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John 14:18
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“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
I wil not leaue you comfortlesse, I will come to you.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
"I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
"I will not leave you all alone like orphans; I will come back to you.
"I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, bereaved, and helpless]; I will come [back] to you.
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
I won't leave you like orphans. I will come back to you.
I will not leave you orphans — I am coming to you.
I will not leave you orphans, I am coming to you.
"I will not leave you all alone like orphans. I will come back to you.
I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you.
I will not leave you orphans, for I will come to you after a little while.
"When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back to you.
"I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.
I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
I am not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.Matthew 28:20; John 14:3,28;">[xr]
I will not leave you orphans; for I will come to you a little after.
I shall not leave you orphans: for I shall come to you in a little while.
I wyll not leaue you comfortlesse, but wyll come to you.
I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
I will not leave you orphans; I come to you.
I will not leave you bereaved: I am coming to you.
Y schal not leeue you fadirles, Y schal come to you.
I will not leave you desolate: I come to you.
I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.
"I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.
"I will not leave you without help as children without parents. I will come to you.
"I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.
I will not leave you bereft, - I am coming unto you.
I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you.
"I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.
I will not leave you comfortlesse: but will come vnto you.
`I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;
I wil not leaue you cofortles, I come vnto you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come again to you.
"I will not leave you orphaned. I'm coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you're going to see me because I am alive and you're about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I'm in my Father, and you're in me, and I'm in you.
"I ain't gonna run off and leave you like a dogie calf. I'll come get you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
will not: John 14:16, John 14:27, John 16:33, Psalms 23:4, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 66:11-13, 2 Corinthians 1:2-6, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 2:18
comfortless: or, orphans, Lamentations 5:3, Hosea 14:3
will come: John 14:3, John 14:28, Psalms 101:2, Hosea 6:3, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20
Reciprocal: Psalms 141:8 - leave not my soul destitute Proverbs 10:24 - the desire Proverbs 14:10 - and Luke 24:15 - Jesus John 6:19 - walking John 14:21 - and will Acts 23:11 - the Lord 2 Corinthians 1:4 - comforteth 2 Corinthians 4:8 - not in despair Philippians 2:1 - any consolation
Cross-References
Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.
And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!
I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.
In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will not leave you comfortless,.... Gr. "orphans", or "fatherless". Christ stands in the relation of a Father to his people, and they are his children, his spiritual seed and offspring; and so the disciples might fear, that as Christ was going from them, they should be left as children without a father, in a very desolate and comfortless, condition: to support them against these fears, Christ promises that he would not leave them thus, at least not long:
I will come to you; in a very short time, as he did; for on the third day he rose again from the dead, and appeared to them, which filled them with great joy. So among the Jews, disciples, and the world too, are represented as fatherless, when their doctors and wise men are removed by death. Says R. Aba, x and so sometimes others, concerning R. Simeon ben Jochai,
"woe to the world when thou shall go out of it, woe to the generation that shall be in the world when thou shall remove from them, ××שת×ר×× ×ת×××, "and they shall be left fatherless by thee".''
And in another place y;
"afterwards R. Akiba went out and cried, and his eyes flowed with water, and he said, woe Rabbi, woe Rabbi, for the world is left, ×ת××, "fatherless by thee".''
x Zohar in Num fol. 96. 3. & in Lev. fol. 42. 3. & in Exod. fol. 10. 3. & 28. 3. y Midrash Hannealam in Zohar in Gen. fol. 65. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Comfortless - Greek, âorphans.â Jesus here addresses them as children, John 13:33. He says that he would show them the kindness of a parent, and, though he was going away, he would provide for their future welfare. And even while he was absent, yet they would sustain to him still the relation of children. Though he was to die, yet he would live again; though absent in body, yet he would be present with them by his Spirit; though he was to go away to heaven, yet he would return again to them. See John 14:3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 14:18. I will not leave you comfortless — Literally, orphans. The original word οÏÏανοÏ, is by some derived from οÏÏνοÏ, obscure, dark, because, says Mintert, an orphan (one deprived of father and mother) is little esteemed, neglected, and is obliged to wander about in obscurity and darkness. Others derive it from the Hebrew ×רף charaph, to strip or make bare, despoil, because such a child is destitute of comfort, direction, and support, and is a prey to misery and disease, to sin and to death.
The disciples of a particular teacher among the Hebrews called him father; his scholars were called his children, and, on his death, were considered as orphans. Christ calls his disciples children, beloved children, John 13:33; and, now that he is about to be removed from them by death, he assures them that they shall not be left fatherless, or without a teacher; for in a little time he should come again, (rise from the dead,) and, after his ascension, they should be made partakers of that Spirit which would be their comforter, advocate, teacher, and guide for ever.
