יוחנן 14:18

Delitzsche Hebrew New Testament

לֹא אֶעֱזָבְכֶם יְתוֹמִים אָבוֹאָה אֲלֵיכֶם׃

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Hebrew Modern Translation
לא אעזבכם יתומים אבואה אליכם׃

Bible Verse Review
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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

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, וישתארון יתמין, "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, יתום, "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, “orphans.” 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 ορφανος, is by some derived from ορφνος, 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 חרף 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.