{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/vws/joh016.htm","path":"bib/cmt/vws/joh016.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/vws/joh016.htm","text":"Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent, [1886]\nBe offended (\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b5)\nRev., made to stumble. In this Gospel only here and Joh 6:61. See on Mat 5:29. Wyc, be not slandered.\nThey shall put you out of the synagogues\nSee on Joh 9:22.\nYea (\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb')\nLiterally, but. They shall excommunicate you, but worse than this, the hour cometh, etc.\nThe hour cometh that (\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1)\nLiterally, \"there cometh an hour in order that.\" The hour is ordained with that end in view: it comes fraught with the fulfillment of a divine purpose.\nWhosoever (\u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2 \u1f41)\nLiterally, everyone who.\nDoeth service (\u03bb\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd)\nLiterally, bringeth or offereth service. \u039b\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 means, strictly, service for hire, but is used of any service, and frequently of the service of God.\nUnto you\nOmit.\nBut (\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70)\nMarks a breaking off of the enumeration of fearful details; but (to say no more of these things),I have spoken these, etc.\nAt the beginning (\u1f10\u03be \u1f00\u03c1\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2)\nProperly, from the beginning. So Rev. The phrase only here and Joh 6:64.\nIt is expedient (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9)\nFrom \u03c3\u03cc\u03bd together, and \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03c9 to bear or bring. The underlying idea of the word is concurrence of circumstances.\nGo away (\u1f00\u03c0\u03ad\u03bb\u03b8\u03c9)\nThe different words for go should be noted in this verse, and Joh 16:10. Here, expressing simple departure from a point.\nDepart (\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u1ff6)\nRev., go. With the notion of going for a purpose, which is expressed in I will send him.\nWill reprove (\u1f10\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03be\u03b5\u03b9)\nSee on Joh 3:20. Rev., convict.\nOf sin - righteousness - judgment (\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03af)\nLiterally, concerning. Rev., in respect of. Of gives a wrong impression, viz., that He will convict the world of being sinful, unrighteous, and exposed to judgment. This is true, but the preposition implies more. He will convict the world as respects these three; that is, will convict it of ignorance of their real nature.\nRighteousness (\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2)\nOnly here and Joh 16:10 in the Gospel. It occurs in the First Epistle and in Revelation.\nI go (\u1f51\u03c0\u03ac\u03b3\u03c9)\nWithdraw from their sight and earthly fellowship. See on Joh 8:21, and footnote.\nYe see (\u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5)\nRev., behold. See on Joh 1:18.\nIs judged (\u03ba\u03ad\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9)\nPerfect tense. Rev., therefore, rightly, hath been judged.\nBear (\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd)\nSee on Joh 10:31; see on Joh 12:6.\nNow (\u1f04\u03c1\u03c4\u03b9)\nSee on Joh 13:33. With reference to a future time, when they will be able to bear them.\nSpirit of truth\nLiterally, of the truth. See on Joh 14:7.\nWill guide (\u1f41\u03b4\u03b7\u03b3\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9)\nFrom \u1f41\u03b4\u03cc\u03c2, way, and \u1f21\u03b3\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, to lead. The kindred noun, \u1f41\u03b4\u03b7\u03b3\u03cc\u03c2, guide, leader, occurs Mat 15:14; Act 1:16, etc.\nInto all truth (\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd)\nRev., more correctly, into all the truth. Some editors read, \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u1fb3 \u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u1fc3, in all the truth. Others, \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd, joining \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd in an adverbial sense with will guide you: i.e., will guide you wholly into the truth. The Spirit does not reveal all truth to men, but He leads them to the truth as it is in Christ.\nOf himself\nRev., rightly, from himself. See on Joh 7:17.\nHe shall hear (\u1f02\u03bd \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u1fc3)\nSome read, \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9, heareth, and omit \u1f02\u03bd, the conditional particle. \u1f4d\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f02\u03bd \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u1fc3, the reading of the Rec. Text, is, strictly, whatsoever things he may have heard.\nWill shew (\u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6)\nBetter, as Rev., declare. Compare Mar 5:14, Mar 5:19; Act 20:27; Co2 7:7. Also to rehearse; Act 14:27. Used of the formal proclamation of the Christian religion (Act 20:20; Pe1 1:12; Jo1 1:5). See on Act 19:18.