NLT Study Bible - Gospel of John - Flipbook - Page 44
John 16:33
1805
16:4
John 13:19
16:5
John 7:33; 13:36
16:7
John 14:26; 15:26
eparakletos (3875)
1 Jn 2:1
16:9
John 15:22
16:10
Acts 3:14; 7:52
Rom 1:17
1 Pet 3:18
16:11
John 12:31
16:13
John 14:17, 26
16:15
John 17:10
16:16
John 14:18-24
16:20
Mark 16:10
Luke 23:27
John 20:20
16:21
Isa 13:8; 21:3; 26:17
Acts 13:33
Col 1:18
16:22
Isa 66:14
John 20:20
16:23
John 14:20; 16:26
16:24
John 15:11
16:25
Ps 78:2
John 10:6
16:27
John 8:42; 14:21; 17:8
16:28
John 13:3
16:32
Zech 13:7
Matt 26:31, 56
John 8:29
16:33
John 14:27
Rom 5:1; 8:37
1 Jn 5:4
then I will send him to you. 8And when he
comes, he will conv ict the world of its sin,
and of God’s righteousness, and of the com
ing judgment. 9The world’s sin is that it
refuses to believe in me. 10Righteousness is
available because I go to the Father, and you
will see me no more. 11Judgment will come
because the ruler of this world has already
been judged.
12“There is so much more I want to tell
you, but you can’t bear it now. 13When the
Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into
all truth. He will not speak on his own but
will tell you what he has heard. He will tell
you about the future. 14He will bring me
glor y by telling you whatever he receives
from me. 15All that belongs to the Father is
mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell
you whatever he receives from me.’
Sadness Will Be Turned to Joy
a little while you won’t see me any
more. But a little while after that, you will
see me again.”
17Some of the disciples asked each other,
“What does he mean when he says, ‘In a
little while you won’t see me, but then you
will see me,’ and ‘I am going to the Father’?
18And what does he mean by ‘a little while’?
We don’t understand.”
19Jesus realized they wanted to ask him
about it, so he said, “Are you asking your
selves what I meant? I said in a little while
you won’t see me, but a little while after that
you will see me again. 20I tell you the truth,
you will weep and mourn over what is going
to happen to me, but the world will rejoice.
16“In
16:8-11 One of the Spirit’s roles is to
convict the world. Convict is a legal
term: The world had conducted its
trial of Jesus, examining the evidence
for his case (his signs and claims). Now
the world would stand trial before the
Spirit, and its guilt would be proven.
You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly
turn to wonderful joy. 21It will be like a
woman suffering the pains of labor. When
her child is born, her ang uish gives way to
joy because she has brought a new baby into
the world. 22So you have sorrow now, but I
will see you again; then you will rejoice,
and no one can rob you of that joy. 23At that
time you won’t need to ask me for anything.
I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father
directly, and he will grant your request be
cause you use my name. 24You haven’t done
this before. Ask, using my name, and you
will receive, and you will have abundant joy.
25“I have spoken of these matters in fig
ures of speech, but soon I will stop speaking
figuratively and will tell you plainly all about
the Father. 26Then you will ask in my name.
I’m not saying I will ask the Father on your
behalf, 27for the Father himself loves you
dearly because you love me and believe that
I came from God. 28Yes, I came from the Fa
ther into the world, and now I will leave the
world and return to the Father.”
29Then his disciples said, “At last you
are speaking plainly and not figuratively.
30Now we understand that you know every
thing, and there’s no need to question you.
From this we believe that you came from
God.”
31Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe?
32But the time is coming—indeed it’s here
now—when you will be scattered, each one
going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I
am not alone because the Father is with
me. 33I have told you all this so that you
may have peace in me. Here on earth you
ciples could expect the Spirit to reveal
things they had not heard before about
the present and the future (see 14:26).
16:16-33 a little while: This refrain reassured the disciples that their separation
from Jesus would be short lived.
16:16 Jesus reassured the disciples that
16:8 The Spirit unveils to the world
his departure (on the cross) would be
the real nature of its sin, the truth
short and his return (in the resurrecabout righteousness found only in God,
tion) would be soon. When they saw
and the coming judgment, which has
him again, the disciples would experialready dawned on the world as light
ence overwhelming joy and intimacy
penetrating the darkness.
with him in the Spirit.
16:11 Judgment of sinners had already
16:20 At the crucifixion, the world
begun, for the ruler of this world, Satan, thought it had won a victory over the
had already been judged (see 12:31).
light. The shock of the cross would
The world thought it was judging Jesus,
cause the disciples to weep and mourn,
but the opposite occurred.
but their sorrow would change to joy
when Jesus defeated the grave (20:20).
16:13 The Spirit of truth (see notes on
14:16-17), who conveys truth from God, 16:21 the pains of labor: This
guides the judgment of the world. The metaphor symbolizes anguish that is
Spirit says only what he has heard from followed by God’s blessing and wonder
the Father. The Father, Son, and Spirit
(cp. Isa 21:2-3; 26:16-21; 66:7-10; Jer
13:21).
work in perfect unity (16:15). The dis
16:23-24 Ask . . . and you will receive:
Two notable effects of the resurrection
are the joy of understanding and the
joy of successful prayer. The disciples
would no longer experience the confusion described in 16:16-18.
16:25 Jesus spoke using figures of
speech, which could only be interpreted
with God’s help (1 Cor 1:18-25). With
the coming of the Spirit, the disciples
would understand.
16:26-27 After Jesus’ resurrection,
the Spirit brought intimacy, allowing
individual disciples to ask the Father to
meet their needs. (14:23).
16:27 from God: Some manuscripts
read from the Father.
16:33 But take heart, because I have
overcome the world: “Such a saying as
this is worthy to be carried from Rome to
Jerusalem on one’s knees” (Martin Luther).
Jesus’ final words did not chastise, but
brought comfort. Jesus promised peace
(14:27) and joy (16:20, 22).
