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Selected Verse: John 16:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 16:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Nevertheless [235] I [1473] tell [3004] you [5213] the truth [225]; It is expedient [4851] for you [5213] that [2443] I [1473] go away [565]: for [1063] if [3362] I go [565] not [3362] away [565], the Comforter [3875] will [2064] not [3756] come [2064] unto [4314] you [5209]; but [1161] if [1437] I depart [4198], I will send [3992] him [846] unto [4314] you [5209]. |
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King James |
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
It is expedient for you that I go away--
My Saviour, can it ever be
That I should gain by losing thee?
KEBLE.
Yes.
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you, but if I depart, I will send him unto you--(See on Joh 7:39; Joh 14:15). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
It is expedient for you ... - The reason why it was expedient for them that he should go away, he states to be, that in this way only would the Comforter be granted to them. Still, it may be asked why the presence of the Holy Spirit was more valuable to them than that of the Saviour himself? To this it may be answered:
1. That by his departure, his death, and ascension - by having these great facts before their eyes they would be led by the Holy Spirit to see more fully the design of his coming than they would by his presence. While he was with them, notwithstanding the plainest teaching, their minds were filled with prejudice and error. They still adhered to the expectation of a temporal kingdom, and were unwilling to believe that he was to die. When he should have actually left them they could no longer doubt on this subject, and would be prepared to understand why he came. And this was done. See the Acts of the Apostles everywhere. It is often needful that God should visit us with severe affliction before our pride will be humbled and we are willing to understand the plainest truths.
2. While on the earth the Lord Jesus could be bodily present but in one place at one time. Yet, in order to secure the great design of saving men, it was needful that there should be some agent who could be in all places, who could attend all ministers, and who could, at the same time, apply the work of Christ to people in all parts of the earth.
3. It was an evident arrangement in the great plan of redemption that each of the persons of the Trinity should perform a part. As it was not the work of the Spirit to make an atonement, so it was not the work of the Saviour to apply it. And until the Lord Jesus had performed this great work, the way was not open for the Holy Spirit to descend to perform his part of the great plan; yet, when the Saviour had completed his portion of the work and had left the earth, the Spirit would carry forward the same plan and apply it to men.
4. It was to be expected that far more signal success would attend the preaching of the gospel when the atonement was actually made than before. It was the office of the Spirit to carry forward the work only when the Saviour had died and ascended; and this was actually the case. See Acts 2. Hence, it was expedient that the Lord Jesus should go away, that the Spirit might descend and apply the work to sinners. The departure of the Lord Jesus was to the apostles a source of deep affliction, but had they seen the whole case they would not have been thus afflicted. So God often takes away from us one blessing that he may bestow a greater. All affliction, if received in a proper manner, is of this description; and could the afflicted people of God always see the whole case as God sees it, they would think and feel, as he does, that it was best for them to be thus afflicted.
It is expedient - It is better for you.
The Comforter - See the notes at Joh 14:16. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
It is expedient (συμφέρει)
From σόν together, and φέρω to bear or bring. The underlying idea of the word is concurrence of circumstances.
Go away (ἀπέλθω)
The different words for go should be noted in this verse, and Joh 16:10. Here, expressing simple departure from a point.
Depart (πορευθῶ)
Rev., go. With the notion of going for a purpose, which is expressed in I will send him. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| It is expedient for you - In respect of the Comforter, Joh 16:7, &c. and of me, Joh 16:16, &c. and of the Father, Joh 16:23, &c. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| It is expedient - that I go away - In other places he had showed them the absolute necessity of his death for the salvation of men: see Mat 20:19; Mat 26:2; Mar 9:31; Mar 10:33, Luk 9:44; Luk 18:32. This he does not repeat here, but shows them that, by the order of God, the Holy Spirit cannot come to them, nor to the world, unless he first die; and consequently men cannot be saved but in this way. |
15 If [1437] ye love [25] me [3165], keep [5083] my [1699] commandments [1785].
39 (But [1161] this [5124] spake he [2036] of [4012] the Spirit [4151], which [3739] they that believe [4100] on [1519] him [846] should [3195] receive [2983]: for [1063] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] was [2258] not yet [3768] given; because [3754] that Jesus [2424] was [1392] not yet [3764] glorified [1392]
16 And [2532] I [1473] will pray [2065] the Father [3962], and [2532] he shall give [1325] you [5213] another [243] Comforter [3875], that [2443] he may abide [3306] with [3326] you [5216] for [1519] ever [165];
10 Of [4012] [1161] righteousness [1343], because [3754] I go [5217] to [4314] my [3450] Father [3962], and [2532] ye see [2334] me [3165] no more [3765];
23 And [2532] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250] ye shall [3756] ask [2065] me [1691] nothing [3762]. Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] Whatsoever [3745] [302] ye shall ask [154] the Father [3962] in [1722] my [3450] name [3686], he will give [1325] it you [5213].
16 A little while [3397], and [2532] ye shall [2334] not [3756] see [2334] me [3165]: and [2532] again [3825], a little while [3397], and [2532] ye shall see [3700] me [3165], because [3754] I [1473] go [5217] to [4314] the Father [3962].
7 Nevertheless [235] I [1473] tell [3004] you [5213] the truth [225]; It is expedient [4851] for you [5213] that [2443] I [1473] go away [565]: for [1063] if [3362] I go [565] not [3362] away [565], the Comforter [3875] will [2064] not [3756] come [2064] unto [4314] you [5209]; but [1161] if [1437] I depart [4198], I will send [3992] him [846] unto [4314] you [5209].
32 For [1063] he shall be delivered [3860] unto the Gentiles [1484], and [2532] shall be mocked [1702], and [2532] spitefully entreated [5195], and [2532] spitted on [1716]:
44 Let these [5128] sayings [3056] sink down [5087] into [1519] your [5210] [5216] ears [3775]: for [1063] the Son [5207] of man [444] shall be [3195] delivered [3860] into [1519] the hands [5495] of men [444].
33 Saying, [3754] Behold [2400], we go up [305] to [1519] Jerusalem [2414]; and [2532] the Son [5207] of man [444] shall be delivered [3860] unto the chief priests [749], and [2532] unto the scribes [1122]; and [2532] they shall condemn [2632] him [846] to death [2288], and [2532] shall deliver [3860] him [846] to the Gentiles [1484]:
31 For [1063] he taught [1321] his [846] disciples [3101], and [2532] said [3004] unto them [846], [3754] The Son [5207] of man [444] is delivered [3860] into [1519] the hands [5495] of men [444], and [2532] they shall kill [615] him [846]; and [2532] after that he is killed [615], he shall rise [450] the third [5154] day [2250].
2 Ye know [1492] that [3754] after [3326] two [1417] days [2250] is [1096] the feast of the passover [3957], and [2532] the Son [5207] of man [444] is betrayed [3860] to [1519] be crucified [4717].
19 And [2532] shall deliver [3860] him [846] to the Gentiles [1484] to [1519] mock [1702], and [2532] to scourge [3146], and [2532] to crucify [4717] him: and [2532] the third [5154] day [2250] he shall rise again [450].