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You therefore now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
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A Joy No One Can Steal
Commentators unanimously highlight that the joy Jesus promises is permanent and unshakeable. Unlike worldly happiness that depends on circumstances, this joy is rooted in the historical reality of Jesus' resurrection. This event gave the disciples such a firm conviction of His victory over death that, as scholars note, no amount of persecution or suffering could ever take their joy away.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will see you again. After my resurrection.
Your joy no man taketh from you. You shall be so firmly persuaded that I have…
And ye therefore now (κα υμεις ουν νυν). See 8:38 for like emphasis on
ye (υμεις). The "sorrow" (λυπην) is…
19th Century
Anglican
And ye now therefore have sorrow.—The same word is used. The hour of their birth pangs was near; but it would pass away, …
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Baptist
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
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The subsequent narrative develops the postresurrection period as a time in which the disciples’ fears are quelled, their doubts dispelled, and thei…
16th Century
Protestant
Your joy no man shall take from you. The value of the joy is greatly enhanced by its perpetuity; for it follows that the afflicti…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And ye now therefore have sorrow This is the application of the preceding case. As it is with a woman in travail, wh…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, our Lord explained one reason for their consolation: his promise of the Holy Spirit. Here he gives the second, which is that they will see h…
