John 16

Ruben's painting of the beloved disciple. The Gospel of John is a uniquely written scripture from the "Johannine" society.

Comments
V1 "These things have I spoken^[1] unto you, that ye should not be offended.^[2] "to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend; to entice to sin"
V2 "They shall put you out ^[3] of the synagogues"
V3 "they have not known the Father, nor me." They lived in darkness^[4] because they ate ate the tables of their Father who was Caesar in Rome and Herod and their Corban.
V4 'I told you^[1], so ye may remember because I was with you.
V5 I go my way to him that sent me
V6 What is the effect of sorrow^[5] when it fills your heart^[6]?
V7 Why is it expedient^[7] for for them that Jesus goes away?
Because the Comforter^[8] will not come unto you if Jesus does not go.
V8 The Comforter will reprove^[9] the world of three things.
9V Of Sin^[10] because they believe^[11] not. The unbelieving held Jesus to be the sinner^[12] in John 9:24, and will put Him to death as a malefactor in John 18:30 while thinking they are righteous despite their Covetous system of Corban, their leaven and the heavy burden^[13] of their corvee which was entangling them in the yoke of bondage.^[14]
V10. Of righteousness^[15] because I go and ye see me no more; The reference to righteousness is to counter the opposite of what we saw in verse 8 as the sin of world^[10].
V11 Of judgment^[16] because the prince or ruler of this world has been judged.^[17]
V12 many things to say^[1]... ye cannot bear.^[18]
V13 Spirit of truth,^[19] will guide in things to come.
V14 to glorify is to think or have the opinion^[20] of the father. see V15
V15 The Father shall shew it unto you.
V16 If Jesus goes to the Father and the Father is spirit then he goes to the realm of spirit.
V17-18 The disciples the meaning among themselves.
V20 Verily, verily, if their sorrow shall be turned into joy will rejoicing of the world be turned to sorrow?
V21 He compares the sorrow to a women in birth.
V22 Sorrow then Joy.
V23 Asking in the name of the Father is not words alone.
V23-27 Jesus is telling them they will not need parables or him but will ask of the Father according to the name of his spirit.
V28 Jesus came from the Father which is spirit and will return.
V29-30 Do the disciples believe in their minds and in their spirit?
Questions
V31-33 Jesus challenge them as to their belief and warns them that they will leave him but he will not be alone but tells them this so that they know if they abide in the Father, which is to walk in the spirit, they will not be alone.

Not offended

1 ¶ These things have I spoken^[1] unto you, that ye should not be offended.

2 They shall put you out ^[3] of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

4 But these things have I told you^[1], that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow^[5] hath filled your heart^[6].

It is expedient

7 ¶ Nevertheless I tell you the truth;^[19] It is expedient^[7] 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.

The Spirit reproves

8 And when he is come, he will reprove (convicts)^[9] the world of sin^[10], and of righteousness, and of judgment^[16]:

9 Of sin,^[10] because they believe^[11] not on me;

10 Of righteousness^[15], because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment^[16], because the prince^[21] of this world is judged.

12 I have yet many things to say^[1] unto you, but ye cannot bear^[18] them now.

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,^[19] is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

16 ¶ A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Ask the Father

23 ¶ And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

25 These things have I spoken^[1] unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

Come into the world

28 ¶ I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

33 These things I have spoken^[1] unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Things spoken
- Psalms 87:3 "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God."
- John 14:25-26 “‭25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. ‭26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
- John 15:11-13 “‭11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. ‭12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. ‭13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
- John 16:1-4 “‭1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. {offended: scandalized or, made to stumble} ‭2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. ‭3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. ‭4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.”
- John 16:25 “‭25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”
- John 16:33 “‭33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
- John 20:17-18 “‭17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my [[Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. ‭18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.”
- John 16:12 "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."
↑ 4624 ~σκανδαλίζω~ skandalizo \@skan-dal-id’-zo\@ ("scandalize") from 4625 skandalon figuratively, cause of sin, derivative of kampto a snare; TDNT-7:339,1036; {See TDNT 715} v AV-offend 28, make to offend 2; 30
1) to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend
1a) to entice to sin

1b) to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey
1b1) to cause to fall away

1b2) to be offended in one, i.e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority

1b3) to cause one to judge unfavourably or unjustly of another

1c) since one who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed
1c1) to cause one displeasure at a thing

1c2) to make indignant

1c3) to be displeased, indignant
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Put out
Deuteronomy 8:14 "Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;"

Proverbs 20:20 "Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness."

