John Chapter 16 {Verses 1:15: Ministry of the God the Holy Spirit} 1~~"These things {bible doctrines} I {Jesus} have communicated/taught {laleo} to you for the purpose that you should not receive shock/offence/disillusionment {skandalizo}. {Note: Skandalizo from which we get scandalize. It means to be shocked, offended or disillusioned about something. The "He never told us THAT" syndrome.} 2~~"They {the Religious Jews here} will put you out of the synagogue {excommunicate you}, but the hour/'period of time' is coming {in the Church Age} when the one who kills {apokteino} you will 'subjectively think'/'assume on a false basis' {dokeo} he {the killer of Christians} 'is offering religious/spiritual service'/'doing a favor' to God." {Note: Per RBT, these religious Jews are the ones described in II Timothy 3:7.} {Note: Apokteino is a very strong word for murder. It means to kill from the ultimate source of oneself. You not only did it, but you thought about it and really wanted to kill first.} {Note: Dokeo means to subjectively think. Noeo is objective type thinking - resulting from applying bible doctrine in your soul to the situation. Not the case here - is 'subjective thinking here.} 3~~"And these things {persecution and killing of the disciples   and all Christians in the Church Age} they will do to you because they have not 'known from study or observation' {ginosko} the Father or Me." {Note: All religions are systems of thinking contrary to the grace of God. They center on 'man working to obtain the approbation of God through their works.' Those in the cosmic system do not know God or His Son, Jesus Christ. They, therefore, persecutes grace to please what they perceived to be their father - who in reality is the prince of this cosmos/world - Satan - thinking incorrectly that they are pleasing God the Father in doing so!} {Bible Doctrine Prepares the Believer for the Pressures from Attacks by Religion} 4~~"These things   {doctrines on the persecution of Grace by Religion} I have communicated/taught {laleo} you - in the past with results that continue forever - for the purpose that when the hour/'period of time' comes {time of persecution} you will remember that I told {lego} you these things. I did not tell {lego} you these things from the beginning {of His earthly ministry} because I {Jesus} always was with you {the disciples}." {Note: Jesus did not communicate these doctrines to the disciples because He was still on the earth. He was the center of the persecution of the religious unbelievers. Once He is glorified and seated in Heaven, the dispensation will change. In the Church Age, it is the Church Age believer who is the center of the persecution.} {Disciples Disoriented to the Plan of God} 5~~"But now I {Jesus} am 'going under authority/'advancing towards a goal' face to face with {pros} the One {God the Father} sending Me, and not one of you is interrogating {erotao - asking intensely to know the answer} Me, 'To what place are You 'going under authority'?' " 6~~"But, in contrast, because I have communicated/taught {laleo} these things to you - in the past with results and continue forever - 'mental anguish'/grief/sorrow/misery/anger/distress {lupe} has 'filled the deficiency' {pleroo} in your right lobes'/hearts." {Divine Provision for the Intensification of the Angelic Conflict} 7~~"But I tell you the truth/ 'doctrine presented categorically' {aletheia}, it keeps on being advantage/beneficial {sumphero} to you that I {Jesus} move toward My destination   {the cross and then heaven}. For if I do not go away {alternative 1}   {aperchomai - from point A to B to C} - maybe I will, maybe I won't - the Encourager/Paraclete {parakletos} will not come to you   {subjective mood - God the Holy Spirit also has free will}. But if I go {alternative 2}, - maybe I will, maybe I won't - I will send Him to you   {which is the alternative that was chosen - Christ did go to the   cross and then to heaven and God the Holy Spirit is with us today}. {Note: The last sentence in the verse is two third class conditional if clauses. When you have two potentiality clauses together in the Greek it means there are two alternatives.} {Note: Parakletos means 'one who is sent to provide beneficial services to another'. It usually refers to God the Holy Spirit as the One Who helps believers in the Church Age. It is used for Jesus Christ in heaven as our 'defense attorney'/advocate before the Supreme Court in Heaven in I John 2:1} {Verses 8-11: Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Unbeliever} 8~~"And when He {God the Holy Spirit} comes   {His 1st Advent - 1st Day of Church Age - Day of Pentacost -   51 days from when Jesus said this}, He will reprove/'lay bear the facts'/rebuke the cosmos/world {unbelievers} concerning the sin   {hamartia- singular - per verse 9 here the sin of unbelief in Christ -   usually OSN} and concerning dikaiosune/'grace orientation'/'total fulfillment of spiritual maturity' and concerning judgment {krisis}. {Note: Dikaiosune means more then just righteousness or justice. It means becoming oriented to the grace of God. In the epistles, RBT usually defines it as the 'total fulfillment of spiritual maturity'. And one of the three crowns to be awarded in the crown of dikaiosune.} {Note: Krisis from which we get the word crisis means judgment. So in this verse, we move from lack of salvation, to lack of spiritual growth, to the Great White Throne Judgment for unbelievers.} 9~~"Concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me." 10~~"Concerning dikaiosune/'grace orientation', because I am going face to face with my Father and you all {the disciples} will 'mentally observe' {theoreo} Me no longer." {Note: Here Jesus is actually being sarcastic with the disciples who have not learned much doctrine during His three year ministry. Theoreo is the word from which we get theory. It means to observe with your eye and understand with your mind. When He physically is not with them after the next day (then ascension in 41 days), they will not 'see Him' very clearly because they never really learned about Him. But they will learn eventually.