JOHN 16:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete — the disciples have not yet prayed in Jesus' name; their prayer life will be transformed after the resurrection. The promise is generous: ask and you will receive. Yet this is not a blank check but an invitation to ask within the framework of Jesus' redemptive purpose. Full joy comes through prayer answered, desires granted, the experience of being heard by God.
Church Fathers on John 16:24
And in that day shall you ask Me nothing.
the Greek word from which it is translated has both meanings.
I or when your prayers shall be fully answered, then will your gladness be greatest.
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