\nThings to come (\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f10\u03c1\u03c7\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1)\nThe article, omitted by A.V., is important. The meaning is not, He will show you some things to come, but the things that are to come, or the things that are coming. These things are whatsoever He shall hear. The phrase occurs only here in the New Testament.\nShall receive (\u03bb\u03ae\u03c8\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9)\nRev., take. See on Joh 3:32.\nAll things that (\u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f45\u03c3\u03b1)\nLiterally, all things as many as. Rev., all things whatsoever.\nShall take (\u03bb\u03ae\u03c8\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9)\nThe best texts read \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9, taketh. The relation between the Son and the Spirit is put by Jesus as present and constant.\nYe shall not see (\u03bf\u1f50 \u03b8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5)\nThe present tense: \"ye behold me no more.\" So Rev.\nYe shall see (\u1f44\u03c8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5)\nA different verb for seeing is used here. For the distinction, see on Joh 1:18. \u0398\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 emphasizes the act of vision, \u1f41\u03c1\u03ac\u03c9, the result. \u0398\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9 denotes deliberate contemplation conjoined with mental or spiritual interest. \"The vision of wondering contemplation, in which they observed little by little the outward manifestation of the Lord, was changed and transfigured into sight, in which they seized at once, intuitively, all that Christ was. As long as His earthly presence was the object on which their eyes were fixed, their view was necessarily imperfect. His glorified presence showed Him in His true nature\" (Westcott).\nBecause I go unto the Father\nThe best texts omit.\nThen (\u03bf\u1f57\u03bd)\nRev., correctly, therefore. It is a particle of logical connection, not of time.\nHe saith (\u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6)\nEmphasizing the purport of the saying.\nA little while (\u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd)\nIn Joh 16:16, Joh 16:17, without the article. Here the article the or this little while defines the special point of their difficulty; this \"little while\" of which He speaks.\nWe cannot tell (\u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u03bf\u1f34\u03b4\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd)\nRev., more simply and literally, we know not.\nEmphasizing the form of the saying.\nKnew (\u1f14\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9)\nBetter, Rev., perceived. See on Joh 2:24.\nWeep - lament - be sorrowful (\u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03cd\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 - \u03b8\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 - \u03bb\u03c5\u03c0\u03b7\u03b8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5)\nOf these three words, the last is the most general in meaning, expressing every species of pain, of body or of soul, and not necessarily the outward manifestation of sorrow. Both the other words denote audible expressions of grief. \u0398\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9 marks the more formal expression. It means to utter a dirge over the dead. Thus Homer, of the mourning over Hector in Troy:\n\"On a fair couch they laid the corse, and placed\nSingers beside it leaders of the dirge (\u03b8\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd),\nWho sang (\u1f10\u03b8\u03c1\u03ae\u03bd\u03b5\u03bf\u03bd) a sorrowful, lamenting strain,\nAnd all the women answered it with sobs.\"\n\"Iliad,\" xxiv. 720-722.\nThe verb occurs Mat 11:17; Luk 7:32; Luk 23:27. \u039a\u03bb\u03b1\u03af\u03c9 means audible weeping, the crying of children, as distinguished from \u03b4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03cd\u03c9, to shed tears, to weep silently, which occurs but once in the New Testament, of Jesus' weeping (Joh 11:35). See on Luk 7:32.\nA woman (\u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74)\nLiterally, the woman. The generic article marking the woman as representing her sex: woman as such.\nShe is in travail\nA common Old Testament image of sorrow issuing in joy. See Isa 21:3; Isa 26:17; Isa 66:7; Hos 13:13; Mic 4:9, Mic 4:10.\nThe anguish (\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2)\nCommonly rendered affliction or tribulation in A.V. See on Mat 13:21.\nJoy (\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70\u03bd)\nProperly, the joy which answers to the anguish.\nA man (\u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2)\nSee on Joh 1:30.\nHave sorrow (\u03bb\u03cd\u03c0\u03b7\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5)\nThis form of expression occurs frequently in the New Testament, to denote the possession or experience of virtues, sensations, desires, emotions, intellectual or spiritual faculties, faults, or defects. It is stronger than the verb which expresses any one of these. For instance, to have faith is stronger than to believe: to have life, than the act of living. It expresses a distinct, personal realization of the virtue or fault or sentiment in question. Hence, to have sorrow is more than to be sorrowful. In Mat 17:20, Christ does not say if ye believe, but if ye have faith; if faith, in ever so small a degree, is possessed by you as a conscious, living principle and motive. Compare have love (Joh 13:35; Jo1 4:16); have peace (Joh 16:33); have trust (Co2 3:4); have boldness (Heb 10:19; Jo1 2:28).