Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) And I will pray the Father.--Comp. Note on John 16:26. The pronoun is again emphatic--"I have given you your part to do. I on My part will pray the Father." The word used for "pray" is one which implies more of nearness of approach...
John 17:13 Meaning and Commentary John 17:13 And now come I to thee As in (John 17:11) , which he repeats as a very great happiness to himself, and with much pleasure and joy, but not without concern for those he was parting from: ...
There is a possibility that men should be in the closest apparent nearness to Christ, and yet have never learnt the meaning of the words they constantly hear and utter; and have never truly known the purpose of Christ’s life. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.—Comp. Note on...
1 John 4:18 Meaning and Commentary 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love In the love of the brethren; where that is, there is no fear: so far as that prevails and gains ground, fear removes; not the filial fear of God, the new covenant grace of fear, which is the beginning...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Verily, verily, I say unto thee.—This phrase is peculiar to St. John. (Comp. Note on John 1:51.) The remainder of the verse contains three pairs of sentences answering to each other:— “Thou wast young,”. . . . “Thou shalt be old...
Matthew Poole's Commentary These things he ushers in with a Verily, verily, and declareth them spoken not to Nathanael alone, but unto you; viz. all you that are my disciples indeed, who are (like Nathanael) true Israelites, in whom there is no guile. For the terms, Amen, Amen, (by...
…and on to our cartoonists, another from Dunn, a bit of spot art featuring a not so subtle commentary on Lawrence Lee Bazley Angas’s book The Coming American Boom… …and some spot art from Isadore Klein… …Miguel Covarrubias contributed to the theater review section… …James Thurber en...
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial - When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is
Recorded in 1983 and released in January 1984, the song was a commentary on television overtaking radio’s popularity and how one would listen to radio in the past for a favorite comedy, drama, or science fiction programme. It also pertained to the advent of the music video and MTV, which...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Ye have heard how I said unto you.--Better, Ye heard how I said unto you. (See John 14:19-20.) If ye loved me, ye would rejoice.--True love seeks another's good and not its own. Their sorrow at His departure was at its root selfi...