16“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
18“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19“After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. 20“In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21“He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24“He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
25“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. 26“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. 27“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. 28“You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29“Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. 30“I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; 31but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.
Interesting Words
another
(ἄλλος – Greek) – allos ► another of the same kind; another of a similar type – Matt 12:13; 13:7-8;
Helper
(παράκλητος – Greek) – paraklétos ► advocate, intercessor, consoler, comforter, helper, (from pará, “from close-beside” and kaléō, “make a call”) – properly, a legal advocate who makes the right judgment-call because close enough to the situation – John 15:26, 16:7; 1John 2:1;
truth
(ἀλήθεια – Greek) – alétheia ► truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness – John 1:16-17, 14:6, 16:13, 17:17-18; James 1:18;
receive
(λαμβάνω – Greek) – lambanó ► receive, get, take, lay hold of by aggressively (actively) accepting what is available (offered), “accept with initiative” emphasizes the volition (assertiveness) of the receiver – Matt 13:20; John 16:24; Acts 1:8;
Cross References
▪︎ Only believers receive the Spirit – 1Cor 2:12;
▪︎ The truth of the Word sets us free – John 8:31-32;
▪︎ Jesus speaks the Truth – John 8:45-46, 47;
▪︎ Jesus’ works are God’s works – John 5:36, 6:38-39, 7:16-17, 8:28,
John 9:4-5, 10:18, 33, 37-38, 12:49, 14:10;
Discussion Questions
1. Jesus tells the disciples that he was going to send “another” helped. How would you explain His use of the adjective “another”?
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2. What are some examples you can use to describe a “helper from close beside”?
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3. How would you describe the Spirit of truth?
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4. What are the results that the Spirit of Truth brings to us?
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5. Put yourself in the shoes of Judas (not Iscariot)… Why did he ask the question (John 14:22)? How do you understand Jesus’ answer (John 14:23-24)?
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6. How do benefits of the Spirit (question 4) support or contribute to John 14:27?
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7. Compare John 14:31 with John 5:19… What are the similarities? What are the differences? Note other interesting cross references (also listed above)… John 5:36,
John 6:38-39, 7:16-17, 8:28, 9:4-5,
John 10:18, 33, 37-38, 12:49, 14:10;
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