Therefore said I (δια τουτο ειπον). Jesus explains how and why the Holy Spirit can and will reveal to the disciples what they need…

All things, etc. See Matthew 28:18; Matthew 11:27. No one could have said this who was not equal with the Father. The union was…

All things that the Father hath are mine (John 16:15). He has told them that the Spirit’s work is to glorify …

And he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it to you. All things that the Father ha…

Theophylact of Ohrid: Our Lord, having said above, It is expedient for you that I go away, now expands on it: …

(3) The third function of the Spirit is to “glorify” (GK 1519) Christ. His chief purpose is not to make himself prominent but to magnify the person…

All things that the Father hath are mine. As it might be thought that Christ took away from the Father what he claimed for himself, he ack…

All things that the Father has are mine
Though it is true that the same divine nature the Father is possessed of, th…

Christ's departure was nece ary for the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was His going away. His…

1. Previously, we saw two results of the Holy Spirit’s coming: the conviction of the world and the instruction of the disciples. Now the thi…