\nYe shall ask (\u1f10\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5)\nOr, as Rev., in margin, ask - question. To question is the primary meaning of the verb, from which it runs into the more general sense of request, beseech. So Mar 7:26; Luk 4:38; Joh 17:15, etc. Here the meaning is, ye shall ask me no question (compare Joh 16:19, where the same verb is used). Compare Mat 16:13; Mat 21:24; Joh 1:19. Ask, absolutely, Luk 22:68. Note, moreover, the selection of the word here as marking the asking on familiar terms. See on Joh 11:22. Another verb for ask occurs in the following sentence: \"If ye shall ask (\u03b1\u1f30\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5) anything,\" etc. Here the sense is, if ye shall make any request. Compare Mat 5:42; Mat 7:7, Mat 7:9, Mat 7:10, etc. Note, also, that this word for asking the Father marks the asking of an inferior from a superior, and is the word which Christ never uses of His own requests to the Father. Compare Jo1 3:22.\nVerily, verily\nSee on Joh 1:51; see on Joh 10:1.\nWhatsoever ye shall ask - in my name - give\nThe best texts change \u1f45\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f02\u03bd, whatsoever, to \u1f04\u03bd\u03c4, if (ye shall ask) anything; and place in my name after give it you. So Rev. If ye shall ask anything of the Father, He will give it you in my name. Not only is the prayer offered, but the answer is given in Christ's name.\nAsk (\u03b1\u1f30\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5)\nThe present imperative, implying continuous asking. Be asking. Compare Mar 6:22, \u03b1\u1f34\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd, the aorist imperative, marking a single, definite petition.\nMay be full (\u1f96 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7)\nVery literally, may be having been fulfilled. Rev., more correctly, fulfilled. Compare Joh 15:11.\nProverbs (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2)\nSee on parables, Mat 13:3. He had spoken under figures, as the vine, and the woman in travail.\nShall shew (\u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6)\nRev., tell. See on Joh 16:13. The best texts read \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u1ff6, the original force of which is to bring tidings from (\u1f00\u03c0\u03cc) something or someone.\nPlainly (\u03c0\u03b1\u1fe4\u1fe5\u03b7\u03c3\u03af\u1fb3)\nSee on Joh 7:13.\nYe shall ask - I will pray\nNote again the use of the two verbs for asking. Ye shall ask (\u03b1\u1f30\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5); I will pray (\u1f10\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03c9). See on Joh 16:23.\nLoveth (\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6)\nAs sons, with the love of natural affection. See on Joh 5:20. The same verb in the following clause, of the love of the disciples for Christ.\nFrom God\nSome editors read, from the Father. \u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac, from beside.\nFrom the Father (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac)\nThe best texts read, \u1f10\u03ba, out of.\nGo (\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03cd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9)\nSee on Joh 16:7.\nSpeakest - speakest (\u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 - \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2)\nThe first, of the form; the second, of the purport. See on Joh 16:18.\nWe are sure (\u03bf\u1f34\u03b4\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd)\nBetter, as Rev., we know.\nBy this (\u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u1ff3)\nLiterally, in this. Compare Jo1 2:3, Jo1 2:5; Jo1 3:16, Jo1 3:19, Jo1 3:24; Jo1 4:9, Jo1 4:10, Jo1 4:13, Jo1 4:17; Jo1 5:2.\nSee on Joh 13:33. With reference to the coming time of greater trial.\nThat (\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1)\nSee on Joh 16:2, and see on Joh 15:12. In the divine counsel the hour cometh that ye may be scattered, and may leave, etc.\nTo his own (\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f34\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1)\nTo his own home. See on Joh 1:11.\nYe shall have (\u1f15\u03be\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5)\nThe best texts read, \u1f14\u03be\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5, ye have.\nBe of good cheer (\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03c3\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5)\nOnly here in John.\nI have overcome (\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7\u03ba\u03b1)\nThe verb occurs only three times outside of John's writings. Only here in the Gospel, and frequently in First Epistle and Revelation. Uniformly of spiritual victory.","title":"Vincent's Word Studies: John: John Chapter 16","type":"page"}