John 16:1

These things - The things spoken in the two previous chapters, promising them divine aid and directing them in the path of duty. Be offended - For the meaning of the word offend, see the notes at Mat…

These things have I spoken - Particularly what is mentioned in the two last chapters.

Be offended - Ἱνα μη σκανδαλισθητε, That ye should not be stumbled. May not fall away from the faith, nor receive…

Christ dealt faithfully with his disciples when he sent them forth on his errands, for he told them the worst of it, that they might sit down and count the cost. He had told them in the chapter before…

The World and the Paraclete

1. These things These discourses generally, especially the last section about the world's hatred of Him and them (Joh 15:18-27).

should not be offended Literally, should…