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Selected Verse: John 14:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 14:18 |
Strong Concordance |
I will [863] not [3756] leave [863] you [5209] comfortless [3737]: I will come [2064] to [4314] you [5209]. |
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King James |
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to 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] |
I will not leave you comfortless--in a bereaved and desolate condition; or (as in Margin) "orphans."
I will come to you--"I come" or "am coming" to you; that is, plainly by the Spirit, since it was to make His departure to be no bereavement. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Comfortless - Greek, "orphans." Jesus here addresses them as children, Joh 13:33. He says that he would show them the kindness of a parent, and, though he was going away, he would provide for their future welfare. And even while he was absent, yet they would sustain to him still the relation of children. Though he was to die, yet he would live again; though absent in body, yet he would be present with them by his Spirit; though he was to go away to heaven, yet he would return again to them. See Joh 14:3. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Leave (ἀφήσω)
See on Joh 4:3.
Comfortless (ὀρφανούς)
Literally, bereft or orphans. Only here and Jam 1:27, where it is rendered fatherless. Compare my little children (Joh 13:33). "He hath not left us without a rule (Joh 13:34); nor without an example (Joh 13:15); nor without a motive (Joh 14:15); nor without a strength (Joh 15:5); nor without a warning (Joh 15:2, Joh 15:6); nor without a Comforter (Joh 14:18); nor without a reward (Joh 14:2) (James Ford, "The Gospel of St. John Illustrated").
I will come (ἔρχομαι)
Present tense, I come. See on Joh 14:3. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I will not leave you orphans - A word that is elegantly applied to those who have lost any dear friend. I come to you - What was certainly and speedily to be, our Lord speaks of as if it were already. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I will not leave you comfortless - Literally, orphans. The original word ορφανος, is by some derived from ορφνος, obscure, dark, because, says Mintert, an orphan (one deprived of father and mother) is little esteemed, neglected, and is obliged to wander about in obscurity and darkness. Others derive it from the Hebrew חרף charaph, to strip or make bare, despoil, because such a child is destitute of comfort, direction, and support, and is a prey to misery and disease, to sin and to death.
The disciples of a particular teacher among the Hebrews called him father; his scholars were called his children, and, on his death, were considered as orphans. Christ calls his disciples children, beloved children, Joh 13:33; and, now that he is about to be removed from them by death, he assures them that they shall not be left fatherless, or without a teacher; for in a little time he should come again, (rise from the dead), and, after his ascension, they should be made partakers of that Spirit which would be their comforter, advocate, teacher, and guide for ever. |
3 And [2532] if [1437] I go [4198] and [2532] prepare [2090] a place [5117] for you [5213], I will come [2064] again [3825], and [2532] receive [3880] you [5209] unto [4314] myself [1683]; that [2443] where [3699] I [1473] am [1510], there ye [5210] may be [5600] also [2532].
33 Little children [5040], yet [2089] a little while [3397] I am [1510] with [3326] you [5216]. Ye shall seek [2212] me [3165]: and [2532] as [2531] I said [2036] unto the Jews [2453], [3754] Whither [3699] I [1473] go [5217], ye [5210] cannot [3756] [1410] come [2064]; so [2532] now [737] I say [3004] to you [5213].
3 And [2532] if [1437] I go [4198] and [2532] prepare [2090] a place [5117] for you [5213], I will come [2064] again [3825], and [2532] receive [3880] you [5209] unto [4314] myself [1683]; that [2443] where [3699] I [1473] am [1510], there ye [5210] may be [5600] also [2532].
2 In [1722] my [3450] Father's [3962] house [3614] are [1526] many [4183] mansions [3438]: if it were not [1490] so, I would have told [302] [2036] you [5213]. I go [4198] to prepare [2090] a place [5117] for you [5213].
18 I will [863] not [3756] leave [863] you [5209] comfortless [3737]: I will come [2064] to [4314] you [5209].
6 If [3362] a man [5100] abide [3306] not [3362] in [1722] me [1698], he is cast [906] forth [1854] as [5613] a branch [2814], and [2532] is withered [3583]; and [2532] men gather [4863] them [846], and [2532] cast [906] them into [1519] the fire [4442], and [2532] they are burned [2545].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
5 I [1473] am [1510] the vine [288], ye [5210] are the branches [2814]: He that abideth [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] him [846], the same [3778] bringeth forth [5342] much [4183] fruit [2590]: for [3754] without [5565] me [1700] ye can [1410] do [4160] nothing [3756] [3762].
15 If [1437] ye love [25] me [3165], keep [5083] my [1699] commandments [1785].
15 For [1063] I have given [1325] you [5213] an example [5262], that [2443] ye [5210] should do [4160] as [2531] [2532] I [1473] have done [4160] to you [5213].
34 A new [2537] commandment [1785] I give [1325] unto you [5213], That [2443] ye love [25] one another [240]; as [2531] I have loved [25] you [5209], that [2443] ye [5210] also [2532] love [25] one another [240].
33 Little children [5040], yet [2089] a little while [3397] I am [1510] with [3326] you [5216]. Ye shall seek [2212] me [3165]: and [2532] as [2531] I said [2036] unto the Jews [2453], [3754] Whither [3699] I [1473] go [5217], ye [5210] cannot [3756] [1410] come [2064]; so [2532] now [737] I say [3004] to you [5213].
27 Pure [2513] religion [2356] and [2532] undefiled [283] before [3844] God [2316] and [2532] the Father [3962] is [2076] this [3778], To visit [1980] the fatherless [3737] and [2532] widows [5503] in [1722] their [846] affliction [2347], and to keep [5083] himself [1438] unspotted [784] from [575] the world [2889].
3 He left [863] Judaea [2449], and [2532] departed [565] again [3825] into [1519] Galilee [1056].
33 Little children [5040], yet [2089] a little while [3397] I am [1510] with [3326] you [5216]. Ye shall seek [2212] me [3165]: and [2532] as [2531] I said [2036] unto the Jews [2453], [3754] Whither [3699] I [1473] go [5217], ye [5210] cannot [3756] [1410] come [2064]; so [2532] now [737] I say [3004] to you [5213].