Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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Gill's Exposition
At that day ye shall ask in my name,.... For when the Spirit was poured upon them, they not only received his extraordinary gifts, and had a larger measure of his grace bestowed upon them; but were…
Barnes' Notes
Hitherto - During his ministry, and while he was with them. Have ye asked ... - From the evangelists, as well as from this declaration, it seems that they had presented their requests for instruction…
Adam Clarke
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name - Ye have not as yet considered me the great Mediator between God and man; but this is one of the truths which shall be more fully revealed to you by the Holy…
An answer to their askings is here promised, for their further comfort. Now there are two ways of asking: asking by way of enquiry, which is the asking of the ignorant; and asking by way of request,…
Cambridge Bible
nothing in my name Because Jesus was not yet glorified, was not yet fully known to the Apostles.
ask The full meaning of the Greek is go on asking; it is the present not aorist imperative. Comp. Joh…
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