15All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-15)As it was usual with the Old Testament prophets to comfort the church in its calamities with the promise of the Messiah ( Isa. 9:6 ; Mic. 5:6 ; Zech. 3:8 ); so, the Messiah being come, the promise of the Spirit was the great cordial, and is still. Three things we have here concerning the Comforter’s coming :-- I. That Christ’s departure was absolutely necessary to the Comforter’s coming, John 16:7…
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