And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
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Gill's Exposition
And I will pray the Father,...., Here Christ speaks as Mediator, and promises his disciples, that he would intercede for them with the Father; which is designed as an encouragement to them to ask for…
Barnes' Notes
I will pray the Father - This refers to his intercession after his death and ascension to heaven, for this prayer was to be connected with their keeping his commandments. In what way he makes…
Adam Clarke
I will pray the Father - After having made an atonement for the sin of the world, I will become the Mediator between God and man; and through my mediation and intercession shall all the blessings of…
Christ not only proposes such things to them as were the matter of their comfort, but here promises to send the Spirit, whose office it should be to be their Comforter, to impress these things upon…
Cambridge Bible
And I will pray the Father -I" is emphatic: -you do your part on earth, and I will do mine in Heaven." Our translators have once more rightly made a distinction but an inadequate one (see on Joh…
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