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Jesus Knows Your Heart
Multiple commentators highlight that Jesus didn't just overhear the disciples; he perceived their inner desire to ask for clarity. Scholars like John Gill see this as a clear demonstration of Christ's divine omniscience. Jesus knows our unspoken confusion and questions, and he compassionately takes the initiative to meet us in our need.
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AT Robertson
On John 16:19
Jesus perceived (εγνω Ιησους). Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω.
That they were desirous to ask him
Charles Ellicott
On John 16:19
19th Century
Bishop
Now Jesus knew they were desirous to ask him.—The purpose of His enigmatic saying (John 16:29) has been accom…
Charles Spurgeon
On John 16:16–19
19th Century
Preacher
A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his di…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 16:19
The subsequent narrative develops the postresurrection period as a time in which the disciples’ fears are quelled, their doubts dispelled, and thei…
John Calvin
On John 16:19
16th Century
Theologian
Jesus, therefore, knew that they wished to ask him. Though sometimes the Lord appears to speak to the deaf, he, eventually, cures the igno…
John Gill
On John 16:19
17th Century
Pastor
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him
This is a proof of Christ's deity, that he is the omniscient God w…
Matthew Henry
On John 16:16–22
17th Century
Minister
It is good to consider how near our seasons of grace are to an end, that we may be stirred to make the most of them. But the sorrows of the discipl…