John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name—for "prayer in the name of Christ, and prayer to Christ, presuppose His glorification" [OLSHAUSEN].
ask—when I am gone, "in My name."
22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ayour heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
23 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. aMost assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, athat your joy may be bfull.
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25 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you aplainly about the Father.
26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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John 16:23-28
In that day—of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in John 14:20).
ye shall ask—inquire of
me nothing—by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (John 14:26; John 16:13; and compare I John 2:27).
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