John 15:26

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:26-27

“But when the Paraclete is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness of me. And you also bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning.” Jesus now comforts His disciple by the promise of the coming ‘Helper’ (parakletos) Who will be ‘sent by Jesus from the Father’. Previously the Paraclete has been seen as the One Who is the perfect divine companion and helper (John 14:16-17), the One Who will teach... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 15:1-27

John 15. The Vine.— The relation of the following chapters to 14 has been discussed. The Parœ mia, or parable-like discourse, reminds us of the parable or metaphor of the Good Shepherd in ch. 10 . Two thoughts are prominent here, the pruning needed to get rid of useless branches and to ensure the fruitfulness of the rest, and the intimate union between Christ and His disciples, symbolised by the relation of the branches to the vine. We must compare the OT teaching which represents Israel as... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 15:26

Concerning the Holy Ghost as a Comforter we have spoken largely, John 14:16,John 14:26; as also his mission from the Father and the Son, and in what sense he is called the Spirit of truth: See Poole on "John 14:16". See Poole on "John 14:26". What proceeding from the Father is here meant, is questioned amongst divines: some understand it only of his coming out from the Father, and being poured out upon the disciples in the days of Pentecost: others understand it of the Holy Spirit’s eternal... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 15:18-27

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 15:18. If the world hate you, etc.—He now directs the attention of the disciples to their relation toward the world. Christ loves His disciples, the world hates them, and in this they are one with their Lord (1 Peter 4:12-13).John 15:19. The world would love, etc.—ἐφίλει, the love of affection. Notice the selfishness of the world’s love (John 7:7; Matthew 5:46).John 15:20. Remember the word, etc.—The reference is probably to some such saying as Matthew... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 15:26-27

John 15:26-27 The Promise of the Spirit witnessing of Christ in the world I. There is to be a testifying of the Spirit in the world, corresponding to our testifying to the world. His testifying is an internal subjective influence or operation in the world, to which your testifying is an external objective address. For what is the Spirit's testifying work? What is His mode of witness-bearing? Of what sort is it? It is a work of reproof, or of conviction. "He shall reprove, or convince." What an... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 15:26

DISCOURSE: 1701THE PERSONALITY AND OFFICE OF THE HOLY SPIRITJohn 15:26. When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.THE characters of the most holy men may suffer from envy and malevolence; but their righteousness often shines forth the brighter afterwards, as the sun obscured for awhile by an intervening cloud. According to all human appearances, our Lord’s name must either have sunk... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 15:1-27

Tonight let's turn now to John's gospel chapter 15, as we follow Jesus in His last hours prior to the cross.Jesus had been at the last supper with His disciples there in the upper room somewhere in Jerusalem. The fourteenth chapter of John ends with the words, "Arise, let us go hence." So, at that point, they left the upper room. And they began their journey which would ultimately lead them to the Garden of Gethsemane. And whether or not they went through the temple courts or whatever, we don't... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 15:1-27

John 15:1 . I am the true vine. The vine through every age had designated the Hebrew church; here the Lord employs it to designate the Christian church, of which he is the head, and the source of life. He is that vine which gives vital juice to render all the branches fruitful, and whose fruits refresh and fill the heart with joy and gladness. Judges 9:13. Psalms 104:15. My Father is the husbandman, who takes care of these branches, cutting off the suckers and withered parts, pruning the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 15:26-27

John 15:26-27But when the Comforter is comeThe Holy Spirit: His work and missionI.THE HOLY SPIRIT. 1. Our text speaks of the Holy Spirit as a Person. “He shall testify;” “and ye also” (see also Joh_16:7-8; Joh_16:13-15). In the first of these places He is spoken of as a Person acting with other persons, of whose personality there can be no doubt, viz., the apostles. In the last He is represented as acting intermediately between the Father, an undoubted Person, and the apostles. We know that the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 15:26

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: Ver. 26. Whom I will send unto you from, &c ] Christ hath satisfied the wrath of the Father; and now the Father, and Christ both, as reconciled, send the Spirit, as the fruit of both their loves, and as an earnest, which is part of the whole sum. read more

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