John 9:22 "These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue."

John 12:42 "Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:"

John 16:2 "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."

Proverbs 29:25 ¶ "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe."
↑ Eyes darkened
Psalms 69:22 "Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."

Psalms 107:10 "Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;"

Isaiah 9:2 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."

Isaiah 42:7 "To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."

Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them."

Isaiah 49:6 "And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."

Ecclesiastes 2:14 "The wise man’s eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all."

Micah 7:8 "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me."

Matthew 4:16 “‭The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”

Luke 1:79 "To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

John 1:9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Romans 11:10 "Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway"

2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”

Job 34:22 "There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."

Matthew 6:23 “‭But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”

1 John 2:10 "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."

John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See Born again.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 3077 λύπη lupe [loo’-pay] apparently a root word; n f; TDNT-4:313,540; [{See TDNT 454 }] AV-sorrow 11, heaviness 2, grievous 1, grudging + 1537 1, grief 1 16
1) sorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction
1a) of persons mourning
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 2588 καρδία kardia [kar-dee’-ah] prolonged from a primary kar (Latin, cor, "heart"); n f; TDNT- 3:605,415; [{See TDNT 359 }] AV-heart 159, broken hearted + 4937 1; 160
1) the heart
1a) that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life

1b) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
1b1) the vigour and sense of physical life

1b2) the centre and seat of spiritual life
1b2a) the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours

1b2b) of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence

1b2c) of the will and character

1b2d) of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions

1c) of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 4851 συμφέρω sumphero [soom-fer’-o] from 4862 Sun with and 5342 phero carry (including its alternate); v; TDNT- 9:69,1252; [{See TDNT 827 }] AV-be expedient 7, profit 4, be profitable 3, bring together 1, be better 1, be good 1; 17
1) to bear or bring together

2) to bear together or at the same time
2a) to carry with others

2b) to collect or contribute in order to help

2c) to help, be profitable, be expedient
↑ 3875 ~παράκλητος~ parakletos \@par-ak’-lay-tos\@ a root word; n m AV-comforter 4, advocate 1; 5
1) summoned, called to one’s side, esp. called to one’s aid
1a) one who pleads another’s cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate

1b) one who pleads another’s cause with one, an intercessor
1b1) of Christ in his exaltation at God’s right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins

1c) in the widest sense, a helper, succourer, aider, assistant
1c1) of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 1651 ~ἐλέγχω~ elegcho \@el-eg’-kho\@ of uncertain affinity; v AV-reprove 6, rebuke 5, convince 4, tell (one’s) fault 1, convict 1; 17
1) to convict, refute, confute
1a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted

1b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose

2) to find fault with, correct
2a) by word
2a1) to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove

2a2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation

2b) by deed
2b1) to chasten, to punish
For Synonyms see entry 5884
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266 ἁμαρτία hamartia [ham-ar-tee’-ah] from 264 without a share; n f; TDNT-1:267,44; [{See TDNT 54 }] AV-sin 172, sinful 1, offense 1; 174
1) equivalent to 264
1a) to be without a share in

1b) to miss the mark

1c) to err, be mistaken

1d) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong

1e) to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin

2) that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act

3) collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
- For Synonyms see entry 5879
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 4100 πιστεύω pisteuo [pist-yoo’-o] from 4102; v; TDNT-6:174,849; [{See TDNT 634 }] AV-believe 239, commit unto 4, commit to (one’s) trust 1, be committed unto 1, be put in trust with 1, be commit to one’s trust 1, believer 1; 248
1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
1a) of the thing believed
1a1) to credit, have confidence

1b) in a moral or religious reference
1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul

1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith

1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith

2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
2a) to be intrusted with a thing
↑ 268 ~ἁμαρτωλός~ hamartolos \@ham-ar-to-los’\@ from 264 ἁμαρτάνω hamartano, without a share; adj AV-sinner 43, sinful 4; 47
1) devoted to sin, a sinner
1a) not free from sin

1b) pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked
1b1) all wicked men

1b2) specifically of men stained with certain definite vices or crimes
1b2a) tax collectors, heathen
↑ My burden
Matthew 11:30 "For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light."

Proverbs 3:17 "Her (wisdom... more precious than rubies.) ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths(netîbōwtehā) [are] peace(07965)."

Acts 15:28 "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;"

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."

2 Corinthians 12:10 "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
↑ Bondage of Egypt
Deuteronomy 6:12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 17:16 "But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."

1 Samuel 8:11 "And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take ...take...take...take...take...take...take... 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day."

