When the Comforter is come (οταν ελθη ο παρακλητος). Indefinite temporal clause with οταν and the second aorist active subjunctive…

But when the Comforter is come.—A better rendering is, But when the Advocate is come. (Compare to Excursus G…

He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have th…

St. John Chrysostom: The disciples might say, “If they have heard words from you, such as no one else has spoken; if they have…

In response to this attitude of hatred, there must be a continuing witne to the love and grace of Christ. The last two verses of this chapter defin…

But when the Comforter is come. After explaining to the apostles that the Gospel should not be valued less by them, even though it has man…

But when the Comforter is come
Or advocate, the Spirit of God; who was to be, and has been an advocate for Christ, a…

The blessed Spirit will maintain the cause of Christ in the world, despite the opposition it faces. Believers, taught and encouraged by His influen…

1. Previously, when our Lord said that the Jews would persecute His disciples, He gave the reason that they did not know the One who sent Hi…