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Text -- John 14:1-31 (NET)
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Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples
14:1 “Do not let your hearts be distressed . You believe in God ; believe also in me .
14:2 There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house . Otherwise , I would have told you , because I am going away to make ready a place for you .
14:3 And if I go and make ready a place for you , I will come again and take you to be with me , so that where I am you may be too .
14:4 And you know the way where I am going .”
14:5 Thomas said , “Lord , we don’t know where you are going . How can we know the way ?”
14:6 Jesus replied , “I am the way , and the truth , and the life . No one comes to the Father except through me .
14:7 If you have known me , you will know my Father too . And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”
14:8 Philip said , “Lord , show us the Father , and we will be content .”
14:9 Jesus replied , “Have I been with you for so long , and you have not known me , Philip ? The person who has seen me has seen the Father ! How can you say , ‘Show us the Father ’?
14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father , and the Father is in me ? The words that I say to you , I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds .
14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father , and the Father is in me , but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves .
14:12 I tell you the solemn truth , the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing , and will perform greater deeds than these , because I am going to the Father .
14:13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name , so that the Father may be glorified in the Son .
14:14 If you ask me anything in my name , I will do it .
Teaching on the Holy Spirit
14:15 “If you love me , you will obey my commandments .
14:16 Then I will ask the Father , and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever –
14:17 the Spirit of truth , whom the world cannot accept , because it does not see him or know him. But you know him , because he resides with you and will be in you .
14:18 “I will not abandon you as orphans , I will come to you .
14:19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer , but you will see me ; because I live , you will live too .
14:20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you .
14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me . The one who loves me will be loved by my Father , and I will love him and will reveal myself to him .”
14:22 “Lord ,” Judas (not Judas Iscariot ) said , “what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world ?”
14:23 Jesus replied , “If anyone loves me , he will obey my word , and my Father will love him , and we will come to him and take up residence with him .
14:24 The person who does not love me does not obey my words . And the word you hear is not mine , but the Father’s who sent me .
14:25 “I have spoken these things while staying with you .
14:26 But the Advocate , the Holy Spirit , whom the Father will send in my name , will teach you everything , and will cause you to remember everything I said to you .
14:27 “Peace I leave with you ; my peace I give to you ; I do not give it to you as the world does . Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage .
14:28 You heard me say to you , ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you .’ If you loved me , you would be glad that I am going to the Father , because the Father is greater than I am.
14:29 I have told you now before it happens , so that when it happens you may believe .
14:30 I will not speak with you much longer , for the ruler of this world is coming . He has no power over me ,
14:31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me , so that the world may know that I love the Father . Get up , let us go from here .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
COMFORTER |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
COMMUNION; (FELLOWSHIP) |
ATONEMENT |
Jesus, The Christ |
HOLY SPIRIT, 2 |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 2 |
THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
God |
TRINITY, 1 |
Righteous |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 |
Philip |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
GOD, 3 |
AUTHORITY IN RELIGION |
Apostles |
Prayer |
ASCENSION |
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NET Notes -> Joh 14:1; Joh 14:1; Joh 14:2; Joh 14:2; Joh 14:2; Joh 14:2; Joh 14:2; Joh 14:2; Joh 14:3; Joh 14:3; Joh 14:3; Joh 14:4; Joh 14:4; Joh 14:5; Joh 14:6; Joh 14:6; Joh 14:7; Joh 14:8; Joh 14:8; Joh 14:9; Joh 14:9; Joh 14:10; Joh 14:10; Joh 14:10; Joh 14:10; Joh 14:10; Joh 14:11; Joh 14:11; Joh 14:11; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:12; Joh 14:13; Joh 14:13; Joh 14:15; Joh 14:15; Joh 14:16; Joh 14:16; Joh 14:17; Joh 14:17; Joh 14:17; Joh 14:18; Joh 14:18; Joh 14:18; Joh 14:19; Joh 14:20; Joh 14:20; Joh 14:21; Joh 14:21; Joh 14:21; Joh 14:21; Joh 14:22; Joh 14:22; Joh 14:22; Joh 14:22; Joh 14:22; Joh 14:23; Joh 14:23; Joh 14:23; Joh 14:24; Joh 14:24; Joh 14:25; Joh 14:26; Joh 14:26; Joh 14:26; Joh 14:26; Joh 14:27; Joh 14:27; Joh 14:27; Joh 14:27; Joh 14:28; Joh 14:28; Joh 14:28; Joh 14:29; Joh 14:30; Joh 14:30; Joh 14:30; Joh 14:31; Joh 14:31; Joh 14:31
NET Notes: Joh 14:1 Or “Believe in God.” The translation of the two uses of πιστεύετε (pisteuete) is difficult. B...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:2 Or “If not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?” What is the meaning of the last clause with or without the ...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:4 Where I am going. Jesus had spoken of his destination previously to the disciples, most recently in John 13:33. Where he was going was back to the Fat...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:7 There is a difficult textual problem here: The statement reads either “If you have known (ἐγνώκατε, eg...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:10 Miraculous deeds is most likely a reference to the miraculous signs Jesus had performed, which he viewed as a manifestation of the mighty acts of God....
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NET Notes: Joh 14:11 In the context of a proof or basis for belief, Jesus is referring to the miraculous deeds (signs) he has performed in the presence of the disciples.
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NET Notes: Joh 14:12 What are the greater deeds that Jesus speaks of, and how is this related to his going to the Father? It is clear from both John 7:39 and 16:7 that the...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:15 Jesus’ statement If you love me, you will obey my commandments provides the transition between the promises of answered prayer which Jesus makes...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:17 Some early and important witnesses (Ì66* B D* W 1 565 it) have ἐστιν (estin, “he is”) instead of ἔ ...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:18 I will come to you. Jesus had spoken in 14:3 of going away and coming again to his disciples. There the reference was both to the parousia (the second...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:20 At that time could be a reference to the parousia (second coming of Christ). But the statement in 14:19, that the world will not see Jesus, does not f...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:22 The disciples still expected at this point that Jesus, as Messiah, was going to reveal his identity as such to the world (cf. 7:4).
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NET Notes: Joh 14:23 Grk “we will come to him and will make our dwelling place with him.” The context here is individual rather than corporate indwelling, so t...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:28 Jesus’ statement the Father is greater than I am has caused much christological and trinitarian debate. Although the Arians appealed to this tex...
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NET Notes: Joh 14:29 Jesus tells the disciples that he has told them all these things before they happen, so that when they do happen the disciples may believe. This does ...
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