2 Kings 17:23 "Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."

Jeremiah 42:13 "But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die..."

Acts 7:38 "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us :39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 1343 ~δικαιοσύνη~ dikaiosune \@dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay\@ from 1342; TDNT-2:192,168; {See TDNT 192} n f AV-righteousness 92; 92
1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
1a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God

1b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking, feeling, and acting

2) in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 2920 κρίσις krisis [kree’-sis] perhaps a primitive word; n f; TDNT-3:941,469; [{See TDNT 412 }] AV-judgment 41, damnation 3, accusation 2, condemnation 2; 48
1) a separating, sundering, separation
1a) a trial, contest

2) selection

3) judgment
3a) opinion or decision given concerning anything
3a1) esp. concerning justice and injustice, right or wrong

3b) sentence of condemnation, damnatory judgment, condemnation and punishment

4) the college of judges (a tribunal of seven men in the several cities of Palestine; as distinguished from the Sanhedrin, which had its seat at Jerusalem)

5) right, justice
↑ 2919 ~κρίνω~ krino \@kree’-no\@ perhaps a primitive word; TDNT-3:921,469; {See TDNT 412} v AV-judge 88, determine 7, condemn 5, go to law 2, call in question 2, esteem 2, misc 8; 114
1) to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose

2) to approve, esteem, to prefer

3) to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion

4) to determine, resolve, decree

5) to judge
5a) to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong
5a1) to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one’s case may be examined and judgment passed upon it

5b) to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure
5b1) of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others

6) to rule, govern
6a) to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to passjudgment

7) to contend together, of warriors and combatants
7a) to dispute

7b) in a forensic sense
7b1) to go to law, have suit at law
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 941 βαστάζω bastazo [bas-tad’-zo] perhaps remotely derived from the base of 939 (through the idea of removal); v; TDNT-1:596,102; [{See TDNT 129 }] AV-bear 23, carry 3, take up 1; 27
1) to take up with the hands

2) to take up in order to carry or bear, to put upon one’s self (something) to be carried
2a) to bear what is burdensome

3) to bear, to carry
3a) to carry on one’s person

3b) to sustain, i.e. uphold, support

4) to bear away, carry off
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 Spirit and Truth
Psalms 31:5 "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."

John 4:23 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."

John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."

John 14:17 "[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."

John 15:26 "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:"

John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."

Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"

Ephesians 5:9 "(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)"

2 Thessalonians 2:13 "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"

1 Peter 1:22 "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:"

1 John 4:6 "We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."

1 John 5:6 "This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."
↑ 1392 δοξάζω doxazo [dox-ad’-zo] from 1391 {opinion, judgment, view); v; TDNT-2:253,178; [{See TDNT 197 }] AV-glorify 54, honour 3, have glory 2, magnify 1, make glorious 1, full of glory 1; 62
1) to think, suppose, be of opinion

2) to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate

3) to honour, do honour to, hold in honour

4) to make glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendour
4a) to impart glory to something, render it excellent

4b) to make renowned, render illustrious
4b1) to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged
↑ 758 ~ἄρχων~ archon \@ar’-khone\@ present participle of 757; TDNT-1:488,81; {See TDNT 102} n m AV-ruler 22, prince 11, chief 2, magistrate 1, chief ruler 1; 37
1) a ruler, commander, chief, leader

[thingsspoken-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Things spoken
Psalms 87:3 "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God."

John 14:25-26 “‭25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. ‭26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

John 15:11-13 “‭11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. ‭12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. ‭13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

John 16:1-4 “‭1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. {offended: scandalized or, made to stumble} ‭2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. ‭3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. ‭4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.”

John 16:25 “‭25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”

John 16:33 “‭33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

John 20:17-18 “‭17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my [[Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. ‭18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.”

John 16:12 "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."

[2] Psalms 87:3 "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God."

[3] John 14:25-26 “‭25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. ‭26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

[4] John 15:11-13 “‭11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. ‭12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. ‭13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

[5] John 16:1-4 “‭1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. {offended: scandalized or, made to stumble} ‭2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. ‭3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. ‭4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.”

[6] John 16:25 “‭25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”

[7] John 16:33 “‭33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

[8] John 20:17-18 “‭17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my [[Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. ‭18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.”

[9] John 16:12 "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."

