ing- here must be that the eleven knew something" experiment- ally of the Spirit's work. They might not be fully acquainted with Him ; but He was actually in them, making them what they were, and He would remain in them, and carry on the work He had begun to a glorious end. " "VS'hether you know it thoroughly and rightly or not, He is actually in you now, and shall always be in you and never leave you."
Let us mark in this and in the preceding verse how our Lord speaks of the Holy Spirit as " a Person." We should never speak of Him as a mere " influence," or dishonor Him by call- ing Him "it."
Let us never forget that " having the Spirit, or not having the Spirit," makes the great distinction between the children of God and the children of the world. Believers have Him Worldly and wicked people have Him not. (Jude 19.)