João 16

João 16

McGee - "As the fact of coming judgment (both Satan's and man's) is proclaimed, the Spirit convicts people and prepares them for salvation (cf. Acts 17:30-31)." (See Bible Knowledge Commentary - scroll up and down for more text) Because the ruler (archon) of this world (kosmos) has been judged (krino in perfect tense = stands condemned) - The ruler of this world refers to satan. Jesus spoke these words about satan as if they were past tense, because his judgment at the cross was so certain. And so we see that Satan was effectively defeated at the cross (Col 2:15+, Heb 2:14-15+), but he continues to be active (1Pe 5:8). His rule will come to a complete end when Jesus defeats the devil's last attempt at rebellion in Rev 20:7-10+ and casts him into the Lake of fire, where he "will be tormented day and night forever and ever." The other clear implication is that if the ruler of this world has been judged, all his "subjects" (those who reject Christ) are included in this judgment. This passage is a partial fulfillment of the prophecy in Ge 3:15+ "And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you (SATAN) on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” (See protoevangelium) NET NOTE - The world is proven wrong concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. Jesus’ righteousness before the Father, as proven by His return to the Father, His glorification, constitutes a judgment against Satan. This is parallel to the judgment of the world which Jesus provokes in Jn 3:19–21: Jesus’ presence in the world as the Light of the world provokes the judgment of those in the world, because as they respond to the light (either coming to Jesus or rejecting Him) so are they judged. That judgment is in a sense already realized. So it is here, where the judgment of Satan is already realized in Jesus’ glorification. This does not mean that Satan does not continue to be active in the world, and to exercise some power over it, just as in Jn 3:19–21 the people in the world who have rejected Jesus and thus incurred judgment continue on in their opposition to Jesus for a time. In both cases the judgment is not immediately executed. But it is certain (Rev 20:7-10+). ILLUSTRATION - Some years ago, I read about a spider who tried to build his web on the town clock—you know, these big clocks that stand in the city square. And he put in his little gossamer thread on the hand of the clock and began to build, but the clock just kept moving and kept moving. He had to keep rebuilding over and over again. I want to tell you, Satan tries to build sticky web, but God’s hand is moving on toward the climax of this age, and all of Satan’s plans are destined to failure. John 16:12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. AMP “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now. AMPC I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now. BBE I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now. EXB “I [still] have many more things to say to you, but ·they are too much for you [you cannot bear them] now. GWN "I have a lot more to tell you, but that would be too much for you now. ICB “I have many more things to say to you, but they are too much for you now. NJB I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now. but: John 14:30 15:15 Ac 1:3 you cannot bear them: Mk 4:33 1Co 3:1,2 Heb 5:11-14 Related Passages: Mark 4:33 With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it; Hebrews 5:11-14 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. MORE REVELATION FROM JESUS TO COME I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot (absolutely have no inherent ability to) bear (bastazo - handle, grasp) them now (arti = this instant, at this present hour, at this moment) - The disciples at this point were not ready for new teaching. Jesus is telling His disciples He has more teaching/instruction for them. The idea of cannot bear is that more revelation at this time would have proved more of a burden than a blessing. To when does more things to say refer? One answer would be Acts 1:3+ where Luke records that to the disciples "He also presented Himself alive after His suffering (cf Lk 24:33-53, 49+, Jn 20:19-31+, Jn 21:1-25+), by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God." It was not until after His resurrection, ascension and sending of the Spirit to the disciples, that the Spirit would illuminate to them things that He had said earlier, which would become clear after His resurrection: John 2:22 So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. John 12:16 these things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. John 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.” John 14:26 “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. Why could they not bear more things now? Some say it is because they did not yet possess the indwelling Holy Spirit. Blum thinks that the reason the disciples could not hear more from Jesus at this time is because "Their hearts were hardened, their concern was for their own preeminence in an earthly kingdom, so they saw no need for Jesus' death. Sorrow over His departure and dismay over the prophecy of a traitor among them, along with the prediction of their own desertion, rendered them insensitive to more spiritual truth." (See Bible Knowledge Commentary - Page 328) Kenneth Gangel makes a good point that "Verse 12 is a good example of progressive revelation—the principle that God does not dump all truth at one time and expect us to remember it but teaches us truths as we need to know them. The Bible itself is the greatest example of this as we read God’s progressive unfolding of the plan of salvation from Genesis to Revelation." (SEE Holman New Testament Commentary - John - Page 300) Steven