[skandalizo-2] 4624 ~σκανδαλίζω~ skandalizo \@skan-dal-id’-zo\@ ("scandalize") from 4625 skandalon figuratively, cause of sin, derivative of kampto a snare; TDNT-7:339,1036; {See TDNT 715} v AV-offend 28, make to offend 2; 30
1) to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall, metaph. to offend
1a) to entice to sin

1b) to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey
1b1) to cause to fall away

1b2) to be offended in one, i.e. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority

1b3) to cause one to judge unfavourably or unjustly of another

1c) since one who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed
1c1) to cause one displeasure at a thing

1c2) to make indignant

1c3) to be displeased, indignant

[kickedout-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Put out
Deuteronomy 8:14 "Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;"

Proverbs 20:20 "Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness."

John 9:22 "These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue."

John 12:42 "Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:"

John 16:2 "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."

Proverbs 29:25 ¶ "The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe."

[darkened-4] Eyes darkened
Psalms 69:22 "Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."

Psalms 107:10 "Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;"

Isaiah 9:2 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."

Isaiah 42:7 "To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."

Isaiah 42:16 "And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them."

Isaiah 49:6 "And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."

Ecclesiastes 2:14 "The wise man’s eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all."

Micah 7:8 "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me."

Matthew 4:16 “‭The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”

Luke 1:79 "To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

John 1:9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Romans 11:10 "Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway"

2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”

Job 34:22 "There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."

Matthew 6:23 “‭But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”

1 John 2:10 "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."

John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See Born again.

[lupe-5] 5.0 ^5.1 3077 λύπη lupe [loo’-pay] apparently a root word; n f; TDNT-4:313,540; [{See TDNT 454 }] AV-sorrow 11, heaviness 2, grievous 1, grudging + 1537 1, grief 1 16
1) sorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction
1a) of persons mourning

[kardia-6] 6.0 ^6.1 2588 καρδία kardia [kar-dee’-ah] prolonged from a primary kar (Latin, cor, "heart"); n f; TDNT- 3:605,415; [{See TDNT 359 }] AV-heart 159, broken hearted + 4937 1; 160
1) the heart
1a) that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life

1b) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
1b1) the vigour and sense of physical life

1b2) the centre and seat of spiritual life
1b2a) the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours

1b2b) of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence

1b2c) of the will and character

1b2d) of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions

1c) of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate

[sumphero-7] 7.0 ^7.1 4851 συμφέρω sumphero [soom-fer’-o] from 4862 Sun with and 5342 phero carry (including its alternate); v; TDNT- 9:69,1252; [{See TDNT 827 }] AV-be expedient 7, profit 4, be profitable 3, bring together 1, be better 1, be good 1; 17
1) to bear or bring together

2) to bear together or at the same time
2a) to carry with others

2b) to collect or contribute in order to help

2c) to help, be profitable, be expedient

[parakletos-8] 3875 ~παράκλητος~ parakletos \@par-ak’-lay-tos\@ a root word; n m AV-comforter 4, advocate 1; 5
1) summoned, called to one’s side, esp. called to one’s aid
1a) one who pleads another’s cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant, an advocate

1b) one who pleads another’s cause with one, an intercessor
1b1) of Christ in his exaltation at God’s right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins

1c) in the widest sense, a helper, succourer, aider, assistant
1c1) of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom

[elegcho-9] 9.0 ^9.1 1651 ~ἐλέγχω~ elegcho \@el-eg’-kho\@ of uncertain affinity; v AV-reprove 6, rebuke 5, convince 4, tell (one’s) fault 1, convict 1; 17
1) to convict, refute, confute
1a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted

1b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose

2) to find fault with, correct
2a) by word
2a1) to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove

2a2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation

2b) by deed
2b1) to chasten, to punish
For Synonyms see entry 5884

[hamartia-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 266 ἁμαρτία hamartia [ham-ar-tee’-ah] from 264 without a share; n f; TDNT-1:267,44; [{See TDNT 54 }] AV-sin 172, sinful 1, offense 1; 174
1) equivalent to 264
1a) to be without a share in

1b) to miss the mark

1c) to err, be mistaken

1d) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong

1e) to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin

2) that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act

3) collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many

For Synonyms see entry 5879

[19] For Synonyms see entry 5879

[pisteuo-11] 11.0 ^11.1 4100 πιστεύω pisteuo [pist-yoo’-o] from 4102; v; TDNT-6:174,849; [{See TDNT 634 }] AV-believe 239, commit unto 4, commit to (one’s) trust 1, be committed unto 1, be put in trust with 1, be commit to one’s trust 1, believer 1; 248
1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
1a) of the thing believed
1a1) to credit, have confidence

1b) in a moral or religious reference
1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul

1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith

1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith

2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
2a) to be intrusted with a thing

[hamartolos-12] 268 ~ἁμαρτωλός~ hamartolos \@ham-ar-to-los’\@ from 264 ἁμαρτάνω hamartano, without a share; adj AV-sinner 43, sinful 4; 47
1) devoted to sin, a sinner
1a) not free from sin

1b) pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked
1b1) all wicked men

1b2) specifically of men stained with certain definite vices or crimes
1b2a) tax collectors, heathen

[lBurden'-13] My burden
Matthew 11:30 "For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light."

