John 14:18

I shall not leave you orphans: for I shall come to you in a little while.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

In Context

17the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, and knoweth him not: but ye know him, because he abideth with you, and is in you.

19And the world will not see me; but ye will see me. Because I live, ye will live also.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:20And teach them to observe all that I have commanded you. And, behold, I am with you always, unto the consummation of the worlds Amen. Completion of the Holy Gospel as published by Matthew; and which he published in Hebrew, in the land of the Palestineans.

John 14:16And I will ask of my Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,

Matthew Henry on John 14:16-18

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 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. Christ not only proposes such things to them as were the matter of their comfort, but here promises to send the Spirit, whose office it should be to be their… Read the whole commentary →

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