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John 16 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for John 16, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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John 16 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πατήρ | patḗr | G3962 | 11 | father, parent |
| λαλέω | laléō | G2980 | 10 | preach, say, speak, talk |
| μικρός | mikrós | G3398 | 7 | least, less, little, small |
| κόσμος | kósmos | G2889 | 8 | adorning, world |
| ἐρωτάω | erōtáō | G2065 | 5 | ask, beseech, desire, intreat |
| λύπη | lýpē | G3077 | 4 | grief, grievous, grudgingly, heaviness |
| ὥρα | hṓra | G5610 | 5 | day, hour, instant, season |
How preachers through history handled this text
59 public-domain excerpts on John 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at one time, but his Spirit is every where, in all places, at all times, wherever two or three are gathered together in his name. See here the office of the Spirit, first to reprove, or to convince. Convincing work is the Spirit's work; he can do it effectually, and none but he. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 16:7–15 (Public Domain)
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