I will not leave (ουκ αφησω). Future active of αφιημ, to send away, to leave behind.

Desolate (ορφανους). …

Comfortle . In Greek, orphans. Jesus here addre es them as children (John 13:33). He says that he would show them the…

I will not leave you comfortle .—Better with the margin, I will not leave you orphans, which exactly represents …

And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the wo…

St. Augustine of Hippo: So that no one would think that because our Lord was about to give the Holy Spirit, He would therefore n…

Jesus’ allusion to a return may refer to his reappearances after the Resurrection (chs. 20–21). But he did not remain visible for long, nor were th…

I will not have you orphans. This passage shows what people are, and what they can do, when they have been deprived of the protection of t…

I will not leave you comfortless
Gr. "orphans", or "fatherless". Christ stands in the relation of a Father to his pe…

Christ promises that he would continue his care for his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I l…

1. Above, our Lord promised that the Holy Spirit would be our Comforter. But because the apostles had not risen very high in their knowledge…