John 16:22

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܐܳܦ݂ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ܽܘܢ ܗܳܫܳܐ ܟ݁ܰܪܝܳܐ ܠܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܬ݁ܽܘܒ݂ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܐܶܚܙܶܝܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܘܢܶܚܕ݁ܶܐ ܠܶܒ݁ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܘܚܰܕ݂ܘܰܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܠܳܐ ܐ݈ܢܳܫ ܢܳܣܶܒ݂ ܡܶܢܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܀

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ye now: John 16:6, John 16:20

But: John 14:1, John 14:27, John 20:19, John 20:20, John 21:7, Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 65:14, Isaiah 66:9-14, Matthew 28:8, Luke 24:41, Luke 24:51-53, Acts 2:46, Acts 13:52, 1 Peter 1:8

and your: John 4:14, Job 34:29, Psalms 146:2, Isaiah 12:2-4, Isaiah 51:11, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 54:7, Isaiah 54:8, Isaiah 65:18, Isaiah 65:19, Habakkuk 3:17, Habakkuk 3:18, Luke 10:42, Luke 16:25, Luke 19:26, Acts 5:41, Acts 16:25, Acts 20:23, Acts 20:24, Romans 8:35-39, 1 Thessalonians 3:7-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 10:34, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Peter 4:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:6 - God Genesis 45:28 - It is enough Leviticus 23:40 - rejoice Nehemiah 12:43 - God Psalms 23:5 - preparest Psalms 33:21 - For Psalms 35:27 - shout Psalms 69:32 - The humble Psalms 92:4 - General Psalms 106:5 - rejoice Psalms 109:28 - but let Proverbs 13:12 - when Ecclesiastes 7:14 - the day Isaiah 35:10 - and come Isaiah 66:14 - your heart Jeremiah 30:6 - every Jeremiah 31:12 - and they Jeremiah 31:13 - for Zechariah 10:7 - their heart Matthew 26:29 - until Mark 10:30 - with persecutions Luke 24:52 - with John 14:16 - abide John 14:19 - a little John 17:13 - that 1 Corinthians 7:30 - that weep 2 Corinthians 6:10 - sorrowful Philippians 1:26 - General Philippians 2:1 - any consolation Philippians 2:28 - ye see 2 Timothy 1:4 - filled 1 Peter 1:6 - ye greatly

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye now therefore have sorrow,.... This is the application of the preceding case. As it is with a woman in travail, when her hour is come, so it was now with them, and would be when Christ was removed from them; and as it is with every believer, when Christ is absent: for though there are many things that cause sorrow now, as sin, Satan, and afflictive dispensations of providence, yet nothing more sensibly touches believers to the quick, and gives them more uneasiness, than when Christ is out of sight: the reasons are, because he is so nearly related to them, being their everlasting Father, kind husband, loving brother, and faithful friend; and because they are so strongly affected to him, there is none like him in their esteem in heaven and in earth: he is the person whom their souls love; he is the very life of their souls; his favour, his gracious presence is life to them, and his absence is as death; nor can they be easy, but are restless, and upon the inquiry after him, until he returns to them, which he does in his own time; and therefore this sorrow is but now, for the present, it is not perpetual.

But I will see you again; as he did see his disciples upon his resurrection once and again, for the space of forty days, at certain times, by intervals: and so, in a spiritual sense, he comes and sees his people, makes them a visit, manifests himself unto them, and abides with them: they are always under his omniscient eye; he always sees them as God; and they are always under his eye of love, grace, and mercy, as Mediator: but this means such a seeing of them, as that they see him as well as he sees them; and is expressive of a delightful intercourse between Christ and them, than which nothing is more desirable:

and your heart shall rejoice: as did the hearts of the disciples, when they saw Christ risen from the dead; and as the hearts of believers do, when Christ so looks upon them that they can view him with an eye of faith; such a sight is a heart rejoicing one. To see the glory and beauty of Christ's person, the fulness and suitableness of him as a Saviour; to have an appropriating view of him as such; or to see him so as to have sensible communion with him, must needs fill the heart of a believer with joy unspeakable, and full of glory: such a sight of Christ will rejoice the heart under a sense of sin, the pollution and guilt of it, when tempted by Satan, or under God's afflicting hand, and even in the view of death and eternity.

And your joy no man taketh from you. The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment, and the joy of the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, was a short lived one, on account of Christ's death; for Jesus was soon raised from the dead, and the apostles were filled with the Spirit, and went forth boldly preaching in the name of Christ, to the great grief of these men. But the joy of the disciples was durable; their risen Lord would never die more; the blessings of grace, such as redemption, pardon, righteousness, and atonement, would, and do ever remain as the foundation of solid joy: nor could a stranger intermeddle with it; ουδεις, "not one", either man or devil could take it away, not by all the reproaches they could cast upon them, or persecutions they could follow them with: and so, though a believer's joy may be damped by sin, and Satan, and the world, it may not be always in lively exercise; yet the matter of it always remains in Christ, and the principle of it in themselves can never be destroyed, but will issue in everlasting joy in another world.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will see you again - After my resurrection.

Your joy no man taketh from you - You shall be so firmly persuaded that I have risen and that I am the Messiah, that neither the threats nor persecutions of men shall ever be able to shake your faith and produce doubt or unbelief, and thus take away your joy. This prediction was remarkably fulfilled. It is evident that after his ascension not one of the apostles ever doubted for a moment that he had risen from the dead. No persecution or trial was able to shake their faith; and thus, amid all their afflictions, they had an unshaken source of joy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Your joy no man taketh from you. — Or, shall take away. Some excellent MSS. and versions read the verb in the future tense. Our Lord's meaning appears to have been this: that his resurrection should be so completely demonstrated to them, that they should never have a doubt concerning it; and consequently that their joy should be great and permanent, knowing that the atonement was made, the victory gained, and the kingdom of heaven opened to all believers. Therefore it is said, Acts 4:33, that with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.