John 16:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 16:24

Hitherto - During his ministry, and while he was with them.Have ye asked ... - From the evangelists, as well as from this declaration, it seems that they had presented their requests for instruction and aid to Jesus himself. If they had prayed to God, it is probable that they had not done it in his name This great truth that we must approach God in the name of the Mediator was reserved for the last that the Saviour was to communicate to them. It was to be presented at the close of his ministry.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 16:23-24

John 16:23-24. In that day ye shall ask me nothing Εμε ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν , you shall not inquire any thing of me, or, as Dr. Campbell renders it, you will put no questions to me. That is, when I have sent the Holy Spirit to lead you into all truth, you shall have no need to ask for information in any thing as now you do, or to inquire after the sense of any thing suggested to you by the Spirit. as you now sometimes ask the meaning of my words. Verily, Whatsoever ye shall ask the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 16:16-33

147. Difficulties ahead for the disciples (John 16:16-33)Within the next twenty-four hours Jesus would be taken from his disciples, but three days later, after his resurrection, they would see him again. Their sorrow would be replaced by joy, just as a woman’s pains before giving birth are replaced by joy after the child is born (John 16:16-22). Jesus’ victory through death and resurrection would give them a confidence in God that they never had before. They would see Jesus Christ as the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 16:24

Hitherto = Until now. have ye asked = asked ye. full = fulfilled: i.e. filled full. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 16:24

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.There are two ways of understanding this: (1) as a reprimand of the apostles because of their prior failure to pray in Jesus' name, or (2) a mere statement of their habit up to that time, and mentioned only with a view to changing it. Surely the latter is correct, because when Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he did not at that time command them to pray in Jesus' name (Matthew 6:9-13). There... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 16:24

24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name—for "prayer in the name of Christ, and prayer to Christ, presuppose His glorification" [OLSHAUSEN]. ask—when I am gone, "in My name." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 16:1-24

7. The clarification of the future 16:1-24Jesus proceeded to review things that He had just told His disciples, but He now gave them more information. Particularly the ministry of the Holy Spirit is the subject of this section of the discourse, though Jesus also clarified other matters about which He had spoken, namely: the new relations arising from His departure.Jesus’ method of teaching in the Upper Room Discourse was not to give a thorough explanation of one subject, then a thorough... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 16:16-24

The reappearance of Jesus 16:16-24Jesus next turned the disciples’ attention from the Spirit’s future ministries to His own reappearance. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 16:24

The disciples had not appealed to the Father in Jesus’ name before now. As Old Testament believers, they had undoubtedly grounded their petitions on God’s promises in the Old Testament. However the entrance that Jesus now gave them with the Father would assure an even warmer response to their prayers than Old Testament saints received.Jesus urged His disciples again to ask the Father. The verb in the Greek text is a present imperative (aiteite, from aiteo). He also gave them assurance that they... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 16:24

16:24 full. (d-19) Or 'fulfilled,' as ch. 17.13. read more

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