John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 14:13
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Ver. 13. That I will do ] An undoubted argument of Christ’s Divinity, that he hears and grants prayers. When the people, in Ahab’s time, saw God answering Elijah by fire from heaven, they cried out, "The Lord he is God, the Lord he is God," 1 Kings 18:39 ; "O thou that hearest prayers" is a description the Psalmist gives of God, Psalms 65:2 . read more
The Biblical Illustrator - John 14:13-14
John 14:13-14Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name that will I doPraying in the name of ChristI.WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 1. To obtain anything in the name of another supposes that your own name is an insufficient warrant. In the negotiation by which you secure it, your own personality is lost altogether. Thus an ambassador personifies the country he represents; he has no personal recognition when he sits in the councils of foreign potentates. So in familiar life we invest a subordinate agent with our... read more