The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 298

In newness of life by the power of his re- Verily, verily, I ea:, unto you, Whnteoevet 1 surrection. thing ye ahe.11 e.sk (niT1f,n1T•) the J'ather, he Ver. 22.-And, so he continues, ye there- will give it yon in my Ne.me. The modem fore I indeed now have sorrow-your henrte editors, by placing the ,v T<p ov&µa.Tl µou (" in ore lroublecl, you weop nnd lament to-night, my Ne.me") after 5waei oµ,v, or as Tischen- your clceolution for "e. little while" will be dorf (8th edit.), in "clause commencing 1vith utter oollnpee nnd cliem11y-bnt I sh,dl see 6~1T••• suggest th11t in this pnrticular clause you ngain, lie does not repent, " Ye sh111l the Ne.me of Christ i• not only the medium behold me" (8eo,pe'iTI µe, of. eh. :xiv. 19), but by which the cli.eciples npproach the Father "I shall seo you (~,f,oµcz, oµii.s)." The same (which is obvious enough from ver. 24), but word, however, is used repeo.tedly in the the me.nifeste.tion e.nd ministry by which reoord of the resnrreclion, e.nd in var. 19 he not only is the prayer heard, but the gift or hnd so.id li,f,eaOI µ•. 'fhe point of the vision answer bestowed. As sentence after sentence is hie own oonsciousnees of their humnn follows, the disciples e.re led up to the need filling o.11 the forty de.ye with ite heart of the Father himself. glory. The occosione.l monifesto.tione of Ver. 2-1.-Hitherto-up to the present hie Person during that interval helped them period-ye asked (' riT-1,aa.T,, the common in a wonderful wuy to recognize the fact word for petition ond request made by the the.t he wo.s ever watching them, e.nd was inferior to the superior, the man to hie e.t their side under 1111 the oircumstancee of Maker) nothing in my Ne.me. The disciples human life. And your bee.rt she.11 rejoioe, he.d not comprehended the folnese of that e.nd this joy of yours no one te.keth (present Name of the well-beloved Son, filling theu in the full sense of a realized future) from minds with the revelation of God made in yon. The liiJ,oµcz, vµa.s lends itself to the it, e.nd feeling it to be the great indncement larger conception which, by the gift of the e.nd guarantee of e.ccept.a.ble prayer. Ask Holy Ghost, they at length fully appre- (continuously, habitnally, for tbi& is no hended, that he was with them always, even longer in aorist, but in the present tense), to the end of the world. Tho.t conviction e.nd ye ahe.11 reoeive (1va. here not telic, but we.a forced upon them before Pentecost (see indicates" contemplated result"), that your Matt. x:xviii. 19, 20, and the account in joy may be fnlfilled [rendered complete and this Gospel of the spire.tion and communica- full] (comp. eh. xv. 11 ; ver. 22); the joy of tion of the Holy Ghost, eh. x:x. 22), before your love to one another e.nd to me moy he ea.me as the sound of e. rushing mighty reach its highest expression. There may be wind, or ant in tongues of flame on theu reference to their unanimity in the Holy heads. Yonr joy in the sense of my constant Spirit, the Pentecost.a.I outbnrst of perfect presence no one, neither man nor devil. love which caats out fea.r. te.kcth e.we.y from you. The.t presence will not be any further exposed to Jewish malice 1 T.R. reads lh, 81Ta. i!11, with ten uncialB; or tree.chery, nor darkened by persecution, A reads 3 T1 &,, ; D, C, D, It.alic, and Origen, nor destroyed by death ; though with bodily &v TI; t(, 8T1 0 &v; l:.T., a,, T', "if ye shall eyes ye see me not, yet, fully realizing the.t ask anything whatsoever." my eye is on you, " you will rejoice with • These two verbs, czlTem e.nd lpo,nit», are joy unspeakable e.nd full of glory " (1 Pet. represented a.like by " usk," both by the i. 8). translators of 1611 a.nd 1881. 'Eporrll<O in ver. Ver. 23.-And in that de.y-tbe.t long e.nd 23 clearly poillts back to. ver. Ill, e.nd refers blessed period beginning at the Resurrection to the inquiries they might hove hitherto with your vision of me, nnd being ever more mode from him; while ..lT,,,., peto, is the e.nd more enhonced in blessedness by your submissive, suppliant tone of the mendi- intense conviction tbe.t "I e.m with you" cant for e.lmi! (Acts iii 2), of the inferior to e.nil "see you," though you see me not--in the snperior (Acts :xii 20), of the child to thot day ye shall put me no question, as in the parent (Matt. vii. 9 ; Luke :x.i 11 ), of the the old method of confidential intercourse subject to the ruler (Ezra viii. 2), of man of man with me.n. The.t period po.sees away from God (Matt. vii. 7; Jo.a. i. 5; 1 John iii. with this solemn night. Not in this way 22). 'Ep.,Tcf., is equive.lent to rogo, i11terrogo, will the intercourse be carried forward. its only meaning in classical Greek implying "Tho.t de.y" started from Easter morning, in the request e. certain footing of equality. and it is not yet noon. Perhaps one reason So our Lord never uses c&iT<i·aoa, or czlTEiv in for this statement is that the illumination speaking of his own petitions on behalf of of the Spirit would render suoh questioning his disciples, but epo,nl.,. Ma.rtho does (eh. unnecessary, but a. more ce?te.in explanation xi. 22), revenliug her fe.il ure to apprehend is the.t they would themselves stand in new the full dignity of his Person. In no single relations with the Father through him. pie.co do we find lpoJTa.11 used of the pro.yer of man to God (see Trench, •syu. of N. 'f.,' 1 All modem editors here insert 0~11. § xl.).  TUE GOSPEL AOCORDING TO 81'. JOHN, [orr. xv,. 1-38,