Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name — For they had asked him directly for all they wanted. read more
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name — For they had asked him directly for all they wanted. read more
16-29. From this high strain the Master now touches a humbler and gentler chord the immediate present. He recurs again to the little while of his absence; and, being drawn out by the queries of his disciples, he contrasts the grief of that little while of absence with the joy of his return at his resurrection, and the high apostolic privileges which that resurrection should inaugurate. read more
24. In my name See note on John 14:13. While Christ was with them, not having been exalted to his mediatorial station at the right hand of God, prayer had not been offered through him; but now he is our Advocate, to hand our petitions to the Father. read more
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 16:24
in: Genesis 32:9, 1 Kings 18:36, 2 Kings 19:15, Matthew 6:9, Ephesians 1:16, Ephesians 1:17, 1 Thessalonians 3:11-1 Chronicles :, 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:17 ask: Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, James 4:2, James 4:3 that: John 16:23, John 15:11, 1 John 1:3, 1 John 1:4, 2 John 1:12 Reciprocal: Numbers 20:8 - speak 1 Samuel 1:18 - went her 2 Kings 2:10 - Thou hast 2 Kings 4:3 - borrow not a few Esther 7:2 - the king said Job 21:15 - if we Psalms 72:15 - prayer... read more