Proverbs 3:17 "Her (wisdom... more precious than rubies.) ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths(netîbōwtehā) [are] peace(07965)."

Acts 15:28 "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;"

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."

2 Corinthians 12:10 "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

[Bondageq'-14] Bondage of Egypt
Deuteronomy 6:12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 17:16 "But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."

1 Samuel 8:11 "And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take ...take...take...take...take...take...take... 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day."

2 Kings 17:23 "Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."

Jeremiah 42:13 "But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die..."

Acts 7:38 "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us :39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"

Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

[dikaiosune-15] 15.0 ^15.1 1343 ~δικαιοσύνη~ dikaiosune \@dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay\@ from 1342; TDNT-2:192,168; {See TDNT 192} n f AV-righteousness 92; 92
1) in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
1a) the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God

1b) integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking, feeling, and acting

2) in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due

[krisis-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 2920 κρίσις krisis [kree’-sis] perhaps a primitive word; n f; TDNT-3:941,469; [{See TDNT 412 }] AV-judgment 41, damnation 3, accusation 2, condemnation 2; 48
1) a separating, sundering, separation
1a) a trial, contest

2) selection

3) judgment
3a) opinion or decision given concerning anything
3a1) esp. concerning justice and injustice, right or wrong

3b) sentence of condemnation, damnatory judgment, condemnation and punishment

4) the college of judges (a tribunal of seven men in the several cities of Palestine; as distinguished from the Sanhedrin, which had its seat at Jerusalem)

5) right, justice

[krino-17] 2919 ~κρίνω~ krino \@kree’-no\@ perhaps a primitive word; TDNT-3:921,469; {See TDNT 412} v AV-judge 88, determine 7, condemn 5, go to law 2, call in question 2, esteem 2, misc 8; 114
1) to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose

2) to approve, esteem, to prefer

3) to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion

4) to determine, resolve, decree

5) to judge
5a) to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong
5a1) to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one’s case may be examined and judgment passed upon it

5b) to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure
5b1) of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others

6) to rule, govern
6a) to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to passjudgment

7) to contend together, of warriors and combatants
7a) to dispute

7b) in a forensic sense
7b1) to go to law, have suit at law

[bastazo-18] 18.0 ^18.1 941 βαστάζω bastazo [bas-tad’-zo] perhaps remotely derived from the base of 939 (through the idea of removal); v; TDNT-1:596,102; [{See TDNT 129 }] AV-bear 23, carry 3, take up 1; 27
1) to take up with the hands

2) to take up in order to carry or bear, to put upon one’s self (something) to be carried
2a) to bear what is burdensome

3) to bear, to carry
3a) to carry on one’s person

3b) to sustain, i.e. uphold, support

4) to bear away, carry off

[Spirittruth-19] 19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 Spirit and Truth
Psalms 31:5 "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."

John 4:23 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."

John 4:24 "God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth."

John 14:17 "[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."

John 15:26 "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:"

John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."

Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"

Ephesians 5:9 "(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)"

2 Thessalonians 2:13 "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"

1 Peter 1:22 "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:"

1 John 4:6 "We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."

1 John 5:6 "This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."

[doxazo-20] 1392 δοξάζω doxazo [dox-ad’-zo] from 1391 {opinion, judgment, view); v; TDNT-2:253,178; [{See TDNT 197 }] AV-glorify 54, honour 3, have glory 2, magnify 1, make glorious 1, full of glory 1; 62
1) to think, suppose, be of opinion

2) to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate

3) to honour, do honour to, hold in honour

4) to make glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendour
4a) to impart glory to something, render it excellent

4b) to make renowned, render illustrious
4b1) to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged

[archon-21] 758 ~ἄρχων~ archon \@ar’-khone\@ present participle of 757; TDNT-1:488,81; {See TDNT 102} n m AV-ruler 22, prince 11, chief 2, magistrate 1, chief ruler 1; 37
1) a ruler, commander, chief, leader

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