} 11~~"Now concerning the act of judgment, because the ruler of this world {Satan} has been judged/condemned -in the past with results that continue forever." {Note: Unbelievers choose from their free will to follow Satan. Satan and his fallen angels have been condemned to the lake of fire forever and ever. Unbelieving humans also will therefore follow their leader - and be tossed into the lake of fire just like Satan.} {Verses 12-15: Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Believer} 12~~"I {Jesus} have and hold many more things {more doctrine to teach them} to say to you, but you do not have the ability/power to 'mentally sustain' them now/'at this present moment' {arti}. 13~~"But on the occasion when He {God the Holy Spirit}, the 'Spirit of truth/doctrine/'dogmatic absolutely true information'   {aletheia}' comes {subjunctive mood - only potential - at this point Jesus   could change His Mind}, He will guide/instruct {hodegeo} you into all truth/doctrine {aletheia}. For He will not teach/communicate {laleo} 'from the ultimate source of {apo} Himself'. But whatever He keeps on hearing, He will keep on teaching/communicating {laleo}, and will 'report back to' {anaggello} you {the disciples specifically} what is to come   {Church Age Doctrine and for John in particular - Revelation}. {Note: 'Spirit of Truth/Doctrine' is a functional title for God the Holy Spirit. The 'Word of God' means it came from the plan of the Father. The bible is the 'Mind of Christ' meaning that He understands the Father's plan and the bible is the written form of the doctrine that Christ knew we needed to learn. Then in the Church Age, God the Holy Spirit's job is to communicate the plan of God the Father and the thinking of God the Son.} {Note: The disciples have not yet become spiritually mature. Jesus knows what He has to say they can not yet understand - but they will understand and many become human authors of the New Testament.} 14~~"He and only He {God the Holy Spirit} will glorify Me {Jesus Christ}, because He will receive/seize take {lambano} from Me what is 'out from' {ek} Mine {His Mind - Doctrine - the Mind of Christ} and will 'report back to' {anaggello} you. 15~~"All things {plan of the Father from which   Doctrine is in perfect unison} that the Father has keeps on being Mine{Mind of Christ - Doctrine}. That is why I said He {God the Holy Spirit} will receive/seize take {lambano} from Me what is 'out from' {ek} Mine and will 'report back to' {anaggello} you." {Verses 16-32: Ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ} {Jesus Teaches a Paradox the Disciples Do not Understand} 16~~"In a short period of time {mikron} you will not 'mentally perceive' {theoreo} Me any longer. Again after a little while, you will observe/'have a panoramic view of' {horao} Me . . .   {because I go face to face with the Father   (referring to the session of Christ)}" {Note: Mikron means a short period of time. The first case is the time from now in the garden to the cross. The second mikron is from the burial to the resurrection - 3 days. Theoreo is the word from which we get theory. It means to mentally perceive. It has the idea of to 'observe as a spectator' which kind of describes the disciples fleeing from Jesus during His ordeal. They mostly ran away.} {Note: Some manuscripts end the sentence with 'because I go face to face with the Father' but it does not seem to fit. I could not tell if RBT thought it was there or not. One time, he did translate this section so I will include it but in note form. Verse 17 apparently does indicate it is what Jesus did say, but just not sure John recorded this in verse 16.} 17~~Then said . . . {some} of His disciples to one another {sheepishly}, "What keeps on being the meaning of what He is saying, 'In a short period of time {mikron} you will not 'mentally perceive' {theoreo} Me any longer. Again after a little while, you will observe/'have a panoramic view of' {horao} Me,' and, 'because I am going face to face with the Father'?" 18~~They said {lego} therefore, "What keeps on being the meaning of what He says, 'In a short period of time {mikron}.' We do not have the inherent knowledge {oida}   {have the ability to grasp} on what He is communicating/teaching {laleo}." 19~~Now Jesus knew from the experience of observation {ginosko} that they kept on wishing/desiring to interrogate {erotao} Him, so {He} said to them, "Are you insatiably desiring among yourselves about that I said, 'In a short period of time {mikron} you will not 'mentally perceive' {theoreo} Me any longer. Again after a little while, you will observe/'have a panoramic view of' {horao}Me.? 20~~"Point of doctrine/'verily verily' {amen amen}, you will weep {klaio} and lament/wail/'terrible despondency' {threneo}, but the cosmos/world {kosmos} will receive joy/'inner happiness' {chairo}   {thinking the death of Christ is their victory}. Moreover, you will be receive sorrow/pain {lupeo}, but your sorrow/pain {lupe} shall become joy/'inner happiness' {chairo}." {Note: Klaio is not the 'good word' for crying. This is operation crybaby. They will not have the doctrine in their souls to understand the resurrection so when He dies on the cross, they will cry 'like one with no confidence' of seeing Him again. This is an overt expression of disorientation to the plan of God.} Continued ************************************************** Joshua_Sozo™ and Syndein ™ are the Trademarks of Syndein a California DBA of Kenneth Sidley & Associates, Inc., a California Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright© Syndein 1982-2010. All rights reserved. This page is sponsored by Kenneth Sidley, CPA, an Orange County California CPA (949) 706-3133. Please call Ken for high quality, low cost CPA services in Orange County California. This includes audit, review, compilation, tax returns, Quickbooks, and business consulting services. This page is sponsored by Moxxor For Pain Free Living. Moxxor is a highly concentrated Omega 3 product that has reduced inflammation in this writer. Please go to this website to read more about Moxxor.