1: These things have I spoken to you that you should not be offended 2:
They shall put you out of the synagogues but is coming an hour that whoever
kills you will think that they do Theos
service 3: And these things will they do to you because they have not
known the Father nor me 4: But these things have I told you that when
the time shall come you may remember that I told you of them And these things I
said not to you at the beginning because I was with you 5: But now I go
my way to him that sent me[1] and none of you asks me Where do you go 6: But
because I have said these things to you sorrow has filled your hearts 7:
Nevertheless I tell you the truth It is to your advantage that I go away if I
go not away parakletos[2] will not come to you but if I depart I will send[3] her[4] to you 8: And when that one is come the same will
reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment 9: Of sin
because they believe not on me 10: Of righteousness because I go to my
Father and you see me no more 11: Of judgment because the prince of this
world is judged 12: I have yet many things to say to you but you cannot
bear them now 13: Howbeit when ekeinos[5] the Spirit of truth is come the same will guide you into
all truth for she shall not speak of herself but whatever she shall hear that
shall she speak and she will shew you things to come 14: Ekeinos shall glorify me for the same
shall receive of mine and shall show it to you 15: All things that the
Father holds are mine therefore said I that she shall take of mine and shall show
it to you 16: A little while and you shall not see me and again a little
while and you shall see me because I go to the Father 17: Then said some of
his disciples among themselves What is this that he says to us A little while
and you shall not see me and again a little while and you shall see me and
Because I go to the Father 18: They said therefore What is this that he
says A little while we do not understand what he is saying 19: Now Jesus
knew that they wanted to ask him and said to them Do ye
inquire among yourselves of what I said A little while and you shall not see me
and again a little while and you shall see me 20: Amen, amen I say to you
That you shall weep and lament but the world shall rejoice and you shall be
sorrowful but your sorrow shall be turned into joy 21: A woman when she
is in labor has sorrow because her hour is come but as soon as she is delivered
of the child she remembers no more the anguish for joy that one is born into the world 22: And you
now therefore have sorrow but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoice
and your joy no one takes from you 23: And in that day you shall ask me
nothing Amen, amen I say to you Whatever you shall ask the Father in my name he
will give it you 24: Up till now you have asked nothing in my name Ask
and you shall receive that your joy may be full 25: These things have I
spoken to you in proverbs but the time comes when I shall no more speak to you
in proverbs but I shall shew you plainly of the Father 26: In that day you
shall ask in my name and I say not to you that I will pray the Father for you 27:
For the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed
that I am born of ho Theos 28:
I am born of the Father and am come into the world again I leave the world and
go to the Father 29: His disciples
said to him See now you speak plainly and speak no proverb 30: Now are
we sure that you know all things and need not that anyone should ask you by
this we believe that you are born of God 31: Jesus answered them Do you now believe 32: Behold the hour comes yes is
now come that you shall be scattered everyone to their own and shall leave me
alone and yet I am not alone because the Father is with me 33: These
things I have spoken to you that in me you might have peace In the world you
shall have tribulation but be of good cheer I have overcome the world
[1] This verse cannot be used to establish
hierarchy within the Godhead, as complementarian leaders claim, Jesus is the
Prince of Peace who is also the Everlasting Father (Father of Eternity) Isaiah
9:6. Isaiah 9:6 is just one of many verses that establish Jesus’ identity
as YHWH (Jehovah)—Almighty God himself.
[2] Parakletos G3875 Summoned;
Called to one’s side; Called to one’s aid; One who pleads another’s cause
before a Judge; Advocate; A pleader; Counsel for defense; Legal assistant; In
the widest sense a helper, succorer, aider, assistant (Thayer).
[3] Again, it is ludicrous to assume from
this statement that, within the Godhead, Jesus ranks above the Holy Spirit in a
military-like hierarchy. Within the Being we know as the Godhead, the Holy
Spirit is referenced, in scripture, as being God himself Acts 5:3-4.
[4] The Greek word, parakletos is a
masculine noun that can refer to advocates in general whether heavenly or human
(and in the culture of Ancient Greece, Advocates were always male), but it is
universally agreed that the parakletos, in this verse, is a reference to the
Holy Spirit. In the Torah, The Holy
Spirit is always referred in
the feminine, as RUWACH, e.g., “And Ruwach Elohiym fluttered
over the face of the waters…”
[5] Ekeinos can be translated as she,
he, it, etc.. There is no textual basis for translating the Greek word, ekeinos,
as “he,” in reference to the Holy Spirit—who is consistently referred to (in
the Pentateuch/Torah) as feminine. This awkward fact is
one reason complementarians are desperate to prove a non-existent hierarchy
within the Godhead.
Jocelyn
Andersen is best known for her book, Woman Submit! Christians
& Domestic Violence. She is also editor of the Hungry
Hearts Online Bible Commentary
For more information about her work, visit her website at www.JocelynAndersen.com
Her
study entitled, Trinity
Marriage and the Godhead, (Volume 1 of the God Women Ministry series)
examines and refutes the theory of hierarchy within the eternal Godhead.
Additional commentary pending for this
chapter. Questions and comments are welcome.
