. See these words …