Scofield Reference Bible Notes
John 14

Jhn 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Let not your heart be troubled

Jhn 14:27; Isa 43:1-2.

believe in God

Faith. Jhn 16:9. (Gen 3:20; Heb 11:39.)

Jhn 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

I will come again

Christ (Second Advent). Jhn 14:2-3; Rom 11:25-26. (Deu 30:3; Acts 1:9-11.)

receive you unto myself

This promise of a second advent of Christ is to be distinguished from His return in glory to the earth; it is the first intimation in Scripture of "the day of Christ" (Scofield 1 Corinthians 1:8, note). Here He comes for His saints (1Th 4:14-17), there (e.g. Mat 24:29-30) He come to judge the nations, etc.

Jhn 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

life

Life (eternal). Jhn 17:2-3. (Mat 7:14; Rev 22:19.)

Jhn 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

he that hath seen me hath seen the Father

Col 1:15.

Jhn 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

I am in the Father, and the Father in me

Jhn 14:20; Jhn 10:38; 17:21, 23.

words that I speak

Inspiration. Jhn 15:27. (Exo 4:15; Rev 22:19.)

I speak not of myself

Jhn 5:19; 7:16; 8:28; 12:49.

Jhn 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

for the very works' sake

Jhn 5:36; 10:38; Act 2:22.

Jhn 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

ye shall ask in my name

Jhn 15:16; 16:23-24.

glorified in the Son

Jhn 13:31; 15:9.

Jhn 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

keep my commandments

Jhn 14:21-23; 15:10; 1Jo 5:3.

Jhn 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

give you another

See Scofield Luke 11:13, note.

Comforter

Greek Parakletos, "one called alongside to help." Translated "advocate," 1Jo 2:1. Christ is the believer's Paraclete with the Father when he sins; the Holy Spirit the believer's indwelling Paraclete to help his ignorance and infirmity and to make intercession (Rom 8:26-27). (See "Holy Spirit," N.T. doctrine, Scofield Matthew 1:18; Acts 2:4.)

Advocacy. Jhn 16:7. (Jhn 14:16, 26; 1Jo 2:1-2.)

Jhn 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Spirit of truth

Jhn 15:26; 16:13; Rom 8:15, 26; 1Jo 4:6.

world [See also Jhn 14:19, 22, 27.]

kosmos = world-system. John 15:18-19. (Jhn 7:7; Rev 13:3).

cannot receive

1Co 2:14.

shall be in you

Jhn 7:37; 1Co 6:19; 2Co 6:16; 1Jo 3:24.

Jhn 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

comfortless

Or, orphans.

Jhn 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

because I live, ye shall live also

Rom 5:10; 2Co 4:10-11; Heb 7:25.

Jhn 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

I am in my Father, and ye in me

Jhn 14:10; Jhn 10:38.

Jhn 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

hath my commandments, and keepeth them

Jhn 14:15, 23; 1Jo 2:5.

manifest myself to him

Jhn 7:4; 2Co 3:18; Heb 2:9.

Jhn 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

If a man love me

Jhn 14:15, 21.

he will keep my words

Law (of Christ). Jhn 14:15, 21, 23; 15:12, 17. (Gal 6:2; 2Jo 1:5).

Jhn 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

loveth me not keepeth not

Gal 5:6; Jas 2:14-17.

the word which ye hear is not mine

Deu 18:15.

Jhn 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost

Jhn 14:17, 26; 15:26.

bring all things to your remembrance

Jhn 2:22.

Jhn 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Peace

Cf. Scofield Matthew 10:34, note.

my peace I give unto you

Jhn 16:33; Col 3:15.

Let not your heart be troubled

Jhn 14:1.

Jhn 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

world

kosmos (Mat 4:8) = mankind.

the Father gave me commandment

Jhn 10:18; Phl 2:8.