It is expedient for you (συμφερε υμιν). Present active indicative of συμφερω, old verb to bear together. See 11:50 where the phras…

It is expedient for you, etc. (John 16:7). The reason why it was expedient for them that He should go away, He states, is that…

Nevertheless I tell you the truth.—The words He is about to utter are words of strange sound for the ears of disciples, a…

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I…

St. John Chrysostom: The disciples, not yet perfected and being overcome by sorrow, were rebuked and corrected by our Lord. He…

Jesus tells the disciples that his separation from them is in their best interest. As long as he is with them in person, his work is localized; onc…

Yet I tell you the truth. So that they may no longer wish to have him present before their eyes, he testifies that his absence will be adv…

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth
Christ was truth itself, and could say nothing else; but he makes use of this way…

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, our Lord addre ed what would console His disciples in their coming troubles. Here, He deals with what will console them about…