dispensation of the Spirit. This work was of a higher nature than mere bodily cures. Godet truthfully says: “That which was done by St. Peter at Pentecost, by St. Paul all over the world, that which is effected by an ordinary preacher, a single believer, by bringing the Spirit into the heart, could not be done by Jesus during His sojourn in this world.” Jesus’ per- sonal ministry in the flesh must be a local ministry. Only under the dispensation of the Spirit could it be wnzversal.
13. In my name. The first occurrence of the phrase. See on Matt. xxviii. 19. Prayer is made in the name of Jesus, “if this name, Jesus Christ, as the full substance of the saving faith and confession of him who prays, is, in his consciousness, the element in which the prayerful activity moves; so that thus that Name, embracing the whole revelation of redemp- tion, is that which specifically measures and defines the disposi- tion, feeling, object, and contents of prayer. The express wse of the name of Jesus therein is no specific token; the question is of the spirit and mind of him who prays” (Meyer). West- cott cites Augustine to the effect that the prayer in Christ’s name must be consistent with Christ’s character, and that He fulfils it as Saviour, and therefore just so far as it conduces te salvation.
14. If ye shall ask anything. Some authorities insert me. So Rev. This implies prayer ¢o Christ.
15. Keep (rnpijcare). The best texts read typycere, ye will keep. Lay up in your hearts and preserve by careful watching. See on reserved, 1 Pet. i. 4.
My commandments (ras évroAds Tas €uas). Lit., the com- mandments which are mine. See on x. 27.
16. | will pray (€pwtycw). See on xi. 22. Comforter (3apd«dnrov). Only in John’s Gospel and Firet
Epistle (xiv. 16, 26; xv. 26; xvi. 7; 1 Ep. ii. 1). From apd, to the side of, and xaréw, to summon. Hence, originally, one