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of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you see me no more;
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God's Ultimate Vindication
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus's ascension to the Father is the ultimate proof of His righteousness. The world condemned Him as a sinner, but God the Father vindicated Him by welcoming Him into heaven. As multiple scholars note, God would not have raised and glorified an impostor; Christ's place at the Father's right hand is the divine seal of approval on His perfect life and finished work.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Of righteousness. This seems clearly to refer to the righteousness or innocence of Jesus himself. He was now persecuted. He was soon to be…
And ye behold me no more (κα ουκετ θεωρειτε με). With the bodily eyes and without the Holy Spirit they are unable to behold Jesus …
19th Century
Anglican
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father.—In the conviction of sin, the world is convinced of its own sin by the Spiri…
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Baptist
And when he has come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they do not believe in me; of ri…
(b) The second area in which the Spirit convicts people is “righteousness” (GK 1466). He enforces the absolute standard of God’s character, to whic…
16th Century
Protestant
Of righteousness. We must pay attention to the succession of steps which Christ lays down. He now says that the world must be
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father The "righteousness" here spoken of, does, in the first sense of the word…
Christ's departure was necessary for the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was His going away. Hi…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, our Lord consoled His apostles by promising them the Holy Spirit. Here He shows the benefit the Holy Spirit will bring to the…
