Day 16 of 21
John 16
Jesus explains the Spirit's coming work of conviction and guidance, promises that sorrow will turn to joy, and declares that he has overcome the world.
The farewell discourse concludes, preparing the disciples for grief, persecution, and Spirit-empowered witness.
“After the promise of the Holy Spirit, to inspire them with strength to give witness; He well adds, These things have I spoken to you, that you should not be offended. For when the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us (Romans 5:5), then great peace have they that love God’s law, and they are not offended at it (Psalms 118). What they were about to suffer follows next: They…”
“For the Jews had already agreed, if any confessed that He was Christ, that he should be put out of the synagogue.”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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